Gennadius of Constantinople

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

53 passages across 3 books of the Bible · Who was this?

Commentary

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  1. Romans 6:6
    “Our old self” refers to our perishable and passible bodies.

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  2. Romans 6:12
    Here Paul shows that the reason we no longer sin is not that after baptism we are no longer made of flesh. Up to this point, we claim Christ’s perfection by faith only and not by experience. For we have not yet become impassible or immortal.… Therefore Paul does not say: “Do not sin,” but rather: “Let not sin reign in your mortal bodies.”

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  3. Romans 7:6
    Paul sets “Spirit” against “letter,” “newness” against “oldness,” and by these names shows us how different the two things are.

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  4. Romans 7:12
    “Law” and “commandment” are synonymous in this case. The commandment is called “holy” because it takes us away from sin and sets us apart from evil; “just” because with its righteousness it honors those who obey it and punishes those who transgress it; “good” because it leads us to the good, and this because of the goodness given by God. The law is not sin just because it shows me what is evil but the opposite.

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  5. Romans 7:17
    All this is reminiscent of what was said by the Lord in the Gospels: “The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.”

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  6. Romans 7:24
    Paul did not say “bad” or “evil man” but rather “wretched man” … for having shown that this person contemplated the good with his mind but was drawn toward evil by the passion of the flesh, he presents him as more deserving of mercy than of punishment.

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  7. Romans 8:1
    Look how great Christ’s grace is in that he has set us free from condemnation.

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  8. Romans 8:2
    We have been made heirs of a pain-free and immortal life by the free gift of the Spirit and have all become spiritual, being set free from sin and the death which it causes.

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  9. Romans 8:6
    “Death” is estrangement and punishment from God; “life” is immortality and “peace” is fellowship with him.

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  10. Romans 9:1
    The Jews who opposed the apostles and their message said that one or another of the following propositions must be true. Either the gospel is a lie, or God is a liar.… For God promised Abraham that he would bless his offspring, but now he has shown favor to impure and foreign people, i.e., the Gentiles, instead of us. Now if your preaching is a way out of these promises, as you claim, then it is clear that God lied to our ancestors. On the other hand, if it is wrong to speak of God in this way, then you and your message are a lie.It was to answer this kind of charge that the apostle Paul wanted to work out an alternative position and demonstrate both that the message of the gospel was true and that God was not lying.

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  11. Romans 9:13
    It was many years after the event that Scripture testified to this in the words of the prophet Haggai [Malachi]. Paul added this quotation because he wanted to show that God’s judgment is just, for while it was in accordance with his foreknowledge, the lives of both men later followed these different paths.

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  12. Romans 9:32
    Paul calls the Lord Christ a stumbling stone because those who did not accept the new covenant in him stumbled over him and by their unbelief fell from the grace of justification which was given to men through him.

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  13. Romans 10:2
    Having once been one of them himself, Paul understood and bore witness that the Jews fought against the gospel out of zeal for God, yet it was a zeal uninformed by true knowledge.

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  14. Romans 10:4
    Christ fulfilled the law’s purpose by granting the righteousness which comes by faith in him to all those who accepted him.

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  15. Romans 10:5
    Comparing the law with the glory of grace, Paul says that even Moses could not have been justified by the law unless he fulfilled all the commandments of the law.

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  16. Romans 11:6
    The apostle has expressed himself in this way … because he wants to show that the law and grace are completely incompatible and that the two of them can never go together. Of necessity, one must drive the other out.

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  17. Romans 11:8
    The spirit of stupor prevented them from making the hard choice of repentance and conversion.

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  18. Romans 11:16
    Paul calls the Lord Christ the “first fruits,” because he was one of them according to the flesh, and through his resurrection he became the first to claim the inheritance.

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  19. Romans 11:26
    When their sins are taken away and forgiven their salvation will be clear and indisputable.

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  20. Romans 12:1
    As the fullness of God’s mercies toward us is limitless, I am obliged and I challenge us all to be set apart and offered to God as a complete sacrifice. For the present sacrifice does not lead to death, as did that under the law, but by making us holy it leads to eternal life, because it is pleasing to God and the offering of rational creatures is much more valuable than that of dumb ones.

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