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Romans 15 — Sermon Preparation
Paul urges the strong to bear with the weak, summarizes his Gentile apostolic mission, and shares his plans to visit Rome on the way to Spain. Below is a research summary for Romans 15, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 33
- classic sermon excerpts
- 8
- preachers & commentators
Romans 15 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἔθνος | éthnos | G1484 | 9 | Gentile, heathen, nation, people |
| γράφω | gráphō | G1125 | 5 | describe, write |
| ἅγιος | hágios | G40 | 5 | holy, saint |
| ἀρέσκω | aréskō | G700 | 3 | please |
| Ἱεροσόλυμα | Hierousalḗm | G2419 | 4 | Jerusalem |
| ἐλπίς | elpís | G1680 | 3 | faith, hope |
| Σπανία | Spanía | G4681 | 2 | Spain |
How preachers through history handled this text
33 public-domain excerpts on Romans 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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 remind them of their duties and their dangers, because God had appointed him the minister of Christ to the Gentiles. Paul preached to them; but what made them sacrifices to God, was, their sanctification; not his work, but the work of the Holy Ghost: unholy things can never be pleasing to the holy God. The conversion of souls pertains unto God; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Romans 15:14–21 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Illyricum— Rom 15:19
- Jerusalem— Rom 15:19
- Rome— Rom 15:24
- Spain— Rom 15:24
- Achaia— Rom 15:26
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