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Roma 1:5

5 pinaagi kang kinsa nadawat namo ang grasya ug ang pagkaapostol aron, nga alang sa kadungganan sa iyang ngalan, ang mga tawo sa tanang kanasuran among madala ngadto sa pagkamasinugtanon sa tinoohan,

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Catholicity;   Church;   Gentiles;   Salvation;   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Holy Spirit;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostles, the;   Obedience to God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Resurrection;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Evangelize, Evangelism;   Gospel;   Mission;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Christianity;   Judgment, Last;   Omnipotence of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Faith;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Romans, the Epistle to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Grace;   Hebrews;   Letter Form and Function;   Mission(s);   Obedience;   Romans, Book of;   Salvation;   Truth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Paul the Apostle;   Person of Christ;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Guilt (2);   Justification (2);   Law;   Obedience;   Peter;   Romans Epistle to the;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Armour;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Calling;   Justification;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Grace;   Name;   Obedience;   Papyrus;   Salvation;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we have: Romans 12:3, Romans 15:15, Romans 15:16, John 1:16, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 2 Corinthians 3:5, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Galatians 1:15, Galatians 1:16, Ephesians 3:2-9, 1 Timothy 1:11, 1 Timothy 1:12

apostleship: Acts 1:25, 1 Corinthians 9:2, Galatians 2:8, Galatians 2:9

for obedience to the faith: or, to the obedience of faith, Romans 15:18, Romans 15:19, Romans 16:26, Acts 6:7, 2 Corinthians 10:4-6, Hebrews 5:9

among: Romans 3:29

for his name: Malachi 1:11, Malachi 1:14, Acts 15:14, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:12, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Peter 2:10

Reciprocal: John 3:27 - A man John 15:16 - ordained Acts 9:15 - to bear Acts 18:27 - believed Acts 22:21 - for Acts 26:16 - a minister Romans 1:1 - called Romans 6:17 - but ye Romans 10:14 - and how shall Romans 10:16 - obeyed 1 Corinthians 1:1 - an 1 Corinthians 3:10 - to the 1 Corinthians 4:7 - and what 1 Corinthians 9:1 - I not an 2 Corinthians 10:5 - the obedience Galatians 2:7 - the gospel of the uncircumcision Ephesians 3:7 - according Philippians 1:27 - the faith 2 Thessalonians 1:8 - and that 1 Timothy 5:5 - a widow Hebrews 11:8 - obeyed 1 Peter 1:2 - unto 1 Peter 1:22 - in

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By whom we have received grace and apostleship,.... That is, either by the Holy Spirit, from whom all grace and gifts come, qualifying for the discharge of any office; or by the Lord Jesus Christ, who is full of grace and truth, has received gifts for, and gives them to men to fit them for whatsoever service he is pleased to call them to. By "grace and apostleship" may be meant, either one and the same thing, the favour and honour of being the apostles of Christ; or different things, and the one in order to the other. Grace may design special saving grace in calling, justification, pardon, and adoption, and sanctification, which was received in common with other saints, and is absolutely necessary to an apostle, and to any ordinary minister of the word; or the doctrine of grace, which they received from Christ, and dispensed to others; or rather the gifts of grace, and the various measures thereof, which they received from their ascended Lord and King, by which they were furnished for apostleship, that is, the work and office of apostles; to which they were called by Christ, and from whom they received a commission to execute it. The apostle takes in others sides himself, and says, "we have received"; partly for the sake of modesty, and partly to keep up his equal title with others to this office; and since this is had in a way of receiving, which supposes giving, and excludes boasting, it obliges to make use of all grace and gifts to the glory of Christ, by whom they are received. The end for which they received such an office, and grace to fit them for it, was, "for obedience to the faith"; that men might be brought by the ministry of the word to obey the faith, Christ the object of faith; to submit to his righteousness, and the way of salvation by him, and to be subject to his ordinances or to obey the doctrine of faith, which is not barely to hear it, and notionally receive it, but to embrace it heartily by faith, and retain it, in opposition to a disbelief and contempt of it; and which is the end and design of the Gospel ministration to bring persons to, Moreover, by

