Romans 15:13

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Romans 15:13

‘IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST’‘In the power of the Holy Ghost.’ Romans 15:13 (R.V.) There are various aspects or departments of the work which the Holy Ghost has come to do for the people of Christ. We deal with one, and it is this—the work of the Holy Ghost as the Divine Producer of Christ in the Christian, or, to put it differently, the work of the Holy Ghost as the Divine Conveyer of a Communicable Christ to the men and women who, in obedience to Christ’s call, have surrendered themselves... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 15:1-33

A Call To Make Real In The Church And In The World The Righteousness Which They Have Received (12:1-15:33). This section moves from the indicative to the imperative. Having outlined the ways of God in salvation: · in applying to His people the righteousness of Christ (Romans 3:24 to Romans 4:25), · in uniting them with Christ in His death and resurrection (Romans 6:1-11), · in making them righteous within by His Spirit (Romans 8:1-18), · and in having demonstrated God’s sovereign activity in... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 15:7-13

Christ Has Been Made A Minister Of Circumcision In Order To Confirm The Promises To The Fathers To The Jews And In Order To Reach Out With Mercy To The Gentiles As The Root Of Jesse (15:7-13). God’s people as a mixture of Jew and Gentile are to receive one another as the Messiah ‘has received them’ (compare Romans 4:3 where their oneness is desired because God has received them). For the Messiah both ministered to the circumcision (the Jews) in order to confirm the promises given to the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 15:7-33

3). The Ministry Of The Messiah Is To Both Jews And Gentiles (15:7-33). Paul now demonstrates that the Messiah has come in order to minister to both Jews and Gentiles, and that this has been in part achieved because he himself has ministered to the Gentiles as a minister of Messiah Jesus, his ministry being witnessed to by the power of signs and wonders through the power of the Holy Spirit, in the same way as the Messiah’s (see Matthew 11:2-6). Indeed this has resulted in such unity of Jews... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 15:13

‘Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.’ Having described the hope that the Gentiles will have in the Messiah (Romans 15:12), and the confirmation of the promises to ‘the circumcised’ (the Jews - Romans 15:8), Paul now speaks of God as ‘the God of hope’. In Romans 15:5 He was the God of patient endurance and encouragement (comfort), now He is seen as the God of hope. It is from Him that all His people... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 15:7-13

Romans 15:7-1 Chronicles : . The Gentiles Heirs of Israel’ s Hope.— The differences discussed ran up into the great cleavage between Jew and Gentile, on which Paul has a final word to say. Romans 15:7 . “ Wherefore”— in order to glorify God together—“ receive one another, as the Christ has received you ( cf. Romans 14:1 ; Romans 14:3; also Luke 15:2, John 6:37) unto the glory of God”— a glory to be realised in the united worship of mankind ( Romans 15:8-2 Kings :). Romans 15:8 f. With... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 15:13

He finisheth here his long discourse about brotherly love and concord with a short and pithy prayer. Having said before, that the Gentiles should hope in God, he takes occasion from hence to style him, The God of hope. He is so, both objective, as being the only object of our hope, see Psalms 146:5; Jeremiah 17:7; 1 Timothy 6:17; and effective, as being the only author of it, 1 Peter 1:3. With all joy and peace in believing; i.e. with much inward joy and peace, which riseth in the heart through... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 15:13

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Romans 15:13The divine antidote against despair.—It is difficult to lead a truly religious life. This arises from our proneness to evil and from the influences working to draw us away from the path of rectitude. There are great forces against us; but, rightly considered, there are mightier forces engaged on our behalf. This text is in itself a shield of protection. An apostle prays. A God of hope encourages. The power of the Holy Ghost is engaged. The... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Romans 15:13

Romans 15:4 , Romans 15:13 The Twofold Genealogy of Hope. I. We have here the hope that is the child of the night and born in the dark. "Whatsoever things," says the Apostle, "were written aforetime, were written for our learning, that we through patience" or rather, the brave perseverance "and consolation" or rather, perhaps encouragement "of the Scriptures might have hope." The written word is conceived to be the source of patient endurance which acts as well as suffers. This grace... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 15:13

DISCOURSE: 1922THE HOLY GHOST THE AUTHOR OF HOPERomans 15:13. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.CHRISTIANS, even in the purest ages of the Church, have been too ready to indulge a spirit of bigotry and contention. The Jewish and Gentile converts in every place were much addicted to it. St. Paul, studious to counteract it in those at Rome, shews that Christ, though a minister of the circumcision,... read more

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