For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
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Gill's Exposition
For I long to see you,.... Not the city of Rome, which was one of Austin's three wishes to have seen in its glory; nor the emperor of it, nor the senate in it, nor its populous inhabitants, fine…
Barnes' Notes
For I long to see you - I earnestly desire to see you; compare Rom 15:23, Rom 15:32. That I may impart - That I may “give,” or communicate to you. Some spiritual gift - Some have understood this as…
Adam Clarke
Some spiritual gift - This probably means some of the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit, which, being given to them, might tend greatly to establish their faith in the Gospel of Christ; and it is…
We may here observe,
I. His thanksgivings for them (Rom 1:8): First, I thank my God. It is good to begin every thing with blessing God, to make that the alpha and omega of every song, in every thing…
Cambridge Bible
that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift Some "charisma." The exact reference is not quite certain. It has been explained of miraculous gifts, which (on this view) St Paul desired to impart, by…
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