obedience to the faith, or "obedience of faith", as it may be rendered, may be meant the grace of faith, attended with evangelical obedience; for obedience, rightly performed, is only that which is by faith, and springs from it. Now grace and apostleship were received, in order to be exercised

among all nations; not in Judea only, to which the first commission of apostleship was limited, but in all the nations of the world, as the commission renewed by Christ after his resurrection ordered; and that some among all nations of the earth might, by the power of divine grace accompanying the word, be brought to faith and obedience: and all this, the qualifications for the office, the due exercise of it in all the world, and the success that attended it, were

for his name; for the honour and glory of Christ, in whose name they went, and which they bore and carried among the Gentiles, out of whom he was pleased "to take a people for his name", Acts 15:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By whom - The apostle here returns to the subject of the salutation of the Romans, and states to them his authority to address them. That authority he had derived from the Lord Jesus, and not from man. On this fact, that he had received his apostolic commission, not from man, but by the direct authority of Jesus Christ, Paul not infrequently insisted. Galatians 1:12, “for I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by revelation of Jesus Christ;” 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Ephesians 3:1-3.

We - The plural here is probably put for the singular; see Colossians 4:3; compare Ephesians 6:19-20. It was usual for those who were clothed with authority to express themselves in this manner. Perhaps here, however, he refers to the general nature of the apostolic office, as being derived from Jesus Christ, and designs to assure the Romans that “he” had received the apostolic commission as the others had. ‘We,” the apostles, have received the appointment from Jesus Christ. ‘

Grace and apostleship - Many suppose that this is a figure of speech, “hendiadys,” by which one thing is expressed by two words, meaning the grace or favor of the apostolic office. Such a figure of speech is often used. But it may mean, as it does probably here, the two things, grace, or the favor of God to his own soul, as a personal matter; and the apostolic office as a distinct thing. He often, however, speaks of the office of the apostleship as a matter of special favor, Romans 15:15-16; Galatians 2:9; Ephesians 3:7-9.

For obedience to the faith - In order to produce, or promote obedience to the faith; that is, to induce them to render that obedience to God which faith produces. There are two things therefore implied.

(1) That the design of the gospel and of the apostleship is to induce men to obey God.

(2) That the tendency of faith is to produce obedience. There is no true faith which does not produce that. This is constantly affirmed in the New Testament, Romans 15:18; Rom 16:19; 2 Corinthians 7:15; James 2:0.

Among all nations - This was the original commission which Jesus gave to his apostles, Mark 16:15-16; Matthew 28:18-19. This was the special commission which Paul received when he was converted, Acts 9:15. It was important to show that the commission extended thus far, as he was now addressing a distant church which he had not seen.

For his name - This means probably “on his account,” that is, on account of Christ, John 14:13-14; John 16:23-24. The design of the apostleship was to produce obedience to the gospel among all nations, that thus the name of Jesus might be honored. Their work was not one in which they were seeking to honor themselves, but it was solely for the honor and glory of Jesus Christ. For him they toiled, they encountered perils, they laid down their lives, because by so doing they might bring people to obey the gospel, and thus Jesus Christ might wear a brighter crown and be attended by a longer and more splendid train of worshippers in the kingdom of his glory.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 1:5. Grace and apostleship — The peculiar influence and the essential qualifications which such an office requires. Without the GRACE, favour, and peculiar help of God, he could not have been an apostle: he had an extraordinary conversion, and an extraordinary call to preach the Gospel. Probably χαριν και αποστολην, grace and apostleship, mean the same as χαριν της αποστολης, the apostolical office; for so the word χαρις means in Romans 12:3; Romans 15:15; 1 Corinthians 3:10; Ephesians 3:8. See the various acceptations of the word grace, Romans 1:7.

For obedience to the faith — That by this office, which I have received from God, and the power by which it is accompanied, I might proclaim the faith, the Gospel of Jesus; and show all nations the necessity of believing in it, in order to their salvation. Here is:

1. The Gospel of the Son of God.

2. An apostle divinely commissioned and empowered to preach it.

3. The necessity of faith in the name of Jesus, as the only Saviour of the world.

4. Of obedience, as the necessary consequence of genuine faith. And,

5. This is to be proclaimed among all nations; that all might have the opportunity of believing and being saved.


 
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