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Romans 1:7-9
New Catholic Bible
Romans 1:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 To all of you who are God’s beloved in Rome and called to be saints:[a] grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Prayer.[b] 8 First of all, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because your faith has been proclaimed throughout the world. 9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is the witness on my behalf that I remember you constantly in my prayers,
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- Romans 1:7 Saints: the Greek meaning of the word accentuates the idea of “holiness.” All Christians are saints insofar as they are “set apart” for God and are being made increasingly “holy” by the Holy Spirit (see 1 Cor 1:2; 1 Thes 4:7). The Christian community regarded its members as made holy through Baptism (Rom 6:22; 15:16; 1 Cor 6:11; Eph 5:26f).
- Romans 1:8 Paul acknowledges that he has no authority over the Church of Rome, which he did not found; he presents himself as a simple Christian who wants to be one in faith with his brothers and sisters through mutual instruction and edification. The word non-Greeks (literally, “barbarians”) (v. 14) signifies here that the pagans had not received Greek culture.
