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Selected Verse: Romans 15:17 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ro 15:17 |
King James |
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
I have therefore whereof I may glory--or (adding the article, as the reading seems to be), "I have my glorying."
through--"in"
Christ Jesus in those things which pertain to God--the things of the ministry committed to me of God. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I have therefore ... - I have cause of glorying. I have cause of rejoicing that God has made me a minister to the Gentiles, and that he has given me such success among them. The ground of this he states in Rom 15:18-22.
Glory - Of "boasting" καύχησιν kauchēsin, the word usually rendered "boasting"); Jam 4:16; Rom 3:27; Co2 7:14; Co2 8:24; Co2 9:3-4; Co2 10:15; Co2 11:10, Co2 11:17. It means also "praise, thanksgiving," and "joy;" Co1 15:31; Co2 1:12; Co2 7:4; Co2 8:24; Th1 2:19. This is its meaning here, that the apostle had great cause of "rejoicing" or "praise" that he had been so highly honored in the appointment to this office, and in his success in it.
Through Jesus Christ - By the assistance of Jesus Christ; ascribing his success among the Gentiles to the aid which Jesus Christ had rendered him.
In those things which pertain to God - Compare Heb 5:1. The things of religion; the things which God has commanded, and which pertain to his honor and glory. They were not things which pertained to "Paul," but to "God:" not worked by Paul, but by Jesus Christ; yet he might rejoice that he had been the means of diffusing so far those blessings. The success of a minister is not for "his own" praises, but for the honor of God; not by his skill or power, but by the aid of Jesus Christ; yet he may rejoice that "through" him such blessings are conferred upon people. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Whereof I may glory (τὴν καύχησιν)
Rather, as Rev., my glorying, denoting the act. The ground of glorying would be καύχημα as in Rom 4:2; Gal 6:4, etc.
Those things which pertain to God (τὰ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν)
A technical phrase in Jewish liturgical language to denote the functions of worship (Heb 2:17; Heb 5:1). According with the sacerdotal ideas of the previous verse. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I have whereof to glory through Jesus Christ - All my glorying is in and through him. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I here therefore whereof I may glory - Being sent of God on this most honorable and important errand, I have matter of great exultation, not only in the honor which he has conferred upon me, but in the great success with which he has crowned my ministry. |
1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.