Romans 1:2

Romans 1:2

Greeting

1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, ^acalled to be an apostle, ^bseparated to the gospel of God

2 ^awhich He promised before ^bthrough His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who¹ was ^aborn of the seed of David according to the flesh,

4 and ^adeclared to be the Son of God with power according ^bto the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

5 Through Him ^awe have received grace and apostleship for ^bobedience to the faith among all nations ^cfor His name,

6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Which he had promised afore . . . in the holy scriptures—Though the Roman Church was Gentile by nation (see on Romans 1:13), yet as it consisted mostly of proselytes to the Jewish faith (see on Introduction to this Epistle), they are here reminded that in embracing Christ they had not cast off, but only the more profoundly yielded themselves to, Moses and the prophets (Acts 13:32-33).

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