Romans 15:13

And I myself also am persuaded of you,.... This is said by way of prevention to an objection that might he made to the apostle's prayers and exhortations by the Romans. What does the apostle mean by…

Now the God of hope - The God who “inspires,” or “produces” the Christian hope. All joy and peace - Rom 14:17. If they were filled with this, there would be no strife and contention. In believing -…

Now the God of hope, etc. - Ὁ δε Θεος της ελπιδος, May the God of this hope - that God who caused both Jews and Gentiles to hope that the gracious promises which he made to them should be fulfilled;…

Here is another prayer directed to God, as the God of hope; and it is, as the former (Rom 15:5, Rom 15:6), for spiritual blessings: these are the blest blessings, and to be first and chiefly prayed…

the God of hope Lit. of the hope; i.e. of ourhope, the special hope in question; the Christian's hope of glory. So just below, that ye may abound in the hope.

St Paul takes up the last word of the…