Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The God of patience and comfort (o qeov thv upomonhv kai thv paraklhsewv). Genitive case of the two words in verse Romans 15:4 used to describe God who uses the Scriptures to reveal himself to us. See II Corinthians 1:3 for this idea; Romans 15:13 for "the God of hope"; Romans 15:33 for "the God of peace."
Grant you (dwh umin). Second aorist active optative (Koin‚ form for older doih) as in II Thessalonians 3:16; Ephesians 1:17; II Timothy 1:16, II Timothy 1:18; II Timothy 2:25, though MSS. vary in Ephesians 1:17; II Timothy 2:25 for dwh (subjunctive). The optative here is for a wish for the future (regular idiom).
According to Christ Jesus (kata Xriston Ihsoun). "According to the character or example of Christ Jesus" (II Corinthians 11:17; Colossians 2:8; Ephesians 5:24).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 15:5:
Romans 15:13
Ephesians 1:17
1 Thessalonians 3:11
2 Thessalonians 3:16
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