Teks -- Romans 16:25 (NET)

16:25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Rom 16:25 - Rom 16:25-27 conclude the noble Epistle with the finest of Paul’ s doxologies. @@To him that is able

Rom 16:25-27 conclude the noble Epistle with the finest of Paul’ s doxologies. @@To him that is able ( tōi dunamenōi ).

Dative of the articular participle of dunamai . See similar idiom in Eph 3:20.

Robertson: Rom 16:25 - To stablish

To stablish ( stērixai ).

First aorist active infinitive of stērizō , to make stable.

Robertson: Rom 16:25 - According to my gospel

According to my gospel ( kata to euaggelion mou ).

Same phrase in Rom 2:16; 2Ti 2:8. Not a book, but Paul’ s message as here set forth.

Robertson: Rom 16:25 - The preaching

The preaching ( to kērugma ).

The proclamation, the heralding.

Robertson: Rom 16:25 - Of Jesus Christ

Of Jesus Christ ( Iēsou Christou ).

Objective genitive, "about Jesus Christ."

Robertson: Rom 16:25 - Revelation

Revelation ( apokalupsin ).

"Unveiling."

Robertson: Rom 16:25 - Of the mystery

Of the mystery ( mustēriou ).

Once unknown, but now revealed.

Robertson: Rom 16:25 - Kept in silence

Kept in silence ( sesigēmenou ).

Perfect passive participle of sigaō , to be silent, state of silence.

Robertson: Rom 16:25 - Through times eternal

Through times eternal ( chronois aiōniois ).

Associative instrumental case, "along with times eternal"(Robertson, Grammar , p. 527). See note on 1Co 2:6, 1Co 2:7, 1Co 2:10.

Vincent: Rom 16:25 - Stablish

This is the only epistle of Paul which closes with a doxology. The doxology (see on Rom 14:23) stands at the close of this chapter in most of the very oldest MSS., and in the Peshito or Syriac and Vulgate versions. In a very few MSS. it is omitted or erased by a later hand. In many MSS. including most of the cursives, it is found at the close of ch. 14, and in a very few, at the close of both 14 and 16. Weiss (" Introduction to the New Testament" ) says that the attempt to prove its un-Pauline character has only been the result of extreme ingenuity.

Stablish ( στηρίξαι )

See on 1Pe 5:10.

Vincent: Rom 16:25 - Mystery

Mystery

See on Rom 11:25. The divine plan of redemption. The particular mystery of the conversion of the Gentiles, which is emphasized in Eph 3:3-9; Col 1:26, is included, but the reference is not to be limited to this.

Vincent: Rom 16:25 - Kept secret

Kept secret ( σεσιγημένου )

Rev., more accurately, kept in silence . In Eph 3:9; Col 1:26, ἀποκεκρυμμένον hidden away , is used.

Wesley: Rom 16:25 - Now to him who is able

The last words of this epistle exactly answer the first, Rom 1:1-5; in particular, concerning the power of God, the gospel, Jesus Christ, the scriptures, the obedience of faith, all nations.

Wesley: Rom 16:25 - To establish you

Both Jews and gentiles. According to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ - That is, according to the tenor of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which I preach.

Wesley: Rom 16:25 - According to the revelation of the mystery

Of the calling of the gentiles, which, as plainly as it was foretold in the Prophets, was still hid from many even of the believing Jews.

JFB: Rom 16:25 - Now to him that is of power

More simply, as in Jud 1:24, "to Him that is able."

JFB: Rom 16:25 - to stablish

Confirm, or uphold

JFB: Rom 16:25 - you, according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ

That is, in conformity with the truths of that Gospel which I preach, and not I only, but all to whom has been committed "the preaching of Jesus Christ."

JFB: Rom 16:25 - according to the revelation of the mystery

(See on Rom 11:25).

JFB: Rom 16:25 - which was kept secret since the world began

Literally, "which hath been kept in silence during eternal ages."

