Teks -- Romans 16:19 (NET)

16:19 Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

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Robertson: Rom 16:19 - Is come abroad

Is come abroad ( aphiketo ).

Second aorist middle indicative of aphikneomai , old verb, to come from, then to arrive at, only here in N.T.

Robertson: Rom 16:19 - Over you

Over you ( Ephesians' humin ).

"Upon you."Simple unto that which is evil (akeraious eis to kakon ). Old adjective from a privative and kerannumi , to mix. Unmixed with evil, unadulterated.

Vincent: Rom 16:19 - Simple

Simple ( ἀκεραίους )

See on harmless , Mat 10:16.

Wesley: Rom 16:19 - But I would have you

Not only obedient, but discreet also.

Wesley: Rom 16:19 - Wise with regard to that which is good

As knowing in this as possible.

Wesley: Rom 16:19 - And simple with regard to that which is evil

As ignorant of this as possible.

JFB: Rom 16:19 - For your obedience

That is, tractableness

JFB: Rom 16:19 - is come abroad unto all. I am glad therefore on your behalf

"I rejoice therefore over you," seems the true reading.

JFB: Rom 16:19 - but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple

"harmless," as in Mat 10:16, from which the warning is taken.

JFB: Rom 16:19 - concerning

"unto"

JFB: Rom 16:19 - evil

"Your reputation among the churches for subjection to the teaching ye have received is to me sufficient ground of confidence in you; but ye need the serpent's wisdom to discriminate between transparent truth and plausible error, with that guileless simplicity which instinctively cleaves to the one and rejects the other."

Clarke: Rom 16:19 - For your obedience is come abroad

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 doctrines tended to the subversion of their souls

Clarke: Rom 16:19 - Yet I would have you wise

Yet I would have you wise - I would wish you carefully to discern the good from the evil, and to show your wisdom, by carefully avoiding the one and cleaving to the other.

Calvin: Rom 16:19 - Your obedience,

19.Your obedience, ⁴⁸¹ etc. This is said to anticipate an objection; for he shows that he did not warn them, as though he thought unfavorably of them, but because a fall in their case was such as might have easily happened; as if he had said, — “Your obedience is indeed commended everywhere, and for this reason I rejoice on your account: yet since it often happens, that a fall occurs through simplicity, I would have you to be harmless and simple as to the doing of evil; but in doing good, to be most prudent, whenever it may be necessary, so that you may preserve your integrity.”

We here see what that simplicity is which is commended in Christians; so that they have no reason to claim this distinction, who at this day count as a high virtue their stupid ignorance of the word of God. For though he approves in the Romans, that they were obedient and teachable, yet he would have them to exercise wisdom and judgment, lest their readiness to believe exposed them to impositions. So then he congratulates them, because they were free from a wicked disposition; he yet wished them to be wise, so as to exercise caution. ⁴⁸²

TSK: Rom 16:19 - obedience // I am // yet // simple

obedience : Rom 1:8; 1Th 1:8, 1Th 1:9

I am : Eph 1:15-17; Col 1:3-9; 1Th 1:2, 1Th 1:3, 1Th 3:6-10

yet : 1Ki 3:9-12; Psa 101:2; Isa 11:2, Isa 11:3; Mat 10:16; 1Co 14:20; Eph 1:17, Eph 1:18; Eph 5:17; Phi 1:9; Col 1:9, Col 3:16; 2Ti 3:15-17; Jam 3:13-18

simple : or, harmless, Luk 10:3; Phi 2:15

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Poole: Rom 16:19 - 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

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men: q.d. As for you, your ready embracing of the gospel, and conformity thereunto, is generally taken notice of by all that mind such things: see the like, Rom 1:8 1Th 1:8 .

I am glad therefore on your behalf I rejoice to hear of your soundness and teachablehess; I do not therefore speak this to accuse, but to caution you.

But yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil: q.d. Take heed that you be not cheated by seducers, that thcy do not abuse your tractableness to draw you into errors. He exhorts them to join prudence with simplicity; to be so harmless and simple as not to invent false doctrine, and yet to be so wise and skilful as to be able to discern truth from falsehood; to be so innocent as not to deceive, and so prudent as not to be deceived: see Mat 10:16 . He prays for the Philippians, that they may have this discretion, Phi 1:9,10 , and exhorts the Thessalonians thereunto, 1Th 5:21 .

Gill: Rom 16:19 - 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

For your obedience is come abroad unto all men,.... That is, as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions render it, "the fame" and report of their obedience to the faith, to the doctrine of the Gospel, and the ministers of it, was spread everywhere, was well known to everyone, and spoken of with commendeth among all the churches in all nations: and this the apostle mentions as another reason why they should beware of false teachers, since it would be greatly to their reproach, should they, after all this, drop that form of doctrine which they had obeyed, desert the faithful ministers of the word, and follow these false teachers; should this be the case, they would be as notorious for their disobedience, as now for their obedience: and moreover, the apostle might hereby suggest, that whereas it was everywhere known how readily and at once they embraced the Gospel of Christ; this credulity and readiness to believe, which was their commendation, might have invited false teachers among them, who might hope and take encouragement from hence the more easily to gain upon them; and therefore they ought to be upon their watch and guard, and beware of them, and not believe every spirit:

I am glad therefore on your behalf; that they had so cheerfully and readily embraced the Gospel, and from the heart obeyed that form of doctrine delivered to them; and that their praise for this was in all the churches of Christ, and had everywhere a good report on this account:

but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil; which is just the reverse of natural and unregenerate men, who are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge; some reference seems to be had to the words of Christ in Mat 10:16; the apostle's meaning is, that though he rejoiced at the heartiness and simplicity of their obedience, and the credit they obtained abroad on account of it, yet was he not without his fears and jealousies concerning them; and could not but greatly wish them more wisdom to understand the doctrines of the Gospel, to discern things that differ, and approve that which is the most excellent, and hold fast that which is good; and with all their harmlessness, innocence, and simplicity, prudently guard against all evil doctrines and principles, such as might unawares lead them into bad practices, dishonourable to religion, and uncomfortable to themselves.