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CHAP. I.-VER. 1.

CHAP. I. 1.

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you, xv. 15. Remember the word that
I said unto you, The servant is not

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ἀπόστολος, ἀφωρισμένος εἰς εὐαγγέλιον
Θεοῦ,

Paul, ba servant of Jesus Christ, e called to be an apostle, a separated unto e the Gospel of God,

a Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, Acts xiii. 9.

b For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, ver. 9. That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost, xv. 16. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple, xvi. 18. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour, John xii. 26. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his Lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him, xiii. 14-16. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto

| persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also, 20. For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom

For we Acts xxvii. 23. I serve, preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake, 2 Cor. iv. 5. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ, Gal. i. 10. Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons, Phil. i. 1. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth, ii. 10. Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ, iii. 6, 7. Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness, Tit. i. 1.

c By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name, ver. 5. For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office, xi. 13. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel, Acts ix. 15. And be said,

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ROM. 1. 1.

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The God of our fathers hath chosen
thee, that thou shouldest know his
will, and see that Just One, and
shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
For thou shalt be his witness unto all
men of what thou hast seen and heard.
And he said unto me, Depart: for I
will send thee far hence unto the
Gentiles, xxii. 14, 15. 21. But rise,
and stand upon thy feet: for I have
appeared unto thee for this purpose,
to make thee a minister and a wit-
ness both of these things which thou
hast seen, and of those things in the
which I will appear unto thee; De-
livering thee from the people, and
from the Gentiles, unto whom now I
send thee, To open their eyes, and to
turn them from darkness to light, and
from the power of Satan unto God,
that they may receive forgiveness of
sins, and inheritance among them
which are sanctified by faith that is
in me, xxvi. 16-18. Paul, called to
be an apostle of Jesus Christ, through
the will of God, and Sosthenes our bro-grace, To reveal his Son in me, that
ther, 1 Cor. i. 1. Am I not an apostle?
am I not free? have I not seen Jesus
Christ our Lord? are not ye my work
in the Lord? ix. 1. For though I preach
the Gospel, I have nothing to glory of:
for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe
is unto me, if I preach not the Gospel!
For if I do this thing willingly, I have
a reward; but if against my will, a
dispensation of the Gospel is com-
mitted unto me. What is my reward
then? Verily that, when I preach the
Gospel, I may make the Gospel of
Christ without charge, that I abuse
not my power in the Gos 16
18. And last of all he was seen
of me also, as of one b ut of due
time. For I am thest of the
apostles, that am not meet to be
called an apostle, because I perse-
cuted the Church of God. But by
the grace of God I am what I am:
and his grace which was bestowed
upon me was not in vain; but I la-
boured more abundantly than they all:
yet not I, but the grace of God which
was with me, xv. 8-10. Paul, an
apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will
of God, and Timothy our brother,
unto the church of God which is at
Corinth, with all the saints which are
in all Achaia, 2 Cor. i. 1. For I sup-
pose I was not a whit behind the

| very chiefest apostles, xi. 5. I am
become a fool in glorying; ye have
compelled me: for ought to have
been commended of you: for in no-
thing am I behind the very chiefest
apostles, though I be nothing, xii. 11.
Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither
by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God
the Father, who raised him from the
dead), Gal. i. 1. But I certify you,
brethren, that the Gospel which was
preached of me is not after man. For
I neither received it of man, neither
was I taught it, but by the revelation
of Jesus Christ. For ye have heard of
my conversation in time past in the
Jews' religion, how that beyond mea-
sure I persecuted the Church of God,
and wasted it: and profited in the
Jews' religion above many my equals
in mine own nation, being more ex-
ceedingly zealous of the traditions of
my fathers. But when it pleased
God, who separated me from my mo-
ther's womb, and called me by his

I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles befofe me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus, 11-17. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus, Eph. i. 1. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel : whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power, iii. 5-7. And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers, iv. 11. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, Col. i. 1. Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God, 25. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and

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Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope, 1 Tim. i. 1. And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, 12. Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity, ii. 7. Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles, 2 Tim. i. 11. Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness, Tit. i. 1. And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron, Heb. v. 4.

d The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever, 1 Chron. xxiii. 13. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations, Jer. i. 5. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed into Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus, Acts xiii. 2—4.

e For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers, ver. 9. For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek, 16. That I should be the minister of Jesus

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cording to my Gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, xvi. 25. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned, Mark xvi. 15, 16. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord, Luke ii. 10, 11. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God, Acts xx. 24. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Eph. i. 13. But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the Gospel, even so we speak ; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts, 1 Thess. ii. 4. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, Brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our Gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Thess. ii. 13, 14. According to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust, 1 Tim. i. 11.

VER. 2.

(Ο προεπηγγείλατο διὰ τῶν προφητῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν γραφαῖς ἁγίαις,

(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,)

Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering a Ought not Christ to have sufup of the Gentiles might be accep- fered these things, and to enter into table, being sanctified by the Holy his glory? And beginning at Moses. Ghost, xv. 16. And I am sure that, and all the prophets, he expounded when I come unto you, I shall come unto them in all the Scriptures the in the fulness of the blessing of the things concerning himself, Luke xxiv. Gospel of Christ, 29. Now to him 26, 27. To him give all the prophets who is of power to stablish you ac-witness, that through his name who

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soever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins, Acts x. 43. And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers, xxvi. 6.

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and truth, John i. 14. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Gal. iv. 4. And, without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory, 1 Tim. iii. 16. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world, 1 John iv. 2, 3. For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist, 2 John 7.

b What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God, Rom. iii. 1, 2. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it, Psal. cxix. 140. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the Scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince, Dan. x. 21. And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 2 Tim. iii. 15, 16. Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: And declared to be a the Son of God but holy men of God spake as they with power, according to the Spirit of howere moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet.liness, by the resurrection from the dead: i. 20, 21. And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done, Rev. xxii. 6.

VER. 3.

VER. 4.

Τοῦ ὁρισθέντος υἱοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν δυνάμει, κατὰ Πνεῦμα ἁγιωσύνης, ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν) Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν·

See on Acts ii. ver. 24. clause 1.
VER. 5.

(Δι' οὗ ἐλάβομεν χάριν καὶ ἀποστολὴν εἰς ὑπακοὴν πίστεως ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ·

By whom we have received grace and bapostleship, for obedience to the

Περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, (τοῦ γενομένου ἐκ faith d among all nations, e for his σπέρματος Δαβὶδ κατὰ σάρκα·

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

a See on Matt. xiv. ver. 33. clause 2. b See on Matt. i. ver. 1. clause 2.

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen, Rom. ix. 5. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel, Gen. iii. 15. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace

name:

a For I say, through the grace given you, not to think of himself more highunto me, to every man that is among ly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith, Rom. xii. 3. Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost, xv. 15, 16. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace, John

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i. 16. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me, 1 Cor. xv. 10. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life, 2 Cor. iii. 5, 6. But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood, Gal. i. 15, 16. (If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentile should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel: Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, Eph. iii. 2-9. Ac cording to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, 1 Tim. i. 11, 12.

See on ver. 1. clause 3.

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, Through mighty signs and wonders,

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by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel of Christ, Rom. xv. 18, 19. But now is made manifest, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith, xvi. 26. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the Priests were obedient to the faith, Acts vi. 7. (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled, 2 Cor. x. 46. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him, Heb. v. 9.

dIs he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God, who shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith, Rom. iii. 29, 30. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office, xi. 12, 13. And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believ ing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering

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