Clarke: Rom 16:25 - Now to him

Now to him - In the note at Rom 14:23 (note). I have shown that this and the following verses are by the most reputable MSS. and versions placed at the end of that chapter, which is supposed by most critics to be their proper place. Some of the arguments adduced in favor of this transposition may be found in the note above mentioned. I shall therefore refer to Griesbach, and proceed to make a few short remarks on the verses as they occur here

Clarke: Rom 16:25 - Of power to stablish you

Of power to stablish you - To that God, without whom nothing is wise, nothing strong; who is as willing to teach as he is wise; as ready to help as he is strong

Clarke: Rom 16:25 - According to my Gospel

According to my Gospel - That Gospel which explains and publishes God’ s purpose of taking the Gentiles to be his people under the Messiah, without subjecting them to the law of Moses. This is what he here calls the preaching of Jesus Christ; for without this he did not think, as Mr. Locke observes, that Christ vas preached to the Gentiles as he ought to be; and therefore in several places of his epistle to the Galatians he calls it the truth, and the truth of the Gospel, and uses the like expressions to the Ephesians and Colossians. This is that mystery which he is so much concerned that the Ephesians should understand and adhere to firmly, and which was revealed to him according to that Gospel whereof he was made a minister. And it is probable that this grand mystery of bringing the Gentiles into the kingdom of God, without passing through the rites of the Mosaic law, was revealed more particularly to St. Paul than to any other of the apostles, and that he preached it more pointedly, and certainly with more success. See Taylor and Locke

Clarke: Rom 16:25 - Which was kept secret

Which was kept secret - This purpose of calling the Gentiles, and giving them equal privileges to the Jews, without obliging them to submit to circumcision, etc.

Defender: Rom 16:25 - since the world began

Our word "mystery" comes from the Greek musterion, which referred to the secrets imparted only to initiates in the famous "mystery religions" of ancient Greece. Paul used the word some twenty times in his epistles, adapting this concept to the great purposes of God for His creation, planned before the foundation of the world but only revealed to His initiates, as it were, in the fullness of time (Gal 4:4). The gospel of Christ, revealed in its completeness to Paul (Gal 1:11, Gal 1:12), had been foreshadowed in many ways through the prophets, but finally became reality in human experience, when God became man, in Christ. Note such passages as Eph 3:1-11 and Col 1:24-27."

TSK: Rom 16:25 - to him // my gospel // and the // to the // which

to him : Rom 14:4; Act 20:32; Eph 3:20,Eph 3:21; 1Th 3:13; 2Th 2:16, 2Th 2:17, 2Th 3:3; Heb 7:25; 1Pe 5:10; Jud 1:24, Jud 1:25

my gospel : Rom 2:16; 2Co 4:3; Gal 2:2; 2Th 2:14; 2Ti 2:8

and the : Act 9:20; 1Co 1:23, 1Co 2:2; 2Co 4:5

to the : 1Co 2:7; Eph 1:9; Col 1:26, Col 1:27

which : Psa 78:2; Dan 2:22; Amo 3:7; Mat 13:17, Mat 13:35; Luk 10:23, Luk 10:24; Eph 3:3-5, Eph 3:9, Eph 3:11; 1Pe 1:10-12, 1Pe 1:20

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Rom 16:25 - power // the preaching of Jesus Christ // mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest

He concludes all with an excellent doxology; wherein, first, he describes God, and then he ascribes eternal glory to him. He describes him by two of his attributes or perfections: the first is his

power He is able to establish you; i.e. in grace and in truth; to keep you from falling into sin and into error. The Scripture often attributes our establishment unto God: see 1Th 3:13 2Th 2:17 2Th 3:3 1Pe 5:10 . Our own weakness and Satan’ s power are such, that unless God did establish us, we shonld soon totter and fall: see Rom 14:4 , and the notes there. Our establishment is further amplified by the instrumental cause thereof, which is the gospel; touching which, several things are here to be noted. First, he calls it my gospel, because he was the preacher and publisher thereof: see Rom 2:16 , and the notes there. Secondly, he calls it

the preaching of Jesus Christ: which may be taken actively, for the preaching of our Lord himself; so the doctrine of salvation is called, the word that was spoken by the Lord, Heb 2:3 : see Mat 4:23 Mat 9:35 . Or rather passively, for the gospel which was preached concerning Jesus Christ: see Rom 1:1,3 , and the notes there. Thirdly: He calls it a

mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest: see parallel places, 1Co 2:7 Eph 3:9 Col 1:26 . Some restrain this to the calling of the Gentiles; but it is better understood of the whole doctrine of the gospel, concerning the Trinity, the incarnation of the Son of God, &c., which. although it was in some sort made known under the Old Testament, yet, in respect of the present light and revelation, it was a hidden mystery.

