Romans 1:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Luke 1:70
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
Romans 3:21
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Romans 16:26
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Romans 3:2
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

In this paragraph we have, I. The person who writes the epistle described (Rom. 1:1): Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ; this is his title of honour, which he glories in, not as the Jewish teachers, Rabbi, Rabbi; but a servant, a more immediate attendant, a steward in the house. Called to be an apostle. Some think he alludes to his old name Saul, which signifies one called for, or enquired after: Ch…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. Which he had promised afore ... in the holy scriptures--Though the Roman Church was Gentile by nation (see on Ro 1:13), yet as it consisted mostly of proselytes to the Jewish faith (see on Introduction to this Epistle), they are here reminded that in embracing Christ they had not cast off, but only the more profoundly yielded themselves to, Moses and the prophets (Ac 13:32, 33).