Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 1:1
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1. Paul —(See on :- ). a servant of Jesus Christ —The word here rendered "servant" means "bond-servant," or one subject to the will and wholly at the disposal of another. In this sense it is applied to the disciples of Christ at large ( :- ), as in the Old Testament to all the people of God ( :- ). But as, in addition to this, the prophets and kings of Israel were officially "the servants of the Lord" ( Joshua 1:1 ; Psalms 18:1 , title), the apostles call themselves, in the same official sense, "the servants of Christ" (as here, and Philippians 1:1 ; James 1:1 ; 2 Peter 1:1 ; Judges 1:1 ), expressing such absolute subjection and devotion to the Lord Jesus as they would never have yielded to a mere creature. (See on Judges 1:1- : ; Judges 1:1- : ). called to be an apostle —when first he "saw the Lord"; the indispensable qualification for apostleship. (See on Judges 1:1- : ; Judges 1:1- : ; Judges 1:1- : ). separated unto the —preaching of the gospel —neither so late as when "the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul" ( Acts 13:2 ), nor so early as when " separated from his mother's womb" (see on Acts 13:2- : ). He was called at one and the same time to the faith and the apostleship of Christ ( Acts 13:2- : ). of God —that is, the Gospel of which God is the glorious Author. (So Romans 15:16 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:2 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:9 ; 1 Peter 4:17 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"
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