Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto ,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
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Gill's Exposition
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren,.... The apostle calls them brethren, because many of them were Jews, his brethren and kinsmen according to the flesh, and all of them were his brethren in…
Barnes' Notes
That oftentimes I purposed - See Rom 1:10. How often he had purposed this we have no means of ascertaining. The fact, however, that he had done it, showed his strong desire to see them, and to witness…
Adam Clarke
But was let hitherto - The word let, from the Anglo-Saxon to hinder, signifies impediment or hinderance of any kind: but it is likely that the original word, εκωλυθην, I was forbidden, refers to a…
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
Now I would not have you ignorant A characteristic phrase. See Rom 11:25; 1Co 10:1; 1Co 12:1; 2Co 1:8; 1Th 4:13.
I purposed to come unto you Within limits, evidently, St Paul's plans were no more…
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