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Romans 1:1-6
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
separated unto the gospel of God, (Which he had promised
afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) Concerning his Son
Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David
according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with
power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection
from the dead: By whom we have received grace and
apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his
name: Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
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CONTENTS
Paul opens the Epistle with declaring his Apostleship. He salutes
the Church, with the Profession of his brotherly Love: declares
his willingness to visit them; and draws a faithful, but
melancholy Picture of the Ungodly.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, separated unto
the gospel of God, (2) (Which he had promised afore by his
prophets in the Holy Scriptures,) (3) Concerning his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according
to the flesh; (4) And declared the Son of God with power,
according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the
dead: (5) By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for
obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name; (6)
Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
separated unto the gospel of God, (2) (Which he had promised
afore by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,) (3) Concerning his
Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David
according to the flesh; (4) And declared to be the Son of God
with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead: (5) By whom we have received
grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all
nations, for his name; (6) Among whom are ye also the called of
Jesus Christ:

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The Apostle very properly begins his address to the Church, with
his own name and character, by way of grounding his authority
in writing to them. He declares himself to be not only a servant
of Jesus Christ, but called to be an Apostle, and separated to
this service by God. So that, here is indirectly, an
acknowledgment of the whole Persons of the Godhead; and not
unsimilar to what we meet with in the writings of the other
Apostles. See Jud 1:1-25; 1Pe 1:2. And here, once for all, let it
be observed, that the distinguishing office of an Apostle, made it
necessary for Paul, to make out his just claim to that character.
An Apostle, was not only one who received his authority
immediately from Christ; but the very name and office implied,
in the person executing it, one that was a witness of Christ’s
resurrection. So Peter, at the election of Matthias, in the room
of the traitor Judas, declared it to be the design of the office,
Act 1:21-22. Now, Paul was qualified to be an Apostle, having
seen, and heard Christ, from heaven, Act 9:4; 1Co 9:1; 1Co
15:8. And his ordination also, was by the Holy Ghost. See Act
13:1-4 and Commentary there. And he was separated, or set
apart, by God the Father, from the womb for that purpose. See
Gal 1:15; Jer 1:4-5; Luk 1:15-17.
The Apostle next most properly adverts, to the design of his
ministry, and the particular object, for which he wrote to the
Romans, The whole is of Christ, God-Man, and the momentous
things connected with the revelation of the Son of God, from
heaven. This had been indeed the sum and substance of all the
writings and preachings of the Prophets of God, in all ages: but
now, by the open manifestation Christ hath made of’ himself, in
substance of our flesh, it became more fully known. And Paul
dwells upon that feature of character, in this grace, the
resurrection of Christ from the dead; because, this glorious act,
not only most compleatly proved his own eternal power, and
Godhead, but also, as decidedly manifested his oneness, and
union, in all the perfections, and distinguishing characters,
which constitute Godhead, in common with the Father and the
Holy Ghost: each glorious Person, in that act of the resurrection,

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having put their Almighty hand to the work. Paul saith, that
Christ is declared to be the Son of God with power by this very
deed. But, had Christ been raised from the dead, by the power
of God the Father only; or by the Spirit of holiness only; or by
both, without Christ having an hand in it: the resurrection, in
either case, would not have declared him thereby to have been
the Son of God with power. There would have been then no
more a proof of Godhead, in the resurrection of Christ, than in
the resurrection of any other body. But if, as was the case,
when Jesus laid down his life which no mart could take from
him, he himself took it again; and when put to death in the
flesh, he quickened himself by his Spirit; even his own eternal
power and Godhead: here, his Godhead was compleatly proved.
And hence, as this scripture states it, and is confirmed
elsewhere, he was declared to be the Son of God with power;
meaning, his own power, for nothing of the power of any other
could have declared his Godhead, Joh 10:18; 1Pe 3:18; Joh
5:21; Joh 11:25-26. And, in further proof of the union of the
divine nature, Christ’s resurrection is declared to have been the
express act of the Holy Three in One, who bear record in
heaven. Here it is ascribed to the Son of God himself, and to the
Spirit of holiness; and elsewhere to God the Father, whose
grace in raising Christ’s body is spoken of as a pledge of raising
up his members by his own power also, 1Co 6:14. Reader! do
not hastily dismiss this view of the subject, for it is blessed.
Jesus! (your Jesus, if so be the Spirit of Jesus dwells in your
heart,) first offered himself without spot to God the Father
through his own eternal Spirit, without spot to God for your
offences; and then, by his own power, with the same Spirit of
holiness, quickened himself, to rise again, for your justification,
Heb 9:14; Rom 9:25.

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