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ForγὰρI will notοὐdareτολμήσωto speakλαλεῖνof anythingτιthatὧνthe MessiahΧριστὸςhas notοὐaccomplishedκατειργάσατοthroughδι’meἐμοῦforεἰςthe obedienceὑπακοὴνof the nations,ἐθνῶνby wordλόγῳandκαὶdeed,ἔργῳ
Romans 15:18
Study it in the app“For I will not dare to speak of anything that the Messiah has not accomplished through me for the obedience of the nations, by word and deed,”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 15:18, word by word
- dareτολμήσωtolmēsō
dare
Dare.
Where else “tolmēsō” appears- to speakλαλεῖνlalein
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalein” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- accomplishedκατειργάσατοkateirgasato
produce
To yield as a fruit or consequence: one thing leads to another.
Where else “kateirgasato” appears- the obedienceὑπακοὴνhypakoēn
obedience
Obedience: listening and doing what is commanded.
Where else “hypakoēn” appears- of the nationsἐθνῶνethnōn
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnōn” appears- by wordλόγῳlogōi
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logōi” appears- deedἔργῳergōi
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergōi” appears
The context
17So I have my boasting in the Messiah Jesus in the things that pertain to God.
18 · This verse (above)
19by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum I have fulfilled the good news of the Messiah;
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?