He promised afore (προεπηγγειλατο). First aorist middle of προεπαγγελλω for which verb see on 2 Corinthians 9:5.

THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS

INTRODUCTION

This Epistle has been, with great uniformity, attributed to the apostle Paul, and received as …

Which he had promised.—More correctly, which He promised before by His prophets in holy writings. There is a subtlety of …

Paul had not seen the Romans when he wrote this epistle. They were strangers to him, and therefore he begins by asserting his apostleship. "cal…

Before the historic events providing the basis for the gospel message unfolded, God “promised” the Good News in the prophetic Scriptures. Promise m…

Which he had before promised, etc. — Since the suspicion of being new greatly diminishes the authority of a doctrine, he confirms…

Which he had promised before
The Gospel is here further commended from its antiquity: it was no novel doctrine, an u…

The doctrine about which the apostle Paul wrote presented the fulfillment of the promises made by the prophets. It spoke of the Son of God, namely …

1. Having described the writer, the Apostle now commends the task committed to him: the Gospel. The Gospel was already commended from two pe…