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Romans 1
6:25-27

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet IV.3, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bullet VI.2, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)
bullet II.IV, III.LXI, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
bullet III.3, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea (c 320).
bulletFrom Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545).
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"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."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"The obedience of faith is that obedience which is paid to the word of faith, and which comes by the grace of faith."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"The last words of this epistle exactly answer the first, chapter i. 1 - 5."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"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."
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
bullet"A mystery is a divine purpose that had been kept secret. When God's glorious purpose was revealed, the mystery was made known."
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
bullet Commentary, Romans 16:25-27, L. Ann Jervis, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
bullet"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."
bullet "First Thoughts on Passages on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary: Advent 4," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"... 'obedience of faith' ... suggests rather an ongoing relationship which includes involvement in God's life and compassion reaching out into the world."
bullet "God Reveals His Age-Long Purpose in Jesus," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bullet "Why Praise God?" Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
bullet"How do you use the three gifts God has given you? How have you praised God for his gifts?"
bullet"Watching Out for Wolves (Romans 15:17-27)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
bullet"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."
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "Missionaries, Apostles, Coworkers: Romans 16 and the Reconstruction of Women's Early Christian History," Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1986.
bullet"Romans 16 gives us a glimpse of the rich social mix of early Christian communities, as well as of women's contribution to early Christian life and mission."
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bulletBrauer, 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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bulletGarlington, Don B., "The Obedience of Faith in the Letter to the Romans," Westminster Theological Journal, 1990.
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bulletMcGavran, Donald Anderson, "My Pilgrimage in Mission," International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 1986.
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bulletSchüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth, "Missionaries, Apostles, Coworkers: Romans 16 and the Reconstruction of Women's Early Christian History," Word & World, 1986.
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