Quick note... In the Greek/Paul's letter their weren't any Chapter and verse notations, when we read this don't think that the Chapter and verse notation shows us when and where an Idea begins and ends. Also the Bible verses will be in Bold type.
Romans 1:
Paul, a servant[a]
The word here for servant is also Translated Slave. it is the greek word dulos,
of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David[b] according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
This is all pretty standard fare now, but was a bit of a revelation then, and could be a death sentence if proclaimed in front of the wrong people. To put this in writing was to mean Paul was staking his life on what he believed. Paul by example, was willing to speak the unspeakable right out of the gate which then lent to the authenticity/Showed he believed his message to the readers in Rome, at the time.
7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:
To be a saint is to be a common believer in context here.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you 10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— 12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[c] that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians,[d]
The idea behind this word is 'non greeks' were considered barbarians, like all non jews were considered gentiles, but in a mocking way. The term 'Barbarian' is from the greek barbarous which 'bar bar' sound repeating itself was supposed to emphasize the primitive unsophisticated nature of all non greek speaking people, and their cave man like form of communication. To acknoweledge this Shows Paul is humble enough to put his own pedigree aside and honor the social higherarchy of the Romans, by refering to himself as a barbarous/barbarian. This would be a slap in the face to a high standing Jew. Paul does this so that later when He puts the Jew first it will be known that it is not out of personal standing but from a formal decree of God. Paul did not want people's own personal pride to stand in the way of them getting saved, so He sacrificed his own pride again right out front.
both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
The following highlights what the Gosple message actually is.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,[e] as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” The Easy to read version makes things a little more clear:
17 The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself. God’s way of making people right begins and ends with faith. As the Scriptures say, “The one who is right with God by faith will live forever
I point out the actual Gospel because most Christians can't scripturally speaking.
Now does this mean we must only live by faith? As we will find out in this study Faith is the key element in the initial start as a believer, and shortly after our expenditure of faith, we will be given a measure of the Holy Spirit as 'proof.'
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Romans 1:
Paul, a servant[a]
The word here for servant is also Translated Slave. it is the greek word dulos,
of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David[b] according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ,
This is all pretty standard fare now, but was a bit of a revelation then, and could be a death sentence if proclaimed in front of the wrong people. To put this in writing was to mean Paul was staking his life on what he believed. Paul by example, was willing to speak the unspeakable right out of the gate which then lent to the authenticity/Showed he believed his message to the readers in Rome, at the time.
7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:
To be a saint is to be a common believer in context here.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you 10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— 12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[c] that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians,[d]
The idea behind this word is 'non greeks' were considered barbarians, like all non jews were considered gentiles, but in a mocking way. The term 'Barbarian' is from the greek barbarous which 'bar bar' sound repeating itself was supposed to emphasize the primitive unsophisticated nature of all non greek speaking people, and their cave man like form of communication. To acknoweledge this Shows Paul is humble enough to put his own pedigree aside and honor the social higherarchy of the Romans, by refering to himself as a barbarous/barbarian. This would be a slap in the face to a high standing Jew. Paul does this so that later when He puts the Jew first it will be known that it is not out of personal standing but from a formal decree of God. Paul did not want people's own personal pride to stand in the way of them getting saved, so He sacrificed his own pride again right out front.
both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
The following highlights what the Gosple message actually is.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,[e] as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” The Easy to read version makes things a little more clear:
17 The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself. God’s way of making people right begins and ends with faith. As the Scriptures say, “The one who is right with God by faith will live forever
I point out the actual Gospel because most Christians can't scripturally speaking.
Now does this mean we must only live by faith? As we will find out in this study Faith is the key element in the initial start as a believer, and shortly after our expenditure of faith, we will be given a measure of the Holy Spirit as 'proof.'
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