God alone can equip us to support those whose faith is weak. Only God can empower us to live not to please ourselves, but the weaker people around us. Only God can equip us to accept each other as Christ accepted us. In fact, only God can unite God's dearly beloved people in following Jesus.
Paul is urging the Roman Christians to find the unity that belongs to them in the Gospel: he urges, but ultimately he knows that whatever unity, hope, or peace that exists in the community depends on God's work and graciousness, as indeed the community's existence itself is grounded in the grace of God given in Jesus— ...
The Word of God was written to give us hope in this life. Hope in this passage of Romans 15 is subjective; which means we must use the personal accounts of scripture to decide and determine for ourselves where our hope is based. We are to take the information presented and make a judgment on it.
Paul asks that the God of hope fill these believers with all joy and peace "in believing" or as they trust in Him. In other words, Paul is not asking God to simply dump joy and peace into their hearts without cause. He is asking that as these believers trust in God, their faith will bring joy and peace to their hearts.
Paul has emphasized faith in God, rather than rule-following, and this is accomplished through the Holy Spirit, who dwells inside each believer. In verse 13, it is also by the power of the Holy Spirit that we can be full of hope. Hope, joy, and peace, are given to us by God and the Spirit, by living out our faith.
Romans 15 concludes Paul's teaching that those strong in faith ought to sacrifice their own desires to live in harmony with other believers. Paul shows that God always planned to welcome the Gentile nations, and his mission is to introduce Gentiles to the message of salvation by faith in Christ.
13May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.
This is a short prayer by Paul for the Christians in Rome. The verse also is used as a benediction. It is a reminder that God is the source of all blessings.
We should stop claiming how we are better than the rest. We should use our words to build and encourage each other. We should speak from humility not from pride. The Centurion used his position of authority to express his belief that Jesus did not have to go to his house to heal the servant.
Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, Verses five and six constitute a short prayer by Paul for the Roman church. This prayer is the conclusion of how the strong should treat the weak believer.
For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” 3 For. The word “for” explains how Christ was other oriented rather than self-oriented (15:2). even Christ did not please Himself; Paul offered Christ as a motive for selfless living.
All Christians must please each other and not themselves. After all, Christ didn't come to please Himself. With God's help and encouragement, everyone in the church can live together in harmony and glorify God with one, unified voice, as they serve each other ahead of themselves.
In this text Paul talks about a “strong” Christian destroying a “weaker” Christian through the unloving exercise of freedom. Paul refers to a stumbling block in v. 13 and again in v. 15 to hurting and destroying one's brother.
Romans 15:4-7 New Century Version (NCV)
Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us. The Scriptures give us patience and encouragement so that we can have hope. May the patience and encouragement that come from God allow you to live in harmony with each other the way Christ Jesus wants.
Romans 13:1-8 In-Context
Insofar as there is peace and order, it's God's order. So live responsibly as a citizen. 2 If you're irresponsible to the state, then you're irresponsible with God, and God will hold you responsible. 3 Duly constituted authorities are only a threat if you're trying to get by with something.
God's Word says that we are saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus and not by our own efforts or works (Ephesians 2:8-9). Grace Alone. Faith Alone. Grace alone means that God loves, forgives, and saves us not because of who we are or what we do, but because of the work of Christ.
But thankfully a centurion, named Julius, stepped in to defend Paul and his companions. He was the means that God used to keep his promise of deliverance. We learn from his story that God will always keep His Word, and he often uses unexpected means (a Romans centurion) to accomplish His purposes.
The centurion came to Christ with humility. He was a man of power and authority but came on behalf of his servant for Christ to heal him. Christ's word alone heals the man. Christ, who is our maker and redeemer, saves us but we must come to him in humility.
The centurion showed faith by demonstrating his understanding of how faith operates. The Centurion understood that Jesus was Lord over everything, including sicknesses, so all He had to do was speak a word and his servant would be healed.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
In Romans 13:1-7, Paul is writing to Gentile believers in Rome to obey, not Roman secular/pagan authority, but to obey the God-ordained authority of the synagogue rulers in Rome. This presupposes that the early Jesus believers were continuing to meet with Judean non-believers within the synagogues.
Solomon observes that inner joy, or sadness, is reflected in a person's face. As with all "proverbs," this is a general statement of common sense, not an absolute rule. Sad people can "put on a brave face" and pretend all is well just as happy people can disguise their feelings.
Paul writes this verse as a blessing and a prayer over his readers, including today's believer.
A lot of people have questions about Romans 13 verses one to seven, which tells Christians to submit to the governing authorities and that God has put the governing authorities in place basically to keep order in the world and to keep evil at bay and to reward those who do what is good.
Romans 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who adds his own greeting in Romans 16:22.