Romans 1:13

"that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine."

Key Reflection

Romans 1:13 emphasizes mutual encouragement through shared faith. Paul writes that he and the Roman believers can find strength and motivation in each other's trust in Christ. This verse highlights the importance of fellowship and mutual support within the Christian community, reflecting a deep interdependence where one’s faith strengthens another, creating a reciprocal and sustaining relationship.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 13. That oftentimes I purposed. See Ro 1:10. How often he had purposed this we have no means of ascertaining. The fact, however, that he had done it, showed his strong desire to see them, and to witness the displays of the grace of God in the capital of the Roman world. Comp. Ro 15:23,24. One instance of his having purposed to go to Rome is recorded in Ac 19:21: "After these things were ended, (viz., at Ephesus,) Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem; saying, after I have been there, I must also see Rome." This purpose expressed in this manner in the epistle, and the Acts of the Apostles, has been shown by Dr.

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