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that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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A Metaphorical Priesthood
Commentators unanimously explain that when Paul uses priestly language ('ministering,' 'offering'), he is speaking metaphorically. His sacred work is to preach the gospel, which 'presents' converted Gentiles to God. This elevates the task of evangelism but does not establish a new order of literal priests offering sacrifices.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The minister, (leitourgon). This is not the word that is commonly translated minister, (diakonos). This word is…
That I should be (εις το εινα με). The εις το idiom with the infinitive again (verses 8,13).
Minister (λει…
19th Century
Anglican
Minister . . . ministering.—These are two different words in the Greek, but re…
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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
Consecrating the gospel, etc. I prefer this rendering to the one Erasmus first adopts, which is, “Administering”; for it is quite certain …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ The office of apostleship is here amplified and enlarged on, and the e…
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The apostle was persuaded that the Roman Christians were filled with a kind and affectionate spirit, as well as with knowledge. He had written to r…
13th Century
Catholic
After instructing the Romans with general admonitions, the Apostle now begins to write about certain familiar matters to them.