Haydock: Rom 16:25-27 - Now to him that is able // According to the....mystery

Now to him that is able, &c. These three last verses, in divers Greek copies, were found at the end of the 14th chapter, where we find them expounded by St. John Chrysostom. ---

According to the....mystery kept secret from eternity, now made manifest; he means the mystery of Christ's incarnation, and man's redemption, formerly revealed indeed to the prophets, but now made known to all nations, in order to bring all men to the obedience of the gospel, by embracing the faith and doctrine of Christ. (Witham)

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Gill: Rom 16:25 - Now to him that is of power to stablish you // according to my Gospel // and the preaching of Jesus Christ // according to the revelation of the mystery // which was kept secret since the world began

Now to him that is of power to stablish you,.... God is here described by his power, and the particular instance of it is the establishing of his people; that is, in the Gospel, as the Syriac version reads the next clause, and in the profession of it, with grace in their hearts, and in the exercise of it, and more lively and cheerful discharge of duty; See Gill on Rom 1:11;

according to my Gospel; this is the means by which God usually establishes his people in faith and holiness; it is, indeed, an act of divine power, and which there is reason to hope and believe will be exerted; for words which express the power of God to do this, or the other thing, generally import willingness to do it, as the word does here; but then this is commonly done in the use of means: and that is the Gospel, than which nothing has a greater tendency to, and is better calculated for, and with a divine blessing always issues in the establishment of the saints. The apostle calls the Gospel his, not because he was the author of it, or the subject of it; but because he was the minister of it; it was that Gospel which he was sent and qualified to preach, and did preach fully and faithfully, and which he explains by the following clauses:

and the preaching of Jesus Christ: being that Gospel which Jesus Christ himself preached, for which he was anointed and sent, and which first began to be spoken by him in its power and purity, and in such a manner as it never was before or since: and of which he also is the subject; it treats of his person, offices, righteousness, blood, sacrifice, and salvation; and which when preached aright is done in his name, by his authority, through gifts, grace, and strength received from him, and with a view to his glory: it follows as a further explanation of it,

according to the revelation of the mystery; by which is meant, not, as some think, only the calling and conversion of the Gentiles through the preaching of the Gospel, though what is said of it well agrees with it; see Eph 3:3; nor merely the mystery of Christ's incarnation and redemption by him; but the whole Gospel, and all the truths of it, which is often in Scripture called a "mystery", because the reason of many of its important doctrines does not clearly appear to the carnal reason of men; and the "modus" of several of them will ever remain inexplicable by us, as the doctrine of the Trinity, the sonship of Christ, and his incarnation, the resurrection, &c. though the things themselves are most clearly revealed, as here "revelation" is ascribed unto them; by which is meant not that internal revelation of them, by the Spirit of God to the souls of men, though absolutely necessary to the understanding of them in a spiritual manner; nor the revelation of them to the apostles by Christ, by which, and not by men, they were taught and received; but that revelation which they have made of them in the external ministry of the word:

which was kept secret since the world began, or "from eternal times": from all the ages of the former dispensation, or that have run out from the beginning of the world; not that this mystery of the Gospel was entirely unknown, nor any hints given of it in those ages; for there certainly were, as to our first parents after the fall, to Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, and others; but it was but obscurely revealed, only some dark intimations were given of it; it was exhibited in types, shadows, and sacrifices; and, in a comparative sense, was wrapped up in darkness and silence, in reference to the more clear discovery and open exhibition of it under the Gospel dispensation.