Commentary on Romans - Bible Study Guide

1 Commentary on RomansbyJohn CalvinAbout Commentary on Romans by John CalvinCommentary on RomansTitle: :Calvin, John (1509-1564)Author(s):(Alternative)(Trans lator)Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal LibraryPublisher:Public DomainRights:1999-11-23 Date Created:Initial scanning produced mostly American sg - initialXML insertions; fj additional anchors, scripRef verification,Editorial Comments:Foreign language [Latin/French] XML inserted, proofread without asource (Transcriber)Contributor(s):sg, fj (Markup)BS491LC Call no:The BibleLC Subjects:Works about the BibleTable of Contentsp. iiAbout This Book..p. 1 Commentary on Romans ..p. 2 Translator's Preface..p. 10 Dedication to Simon Grynaeus..p. 13 The Argument..p. 18 Chapter 1..p. 18 Romans 1:1-7.

2 P. 18 Romans 1:1..p. 25 Romans 1:8-12..p. 29 Romans 1:13-15..p. 31 Romans 1:16-17..p. 34 Romans 1:18-23..p. 39 Romans 1:24-32..p. 46 Chapter 2..p. 46 Romans 2:1-2..p. 47 Romans 2:3-10..p. 52 Romans 2:11-13..p. 54 Romans 2:14-16..p. 56 Romans 2:17-24..p. 61 Romans 2:25-29..p. 64 Chapter 3..p. 64 Romans 3:1-2..p. 65 Romans 3:3-4..p. 67 Romans 3:5-8..p. 70 Romans 3:9..p. 71 Romans 3:10-18..p. 74 Romans 3:19-20..p. 77 Romans 3:21-22..p. 80 Romans 3:23-26..p. 85 Romans 3:27-28..p. 86 Romans 3:29-30..p. 87 Romans 3:31..p. 89 Chapter 4..p. 89 Romans 4:1-3..p. 91 Romans 4:4-5..iiiJohn CalvinCommentary on Romansp. 93 Romans 4:6-8..p. 95 Romans 4:9-10..p. 96 Romans 4:11-12..p. 98 Romans 4:13..p. 99 Romans 4:14-15..p. 101 Romans 4:16-17..p. 103 Romans 4:18.

3 P. 104 Romans 4:19-22..p. 107 Romans 4:23-25..p. 110 Chapter 5..p. 110 Romans 5:1-2..p. 111 Romans 5:3-5..p. 114 Romans 5:6-9..p. 116 Romans 5:10..p. 117 Romans 5:11..p. 117 Romans 5:12-14..p. 121 Romans 5:15..p. 123 Romans 5:16..p. 124 Romans 5:17..p. 125 Romans 5:18..p. 126 Romans 5:19..p. 126 Romans 5:20-21..p. 129 Chapter 6..p. 129 Romans 6:1-2..p. 130 Romans 6:3-4..p. 132 Romans 6:5-6..p. 133 Romans 6:7-11..p. 136 Romans 6:12-13..p. 137 Romans 6:14-18..p. 141 Romans 6:19..p. 143 Romans 6:20-23..p. 145 Chapter 7..p. 145 Romans 7:1-4..p. 148 Romans 7:5-6..p. 150 Romans 7:7-8..p. 151 Romans 7:8-12..p. 154 Romans 7:13..p. 155 Romans 7:14-17..p. 159 Romans 7:18-20..p. 160 Romans 7:21-23..ivJohn CalvinCommentary on Romansp. 162 Romans 7:24-25.

4 P. 165 Chapter 8..p. 165 Romans 8:1-4..p. 170 Romans 8:5-8..p. 173 Romans 8:9-11..p. 175 Romans 8:12-14..p. 177 Romans 8:15-18..p. 181 Romans 8:19-22..p. 184 Romans 8:23-25..p. 186 Romans 8:26-27..p. 188 Romans 8:28-30..p. 192 Romans 8:31-34..p. 195 Romans 8:35-37..p. 198 Romans 8:38-39..p. 200 Chapter 9..p. 200 Romans 9:1-5..p. 206 Romans 9:6-9..p. 208 Romans 9:10-13..p. 212 Romans 9:14-18..p. 218 Romans 9:19-21..p. 220 Romans 9:22-23..p. 222 Romans 9:24-29..p. 226 Romans 9:30-33..p. 230 Chapter 10..p. 230 Romans 10:1-4..p. 232 Romans 10:5-10..p. 238 Romans 10:11-13..p. 239 Romans 10:14-17..p. 242 Romans 10:18-21..p. 247 Chapter 11..p. 247 Romans 11:1-6..p. 251 Romans 11:7-10..p. 254 Romans 11:11-15..p. 257 Romans 11:16-21..p. 261 Romans 11:22-24.

