For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good , and simple concerning evil.
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Gill's Exposition
And the God of peace,.... See Gill on Rom 15:33;
shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. Some read this by way of wish or prayer, "may the God of peace bruise"; so the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and…
Barnes' Notes
For your obedience ... - Rom 1:8. Your mild, obedient disposition to learn, and to obey the precepts of the teachers of religion. I am glad ... - I rejoice that you evince such a disposition. But he…
Adam Clarke
For your obedience is come abroad - The apostle gives this as a reason why they should continue to hear and heed those who had led them into the path of truth, and avoid those false teachers whose…
The apostle having endeavoured by his endearing salutations to unite them together, it was not improper to subjoin a caution to take heed of those whose principles and practices were destructive to…
Cambridge Bible
For your obedience, &c. This verse is sometimes explained q. d., "You are known to be singularly docile;a good thing in itself, but which may be abused by these false teachers: therefore see that your…
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