"The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". 1983-1999. οις κλητοί, the called, means the effectually called; those who are so called by God as to be made obedient to the call. Called of Jesus Christ. Heinrich Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. "William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament". Besides, is it necessary to inform the Christians of Rome that they live in the midst of the Gentiles, and that they are called by Jesus Christ? Called to belong to Jesus Christ, |[62] κλητὸς ἀπόστολος, Romans 1:1, and κλητοῖς ἁγίοις, Romans 1:7. As the high Priest of His people, He has done for them all that is required for establishing the New Covenant; but as the Prophet and King of His Church, He converts them and leads them to the Father. "Haldane's Exposition on the Epistle to the Romans and Hebrews". It is that by which we are meetened for heaven. BibliographyHodge, Charles. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/romans-1.html. The one is the act of man, the other the sole work of God: the one is directed to the ear, the other to the heart. This may mean, Those whom Christ has called. To prepare for the address he says that his mission for the glory of Christ’s name is to them also; they are included among those for whom he received his apostleship. 1832. We accordingly find κλητοί used as a familiar designation of believers, as in Revelation 17:14 οις μετ- αὐτοῦ κλητοὶ καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ πιστοί. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/scn/romans-1.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/romans-1.html. "Commentary on Romans 1:6". It need not be said that neither the one nor the other of these influences is irresistible, nor that the adhesion of faith remains an act of freedom. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/rwp/romans-1.html. Both these callings are ascribed to the Father, and also, as in this passage, to Jesus Christ, because the Son, as Mediator, is the minister of the Father, and executes all things for Him. ), Life not to fall below the heavenly calling, A being already invested with a deathless life, already adopted into the immediate family of God, already enrolled in the brotherhood of angels, yea, of the Lord of angels; a being who, amid the revolutions of earth and skies, feels and knows himself indestructible, capacitated to outlast the universe, a sharer in the immortality of God--what is there that can be said of such an one which falls not below the awful glory of his position! Butler. BibliographyTrapp, John. 1832. Schott), and consequently the interpretation: as I, so also ye, is erroneous, because the Apostle has asserted concerning himself something far higher than the mere Christian calling. Romans 1:6. He assures them that his apostleship regarded and comprehended them, and that he did nothing beyond his calling when he desired to increase their knowledge, and confirm their faith. 203. The word “called” (see Romans 1:1) denotes not merely an external invitation to privilege, but it also denotes the “internal” or “effectual” call which secures conformity to the will of him who calls, and is thus synonymous with the name Christians, or believers. The old man is gone, but the new man lives on (as described in Romans 6:4-5). χ. may be taken as a predicate: "in the midst of whom (Gentiles) ye are the called of Jesus Christ," or the last words may be taken in apposition to the subject: "of the number of whom ye are, ye who are called of Jesus Christ." He, however, touches upon the reason for his writing to the Romans. 2. Qui Dei beneficio estis Jesu Christi, Beza. Romans 1:6. "Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament". 3. Presently, in the following verse, he directly addresses them— κλητοὶ, called), Romans 1:7. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. It is visible only in its effects (John 3:8). They had been either born and educated at Rome, or, at least, were residing there at that time. "Commentary on Romans 1:6". That is, you also are a part of those, who by his mercy, are called to this faith and belief in him. 2. "Commentary on Romans 1:6". Then he goes on after this long parenthesis. V. 7. πᾶσι το͂ ις οὖσιν ἐν ῥώμῃ, to all that be in Rome) Most of these were of the Gentiles, Romans 1:13, with whom, however, Jews were mixed. “In whom ye are also the elect of Jesus Christ: BibliographyGodbey, William. But though all without exception are thus invited, few are chosen (Proverbs 8:4; Isaiah 55:7; Matthew 22:1-10; Acts 17:30). Are ye also — But St. Paul gives them no preeminence above others.
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