The word "hospitality" used here in Rom 12:13 is "philoxenia" - "philo" meaning "to like", and "xenia" meaning strangers. Thus hospitality is particularly a challenge for Christians who grew up in xenophobic cultures. Such Christians may also find it challenging to practice generosity. ...
Romans 13: A Table of Contents This is a book-length website. Here are some pages which dig deeper into the background and meaning of Romans 13. They explore God's sovereignty over evil, the work of angelic beings in the Providence of God, and the necessity of abolishing evil in the ...
Romans 14:12-13 Meaning and Commentary INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS 14 The apostle, having finished his exhortations to duties of a moral and civil kind, proceeds to the consideration of things indifferent, about eating some sorts of meats, and keeping days; to which he might be led by the ...
Romans 13:1 Meaning and Commentary Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers The apostle having finished his exhortations to this church, in relation to the several duties incumbent upon both officers and private Christians, as members of a church, and with reference to...
and apply the original meaning of the Word to the listening audience of today. Expository preaching may look and sound different according to the preacher, but this is what we should be listening to on any given Lord’s Day coming from the pulpit. It is through proper exposition that we fi...
Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another (literally, the other, meaning the same as his neighbour) hath fulfilled law. Νόμον here is anarthrous, denoting law in general, not the Mosaic Law in particular, though the instances of transgression that ...
(13) Upon the name of the Lord.--Originally, as meaning "of Jehovah," but with especial reference to the Messianic Advent. Here, therefore, it is applied to our Lord. Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (Joel 2:32). The ...
The Jewish members of the church at Rome thought that God favored them over the Gentiles, meaning that God treated them differently...better. Paul reminds the church at Rome that God hears everyone's prayers or cries for help. God is the same God to everyone. Human beings do not determine...
‘In the context, it is much more likely that ‘inner person’ has its well-attested anthropological meaning than a questionable soteriological meaning.’46“Nothing in this description of the ‘I’ requires a regenerate Christian.”47Adam Clarke writes,...
Romans 4:13 in all English translationsGalatians 3:16 New International Version 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[a] meaning one person, who is Christ.Read...