Impart (μεταδω). Second aorist active subjunctive of μεταδιδωμ, to share with one. See on Lu 3:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:8…

For I long to see you. I earnestly desire to see you. (Compare to Romans 15:23, 32).

That I may impart. That I may give, o…

That I may impart to you some spiritual gift.—Such gifts as would naturally flow to one Christian (or to many collectivel…

Paul wanted his faith to establish theirs, and their faith to establish his. Christians grow rich by an exchange of spiritual commodities; and I am…

The apostle confesses to a great desire to see his readers, not simply in order to know them personally, but especially to minister to them. By “sp…

For I greatly desire to see you. He might, indeed, while absent, have confirmed their faith by his doctrine; but as advice is better taken…

For I long to see you
Not the city of Rome, which was one of Austin's three wishes to have seen in its glory; nor the emperor …

We must show love for our friends, not only by praying for them, but by praising God for them.

As in our purposes, so in our desires, we mus…

1. After the greeting, the Apostle begins the me age, in which he first shows his affection for his readers to make them receptive hearers, …