Sermon Tone Analysis

Romans

Pursuing Edification

Loving the brethren, Romans 14:15

Romans 14:15

But if because of food your brother is caused to grieve, you do not walk according to love.

Stop destroying that one by your food, on behalf of whom Christ died

Pursuing peace, Romans 14:19

Romans 14:19

Therefore then, let us pursue the things of peace and the things of the edification, the [edification] unto one another.

Have your Faith to Yourself, Romans 14:22

Romans 14:22

Do you have faith?

Have [faith] according to yourself before God.

Happy is the one not judging himself in that which he approved.

The Stronger’s obligation to the Weaker, Romans 15:1

Romans 15:1

The capable, we are obligated to carry the weakness of the incapable[1] and not please ourselves

[1] Weak because they lack strength or inherent ability.

The Hope of the Gentiles, Romans 15:8-13

Romans 15:8–13 (NKJV)

And I say, Christ Jesus came to be a minister of circumcision on behalf of truth of God unto the confirmation of the promises of the fathers.

And the Gentiles on behalf of mercy to glorify God, just as it stands written, “Because of this I will confess to You among Gentiles, and I will praise Your Name.”

And again he said, “You rejoice, Gentiles, with His people.”

And again, “You praise the Lord all the Gentiles and all the people, you praise Him.”

and again Isaiah says, "You will be the root of Jesse and the one risen to rule the Gentiles", on the basis of Him the Gentiles will have hope.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace while believing, resulting in you abounding in the hope by the natural ability from the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:8–13 (NA28)

λέγω γὰρ Χριστὸν διάκονον γεγενῆσθαι περιτομῆς ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας θεοῦ, εἰς τὸ βεβαιῶσαι τὰς ἐπαγγελίας τῶν πατέρων, τὰ δὲ ἔθνη ὑπὲρ ἐλέους δοξάσαι τὸν θεόν, καθὼς γέγραπται· διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι ἐν ἔθνεσιν καὶ τῷ ὀνόματί σου ψαλῶ.

καὶ πάλιν λέγει· εὐφράνθητε, ἔθνη, μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.

καὶ πάλιν· αἰνεῖτε, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, τὸν κύριον καὶ ἐπαινεσάτωσαν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ λαοί.

καὶ πάλιν Ἠσαΐας λέγει· ἔσται ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ καὶ ὁ ἀνιστάμενος ἄρχειν ἐθνῶν, ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν.

Ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς ἐλπίδος πληρώσαι ὑμᾶς πάσης χαρᾶς καὶ εἰρήνης ἐν τῷ πιστεύειν, εἰς τὸ περισσεύειν ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἐλπίδι ἐν δυνάμει πνεύματος ἁγίου.

Filled with all Goodness, Romans 15:14

Romans 15:14 (NKJV)

And I am persuaded, my brethren, even I myself concerning you, that also you yourselves are saturated concerning goodness, having been filled with all experiential knowledge, while naturally able to admonish one another.

The Grace given to Paul, Romans 15:15-16

Romans 15:15–16

But I have written boldly to you from a part as to remind you because of the grace, the one given to me from God,

resulting in me being a public servant of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, rendering a priestly service; the gospel from God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles should become well pleasing, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Rendering Priestly Service, Romans 15:16

Romans 15:16 (NKJV)

resulting in me being a public servant of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, rendering a priestly service; the gospel from God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles should become well pleasing, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Sacrifice of Physical Body – Romans 12:1

Sacrifice of Praise – Hebrews 13:15

Sacrifice of Doing Good – Hebrews 13:16

Sacrifice of Fellowship – Hebrews 13:16

Sacrifice of Giving – Philippians 4:18

Sacrifice of Faith – Philippians 2:17

Communication with God

Ask, Colossians 1:9

Thanksgiving, Colossians 1:3

Praise – the fruit of our lips confessing His character, Hebrews 13:15

Confession – saying the same thing, 1 John 1:9

Vow – committing to do something if God permits, James 5:15

Supplication – a cry for help, Philippians 4:6

Intercession – Communicating with God on behalf of another, 1 Timothy 2:1

Our Boast in Christ, Romans 15:17

Paul's Desire to Come to Rome, Romans 15:28

Mark those who cause division, Romans 16:17

Philippians

Paul came to Philippi as a result of a dream, Acts 16:9-12

Paul and Silas are falsely accused of upsetting the city and teaching what is not lawful (according to the Romans), Acts 16:21

Sharing The Progress of the Gospel, Philippians 1:13-15

Philippians 1:13–15 (NKJV)

so that my bonds in Christ came to be clearly manifested among all the Praetorian guard and all the remaining.

And the greater of the brethren in [the] Lord, after being persuaded by my bonds, exceedingly dare without fear to speak the Word.

Some on the one hand also because of envy and strife, some on the other hand also because of good pleasure, are proclaiming the Christ.

Paul knows that their supplication and provision from the Spirit that he will be saved from the situation he is in, Philippians 1:19

Philippians 1:19

For I intuitively know that this to me will come down unto salvation through your supplication and provision from the Spirit from Jesus Christ

The most important is that Christ is declared, whether in life or death, Philippians 1:20

Philippians 1:20

according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will be put to shame in nothing, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be declared great by my body whether through life or whether through death.

To live is Christ, to die is gain, Philippians 1:21

Philippians 1:21

For to me to live, Christ, and to die, gain.

It was graciously given to us to suffer for Christ, Philippians 1:29

Philippians 1:29

because to you it was graciously given on behalf of the Christ not only to believe in Him but also to suffer on behalf of Him,

Our Attitude Towards Life and Other Saints

Do nothing out of rivalry or meaningless thinking, Philippians 2:3

Philippians 2:3

Nothing according to rivalry or meaningless thinking, but in the humility of mind considering other as having more value than yourself.

Stop scoping out only your own things, Philippians 2:4

Philippians 2:4

Stop scoping out each of your own things, but also of each different one’s things.

Having a proper frame of mind, Philippians 2:5-8

Philippians 2:5–8

For let this frame of mind be in you that also was in Christ Jesus,

Who while existing in the form of God, did not regard for Himself equality with God to be seizing,

but emptied Himself, after receiving the form of a servant, He came to be in a likeness of man.

And after being found in the outward shape as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient up to the point of death, even a cross death.

Philippians 2:5–8 (NA28)

Τοῦτο φρονεῖτε ἐν ὑμῖν ὃ καὶ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ, ἀλλʼ ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν μορφὴν δούλου λαβών, ἐν ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος· καὶ σχήματι εὑρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτὸν γενόμενος ὑπήκοος μέχρι θανάτου, θανάτου δὲ σταυροῦ.

Working out our salvation, Philippians 2:12

Philippians 2:12

So then, my beloved, just as always you have obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling, you, for yourself, work out your salvation.

God is the one working in us to do His good pleasure, Philippians 2:13

Philippians 2:13

For God is the One working in you also to desire and to work out the good pleasure

Being a luminary to the world, Philippians 2:14-16

Philippians 2:14–16

All of you do all things apart from grumbling and disputing,

in order that you, yourself, should become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in [the] world,

while holding fast a word of life, unto my boasting unto a day of Christ, that I have not run unto emptiness, nor toiled unto emptiness.

Repeating the Warning Concerning False Teachers