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Nowδὲmayπληρώσαιthe Godὁ θεὸςof hopeτῆς ἐλπίδοςfillπληρώσαιyouὑμᾶςwith allπάσηςjoyχαρᾶςandκαὶpeaceεἰρήνηςinἐνbelieving,τῷ πιστεύεινso thatεἰς τὸyouὑμᾶςmay aboundπερισσεύεινinἐνhopeτῇ ἐλπίδιbyἐνthe powerδυνάμειof the HolyἁγίουSpirit.πνεύματος
Romans 15:13
Study it in the app“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Paul wishes that the God of hope would fill them with joy and peaceHope
With the Greek beneath
Romans 15:13, word by word
- mayπληρώσαιplērōsai
fill
To occupy something completely, leaving no gap.
Where else “plērōsai” appears- the Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- of hopeἐλπίδοςelpidos
hope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
Where else “elpidos” appears- joyχαρᾶςcharas
joy
Joy, gladness.
Where else “charas” appears- peaceεἰρήνηςeirēnēs
peace with God
The calm God gives: being on good terms with him.
Where else “eirēnēs” appears- believingπιστεύεινpisteuein
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuein” appears- may aboundπερισσεύεινperisseuein
abound
To have plenty, and more and more.
Where else “perisseuein” appears- the powerδυνάμειdynamei
power
The strength to act, above all that of God and his Spirit.
Where else “dynamei” appears- of the Holyἁγίουhagiou
Holy Spirit
God's Spirit, who is his own and sets people apart for him.
Where else “hagiou” appears- Spiritπνεύματοςpneumatos
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumatos” appears
The context
12And again Isaiah says: There will be the root of Jesse, and the one who rises to rule the nations; in him the nations will hope.
13 · This verse (above)
14And I myself am convinced, my brothers, about you, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
To study Romans 15 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul ask in v. 7, and what example does he give?
2. What it means
Why does Paul say the Scriptures were written to give us hope? (v. 4)
3. How I live it
"Welcome one another" (v. 7). Whom could you welcome this week who feels out of place?