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Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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The Divine Chain Reaction
Commentators explain that this verse outlines a divine sequence. God, as the source of hope, fills believers with joy and peace. This is not a human achievement but a direct result of 'believing.' This state of joy and peace then leads to an 'abounding' or overflowing hope, completing a process initiated and fulfilled by God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Now the God of hope. The God who inspires, or produces, the Christian hope.
All joy and peace.[Reference…
The God of hope (ο θεος της ελπιδος). Taking up the idea in verse 12 as in verse 5 from 4.
Fill you (πληρω…
19th Century
Anglican
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace. . . . hope.—Hope, joy, and peace form a triad which represents the a…
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Baptist
Fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. And I myself also am persuaded …
16th Century
Protestant
And may the God, etc. He now concludes the passage, as before, with prayer, in which he desires the Lord to give them whatever he had comm…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now the God of hope This character is taken from the latter part of (Romans 15:12) , and is occasioned b…
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Christ fulfilled the prophecies and promises relating to the Jews, and the Gentile converts could have no excuse for despising them. The Gentiles, …
13th Century
Catholic
The Apostle taught previously that the stronger should avoid causing the weak to stumble; here he teaches that the stronger should bear w…
