The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.
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The grace of oure Lorde Iesu Christ be with you all. Amen
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The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Now taking his leave of them this third time,…
Now taking his leave of them this third time, he wisheth that unto them, whereupon dependeth all the force of the former doctrine.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be…
24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Ver. 24. The grace of our Lord] This is the seal of all St Paul’s Epistles, 2Th 3:17.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain These words are the very same which you had,…
These words are the very same which you had, Rom 16:20, only the word all is added. Some have thought, that the former was written with the hand of Tertius, the scribe or notary, and this with the apostle’s own hand. He seems to be like a loving and tender father, who bids his children farewell once and again; and being loth to leave them, returns a second and a third time to discourse with them.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain Here again our apostle, from the abundance of his…
Here again our apostle, from the abundance of his affectionate heart towards them, repeats his benediction to them, that the mercy, grace, and goodness, of the Lord Jesus Christ, may abide upon, and evermore continue with, them.
Where note, The fountain and original spring from whence all grace doth rise and flow; namely, from Jesus Christ: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is so called, because he purchased it for us, because he applies it to us.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But now is made manifest,.... In these last days,…
But now is made manifest,.... In these last days, in which God has spoken by his Son, by whom the doctrines of grace are most clearly revealed, and fully dispensed; and by his apostles, who were blessed with a clear insight into them, and with extraordinary gifts to minister them;
and by the Scriptures of the prophets; or prophetic writings, in which these truths are hinted, and by which, being made manifest by Christ and his apostles, they are attested and confirmed;
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according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith; that is, it is by the express order and command of that God who is from everlasting to everlasting, that the mystery of the Gospel is made manifest by the preaching of the apostles being witnessed to by the law and prophets in all its doctrines; particularly justification by Christ's righteousness, remission of sins through his blood, and salvation by his sufferings and death; that this should be made known not only in the land of Judea, but to all the nations of the world; for this end, that many souls may be brought to submit to the righteousness of faith, to embrace the doctrine of faith, make a profession of it, be subject to the ordinances of it, live by faith on Christ, and also soberly, righteously and godly in this world: if this commandment refers, as it seems to do, to the order of Christ to his apostles, to preach the Gospel to Jews and Gentiles, to the Jews first, and upon their rejection of it, to turn to the Gentiles; for so, says the apostle, has the Lord commanded us, Act 13:46; here is a clear proof that Christ is God, and that he is the everlasting God.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. The grace of our Lord] This is…
Verse 24. The grace of our Lord] This is the conclusion of Tertius, and is similar to what St. Paul used above. Hence it is possible that Tertius wrote the whole of the 22d, 23rd, and 24th verses, Ro 16:22-24 without receiving any particular instructions from St. Paul, except the bare permission to add his own salutations with those of his particular friends.
There is a great deal of disagreement among the MSS. and versions relative to this verse; some rejecting it entirely, and some of those which place the following verses at the end of Ro 14:23, inserting it at the end of the 27th verse in that place. The reader who chooses may consult Wetstein and Griesbach on these discordances.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The grace, &c.--a repetition of the benediction precisely as…
The grace, &c.--a repetition of the benediction precisely as in Rom 16:20, save that it is here invoked on them "all."
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. The grace, &c.] Cp. 2Th_3:16, for a similar…
24. The grace, &c.] Cp. 2Th_3:16, for a similar adieu before the actual close.
We venture to suggest that thus far the amanuensis wrote; that St Paul then in some sense reviewed his great Epistle; and then, perhaps with his own hand, added the rapturous Doxology with which it now ends, and which sums up with such pregnant force so much of the mighty argument[50].
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[50] Alford quotes the same suggestion from Fritzsche, and points out that the diction of the Doxology resembles passages elsewhere which are known to have been written with St Paul’s own hand.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.—This verse…
(24) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.—This verse is wanting in the oldest group of MSS., and is found chiefly in Græco-Latin Codices and in Antiochene authorities of the fourth and fifth centuries, whose leaning is towards the later text.
If the theory stated in the introduction to chapter 15 is correct, the doxology which follows was added by the Apostle to complete the shorter edition of the Epistle, but soon came to be taken as a fitting close to the whole.
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Allusion has been made to the resemblance which it presents to the Pastoral Epistles and the Epistle to the Ephesians. This will readily be seen when the parallel expressions are placed side by side.
Rom_16:25-27.—“To Him that is of power.”Eph_3:20.—“Unto Him that is able” (precisely the same words in the Greek).“According to my gospel.”2Ti_2:8.—“According to my gospel” (the same phrase is, however, found in Rom_2:16).“The preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 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.”Eph_3:3; Eph_3:5-6.—“By revelation He made known unto us the mystery. . . . which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, that the Gentiles should be,” &c.Eph_3:9-10.—“The mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid. . . . to the intent that now. . . . might be known.”Tit_1:2-3.—“Which God. . . . before the world began” (peculiar and identical phrase); “but hath in due times manifested His word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment” (same word) “of God our Saviour.”2Ti_1:9-10.—“Which was given us. . . . before the world began, but is now made manifest,” &c.“To God only wise, be glory, through Jesus Christ for ever” (Greek, “for ever and ever”). “Amen.”1Ti_1:17.—“Now unto the King eternal” (similar to “everlasting God” above), “the only wise God” (but “wise” is a doubtful reading), “be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”(25) Stablish—i.e., to confirm and strengthen in all the elements of a Christian character.
According to my gospel.—By those means of grace which the gospel that I preach indicates and enjoins you to use.
My gospel.—The gospel preached by me; the gospel preached as I preach it.
And the preaching of Jesus Christ.—And in accordance with that preaching, the subject matter of which is Christ. The establishment of the Roman Christians was to take place through those appointed ways and means that are laid down in the gospel, and form the main topic of Christian preaching. All means of grace centre in Christ, and it is only in accordance with the due proclamation of Him that the Christian can hope to become confirmed and strengthened.
According to the revelation.—An involved and difficult sentence. The two clauses which began with “according to” are co-ordinate together, and are both dependent upon the word “stablish” above. “May God establish and confirm you in all those ways that the gospel of Christ lays down; that gospel the introduction of which it has been reserved for these latter days to see; a secret long hidden, but now revealed, and corroborated as it is by the prophetic writings, and preached by the Apostles at God’s express command; the great instrument of bringing over the Gentiles to the faith.”
Of the mystery.—The word “mystery” is used elsewhere in the New Testament precisely in the sense which is so clearly defined in this passage of something which up to the time of the Apostles had remained secret, but had then been made known by divine intervention. The “mystery” thus revealed is the same as that described in the two preceding clauses—in one word, Christianity. All through the Old Testament dispensation, the Christian scheme, which was then future, had remained hidden; now, with Christ’s coming, the veil has been taken away.
Since the world began.—The English phrase here is paraphrastic. Literally, the Greek is in eternal times—i.e., from this present moment, stretching backwards throughout eternity—an emphatic way of saying, “never before.” “The Old Testament is the hand of a clock, proceeding silently round the dial—the New Testament is the striking of the hour” (Bengel).
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 24–27. The grace of our Lord. At the close…
24–27. The grace of our Lord. At the close of his greetings, Paul adds his benediction. He had already given it in verse 20. It is now written with his own hand (2 Thess. 3:17). He also adds a doxology, which makes a noble conclusion.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain
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