15So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
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Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
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, …
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-15)We may here observe, I. His thanksgivings for them (Rom. 1:8): First, I thank my God . It is good to begin every thing with blessing God, to make that the alpha and omega of every song, in every thing to give thanks .— My God . He speaks this with delight and triumph. In all our thanksgivings, it is good for us to eye God as our God; this makes every mercy sweet, when we can say of God, “He is min…
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