2(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
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In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
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:
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
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…
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