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Romans 16:25-27
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Comparative Texts:
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IV.3,
Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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VI.2,
Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and
St. Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen. (c.230) |
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II.IV,
III.LXI,
Against Celsus,
Origen (c. 246) |
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III.3,
Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea (c 320). |
| From
Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545). |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "He sets forth the
power and wisdom of God with great thanksgiving, which especially
appears in the gospel, and makes mention also of the calling of the
Gentiles, to confirm the Romans in the hope of this salvation." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "The obedience of faith
is that obedience which is paid to the word of faith, and which comes by
the grace of faith." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "The last words of this
epistle exactly answer the first, chapter i. 1 - 5." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "At its outset, this is
an ascription of glory to the power that could do all this; at
its close it ascribes glory to the wisdom that planned and that
presides over the gathering of a redeemed people out of all nations." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "A mystery is a divine
purpose that had been kept secret. When God's glorious purpose was
revealed, the mystery was made known." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Romans 16:25-27, L. Ann Jervis, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
| "This passage places the
incarnation, which we will shortly celebrate, in the broad arena of
God's never ending, always existent desire for humanity to live in
peace. The reconciliation that is offered in the gospel is the
reconciliation to what humanity was created to be." |
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"First
Thoughts on Passages on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary: Advent
4," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
| "... 'obedience of faith' ... suggests
rather an ongoing relationship which includes involvement in God's life
and compassion reaching out into the world." |
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"God Reveals His
Age-Long Purpose in Jesus," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"Why Praise God?" Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "How do you use the three gifts God has
given you? How have you praised God for his gifts?" |
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| "Watching
Out for Wolves (Romans 15:17-27)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "The emphasis is
Godward, not manward. God is the One from whom all blessings originate.
He is the One through whom all blessings flow. He is the one to whom all
blessing and praise should be directed." |
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| Brauer, James L., "Homiletical Helps on the LSB Series
A -
Gospels," Concordia Journal, 2005. (Section
on this text begins on page 439.)
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| Garlington, Don B., "The Obedience of
Faith in the Letter to the Romans," Westminster Theological Journal,
1990.
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| McGavran, Donald Anderson, "My
Pilgrimage in Mission," International Bulletin of Missionary Research,
1986.
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| Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth,
"Missionaries, Apostles, Coworkers: Romans 16 and the Reconstruction of
Women's Early Christian History," Word & World, 1986.
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