Have sealed (σφραγισαμενος). First aorist middle participle (antecedent action, having sealed) of σφραγιζω, old verb from σφραγις,…

Have sealed to them. That is, have secured it to them. To seal an instrument of writing, a contract, deed, etc., is to authen…

Sealed to them this fruit.—Placed in their hands the sum raised by the collection. This will appear at first sight a some…

For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. When therefo…

And sealed to them this fruit, etc. I do not disapprove of what some think: that there is an allusion here to an ancient practice, where p…

When therefore I have performed this
Meaning when he had dispatched that business, and finished that affair which th…

The apostle sought the things of Christ more than his own will, and would not leave his work of planting churches to go to Rome. It concerns all to…

1. After excusing himself for the presumption that could have been ascribed to him for instructing and correcting the Romans, the Apostle no…