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Romans 15:18

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Romans 15:18

Verse 18 of 33

Scripture focus

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

Romans 15:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Romans 15:18

Theological / Devotional

I will not dare. Paul will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through him. Paul confines the recitation of his successes only to those in which he himself has been directly concerned, all of which successes, of course, are due to Christ. Christ has used other agents besides Paul, but he will not speak of the things accomplished through them.

Obedient. The obedience would be an “obedience of faith” (ch. 16:26; see on ch. 1:5).

By word and deed. That is, by speech and action, by preaching and life (see Luke 24:19; Acts 1:1; 7:22; 2 Cor. 10:11). These words qualify “wrought” and refer to Paul’s preaching and teaching of the gospel and to all that he had been enabled to do and to suffer in his ministry.

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