Bible Study Romans 15
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We who are strong ought to bear...
We who are strong ought to bear...
Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament Serve One Another (15:1–13)
Identifying himself with those who consider themselves free from the law, Paul urges them to act for the benefit of those who do not feel the same freedom. He supports his exhortation by the example of Christ, whose service to both Jews and gentiles has created a single people to God’s glory. Both paragraphs in this pericope end with a benediction.
Identifying himself with those who consider themselves free from the law, Paul urges them to act for the benefit of those who do not feel the same freedom.
He supports his exhortation by the example of Christ, whose service to both Jews and gentiles has created a single people to God’s glory.
1 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Question: Who are the “We?”
Question: Who are the strong?
Question: Who are the weak?
2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
Question: How far would you go to “please” you go to please your neighbor? To what end?
Question: What advantage is it to “build up”your neighbor?
3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”
9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
Question: How then SHOULD we respond to insults?
Question: How can we use an “insult” to our advantage?
Question: What is the “long game” in being insulted? Question: How is this used by JW and LDS?
MAJOR POINT!!!
4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
Question: This was written 2000 years ago. How can it be relevant in the year 500, 1000, 1500, 2000 and 2020?
Question: What are the principles that are timeless?
5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,
6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,
Roman Christians vs. Gentile Christians
Sacrificed meat
Circumcised vs. Un-circumcised
Question: So what is God expect of us? Endurance and encouragement in what? What is our goal?
Question: So what is God expect of us? Endurance and encouragement in what? What is our goal?
Question: What attitude toward each other are we to have? What attitude did Christ have?
7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
1 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.
Question: Was there an order of acceptance with Jesus; with God? Is anyone more valuable than the other?
8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed
8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed
9 and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing the praises of your name.”
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Question: What are the promises made to the patriarchs?
Question: So has this always been the truth? Has there been a time when the Jew came before the gentile?
Question: Have we always been equal?
49 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
50 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing the praises of your name.
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10 Again, it says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”
11 And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol him.”
12 And again, Isaiah says, “The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; in him the Gentiles will hope.”
Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament Welcome One Another (15:7–13)
These verses cite three other passages to support Paul’s point that the acceptance of the gentiles has always been part of God’s plan (Deut 32:43; Ps 117:1; Isa 11:10). With these citations from the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings, Paul invokes the entire Hebrew Bible in support of his gospel.
43 Rejoice, you nations, with his people,, for he will avenge the blood of his servants; he will take vengeance on his enemies and make atonement for his land and people.
1 Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.
Question: Have we always been equal?
A BLESSING FOR LISTENING AND OBEYING
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans
Commands and Blessings
V.14-16
IN this passage Paul describes his Apostleship and calling to bring the Gospel to the Gentiles. He encourages [implores] the Roman to continue on this mission.
14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
Question: Does this sound like an evaluation that is coming?
15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me
16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me
HERE IS THE CALLING THAT THEY ARE BEING CALLED TO
Not so gentle reminder of all of the things that Paul has already taught them.
Question: So where is the disconnect… All along the Gentiles were to be placed to be a part of the chosen. Why was that there was not the “gathering” of them until 1st century?
HERE IS THE CALLING THAT THEY ARE BEING CALLED TO
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This is a single sentence in the Greek
17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—
19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—
19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
21 Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
15 so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.
Os
Paul’s Mission
Paul’s Mission
Ro 15
22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
23 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,
24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
V.23 - His work is done in these regions
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24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.
25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there.
26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.
27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.
28 So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way.
29 I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.
30 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
31 Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there,