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Excerpt from He Kaine Diatheke, Vol. 2 of 2: The Greek Testament, With English Notes, Critical, Philological, and Exegetical, Partly Selected and Arranged From the Best Commentators, Ancient and Modern, but Chiefly OriginalC. I. Vv. 1 - 16. Form the introduction to the Epistle, containing, 1. A salutation, 1 - 7, 2dly, a brief expression of some personal wishes and concerns, in order to pave the way for the subset quent address at v. 18, which forms the grand theme of the Epistle, and especially the subject of all that follows up to the end of chap. V. First, St. Paul exhibits the nature of his office of Apostle, set apart to it by Christ himself, and constituted especially to be an Apostle to the Gentiles, to promote the knowledge of the Saviour among them as well as the Jews, and, according ly, he wishes them every needful blessing, tem poral and Spiritual. He thanks God that their faith in Christ is such as to be a matter of univer sal notice, and assures them how ardently he has wished to visit them, mentioning what had pre vented him from carrying his wish into execution. He expresses his desire to preach among them as well as other Gentiles, and mentions the reason why, - namely, because he conceives himself un der obligation to preach the Gospel to all the Gentiles, and because he knows that that Gospel is able, by God's mighty help, to save all who embrace it, both Jews and Gentiles. See Young and Stuart.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.