5 P. 263 Romans 11:25-27..p. 266 Romans 11:28-32..p. 269 Romans 11:33-36..p. 273 Chapter 12..p. 273 Romans 12:1-2..vJohn CalvinCommentary on Romansp. 276 Romans 12:3..p. 278 Romans 12:4-8..p. 282 Romans 12:9-13..p. 284 Romans 12:14-16..p. 286 Romans 12:17-19..p. 289 Romans 12:20-21..p. 291 Chapter 13..p. 291 Romans 13:1-2..p. 292 Romans 13:3-4..p. 294 Romans 13:5-7..p. 295 Romans 13:8-10..p. 297 Romans 13:11-14..p. 301 Chapter 14..p. 301 Romans 14:1-4..p. 303 Romans 14:5-6..p. 305 Romans 14:7-9..p. 306 Romans 14:10-13..p. 309 Romans 14:14-18..p. 311 Romans 14:19-21..p. 313 Romans 14:22-23..p. 315 Chapter 15..p. 315 Romans 15:1-3..p. 316 Romans 15:4-6..p. 318 Romans 15:7-12..p. 321 Romans 15:13-16..p. 324 Romans 15:17-21..p. 327 Romans 15:22-24.

6 P. 328 Romans 15:25-29..p. 330 Romans 15:30-33..p. 333 Chapter 16..p. 333 Romans 16:1-16..p. 337 Romans 16:17-20..p. 339 Romans 16:21-27..p. 343 Translation of Romans ..p. 343 Chapter 1..p. 344 Chapter 2..p. 345 Chapter 3..p. 346 Chapter 4..p. 347 Chapter 5..p. 348 Chapter 6..viJohn CalvinCommentary on Romansp. 349 Chapter 7..p. 350 Chapter 8..p. 353 Chapter 9..p. 354 Chapter 10..p. 355 Chapter 11..p. 356 Chapter 12..p. 357 Chapter 13..p. 358 Chapter 14..p. 359 Chapter 15..p. 360 Chapter 16..p. 362 Indexes..p. 362 Index of Scripture References..p. 366 Index of Scripture Commentary ..p. 367 Index of Names..p. 370 Greek Words and Phrases..p. 372 Hebrew Words and Phrases..p. 375 Latin Words and Phrases..viiJohn CalvinCommentary on RomansviiiJohn CalvinCommentary on RomansCOMMENTARIES ON THEEPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLETOTHE Romans BY JOHN CALVIN TRANSLATED AND EDITEDBY THE REV.

7 JOHN OWEN,VICAR OF THRUSSINGTON, LEICESTERSHIRE CHRISTIAN CLASSICS ETHEREAL LIBRARYGRAND RAPIDS, CalvinComm on RomansTRANSLATOR S PREFACEOn no portion of The New Testament have so many Commentaries been written as on TheEpistle To The Romans . We have indeed no separate Comment extant by any of the Fathers on thisEpistle; though it has been explained, together with other parts of Scripture, by Origen in the thirdcentury; by Jerome, Chrysostom, and in part by Augustine, in the fourth; by Theodoret in the fifth;by cumenius in the tenth; and by Theophylact in the eleventh century. But since the Reformation,many separate Expositions have been published, beside a learned Introduction by Luther, and Notesor Scholia by Zuingle and first complete Commentary , as it appears, was written by Bullinger; the second by Bucer,a Professor of Theology at Cambridge for a short time in the reign of Edward the Sixth; and thenext in order of time was this Work by Calvin, composed at Strasbourg in the year 1539.

8 The fourthwas by Peter Martyr; and this was translated into English in the year 1568. Another was afterwardspublished by Rodolph Gualter, Minister at in the next century the learned Pareus1 delivered lectures on this Epistle, as Professor ofTheology in the University of Heidelberg a work of great learning and of great merits thoughwritten in a style too scholastic to suit the taste of the present day. His special object was to rebutthe arguments and expose the sophistries of Popish writers, particularly those of Bellarmine, theacutest, the subtlest and the most learned of all the Jesuits of his own age, and perhaps of any inafter ages. There is hardly a subject in any measure connected with the contents of this Epistlewhich Pareus does not discuss: at the end of every chapter a number of questions are stated andanswered, especially such as refer to the disputes between Papists and Protestants.

9 He also controvertsthe perversions of next work that requires particular notice is that of Turrettin, a Professor of Theology in theUniversity of Geneva. It was published about the commencement of the last century; the authordied in the year 1737. The doctrine of Calvin had somewhat degenerated in his time, though thework on the whole takes the side of orthodoxy. It yet shows a leaning to those views, whichcommonly issue its sentiments subversive of the essentials of true first Commentary published in this country, composed in English, was by Elnathan Parr, , Rector of Palgrave in Suffolk. He was, as it appears the personal friend of Sir NathanielBacon, an elder brother of Lord Bacon. He dedicated his work to Sir Nathaniel, and speaks of hima having been a hearer of what he published when delivered from the pulpit.

10 2 His style is that ofhis age, and appear quaint now; but his thoughts are often very striking and truly excellent, and hissentiments are wholly in accordant with those of the that time until this century, no work of any note has appeared separately on this within the last thirty years several Commentaries have been published. Besides those of Flattand Tholuck in Germany, three at least have appeared in this country, and three in America. Theauthors in America are Moses Stuart, , Professor of Sacred Literature at Andover inMassachusetts, the Rev Albert Barnes, and Charles Hodge, Professor of Biblical Literature atPrinceton. Those in this country are the Rev F. Fry, Rector of Desford, Leicestershire, Robert1 His original name was Wangler, but he Grecised it, as Erasmus had done, and as others did in that work must have been published before the year 1615, for his patron died in that year.