God, as a "God of peace," "shall tread him under the feet" of believers (Rom 16:20). God of peace—Who is opposed to these producers of divisions and offences. God would disappoint their malignant purposes, and promote the prevalence of peace. It is repeated, Romans 16:24. [Note: For a chart of Paul"s benedictions in his epistles, see The Bible Knowledge Commentary: New Testament, p500.]. He indeed exhorts them to fight manfully against Satan, and promises that they should shortly be victorious. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. — This form of expression has always been understood to import the deity of Jesus Christ, and justly it has been so understood. And to encourage you to be watchful, I dare promise you shall be successful. The words seem to be addressed to the little company of saluted brethren—the Church within the Church—as a sort of benedictory dismissal. The Author of peace is the Giver of victory. And similarly, also. 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Bible represents him as the introducer of evil into the universe, the leader of all the hosts of wickedness, in hell and on earth; at once the instigator and the strength of all opposition to the cause of virtue and the well-being of humanity. This benediction looks back to Romans 1:7; Romans 3:24; Romans 5:2; etc. 17, 20.]. Power to conquer sins known and hidden. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. [While they are in the flesh Satan will renew his assaults upon them. Will bruise - The “language” here refers to the prediction in Genesis 3:15. The peace-destroyer.—By how much the character of the peace-maker is ennobled, in the same proportion may the character of the peace-destroyer sink in our estimation. have transposed this prayer, putting it after the salutations, Romans 16:21-23, to conform to the ordinary usage of the apostle; the Byz. The great promise of God against Satan, given for all the. He had said, Romans 15:33. Satan not to be feared.—And as good angels shall not, so it is certain likewise that evil angels shall not; good angels will not, and bad angels shall not. They were therefore obliged to transfer thither the prayer of Romans 16:20. It is because ‘the LORD’ is with them, the One Who bound Satan and defeated his minions at the cross and will finally bruise his head (Matthew 12:28-29; Colossians 2:15; Revelation 20:2; Revelation 20:10; compare Luke 10:18; Luke 22:3; Luke 22:31). The Roman Empire had to find a ship for him, and a fit escort for him, too; and he entered the city as an ambassador in bonds. He will rise no more. To defeat his malignant efforts, God increases the strength of his people, and gives them a deeper insight into the devices of their enemy. The God of peace be with you; and here he saith: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. He then promises ultimate defeat, which does not appear in the midst of the contest. Cf.2 Corinthians 11:14 f. There is an allusion to Genesis 3:15, though it is doubtful whether Paul found anything there answering to . V. All will come by communion with Christ; His conquest our inspiration. Anxious doubt would fill the spirit with agitation. Satan works personally in disturbing the churches, though his work is carried on through the instrumentality of men. place it only in Romans 16:24. This he does also in other Epistles: see 1 Corinthians 16:23-24; similarly Philippians 4:20, and Philippians 4:21-23 after the doxology,—2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 :—1 Timothy 6:16-17 ff. Faith must look back as far as the foundation-promise, "The God of peace shall bruise," etc. That God is free from all malevolent emotions in the work. Romans 16:20 - ESV - The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your... Study verse in the English Standard Version When the believer fights with the armor of God (Ephesians 6), the conflict is never long. Thus if we lack hope, the first place we should look for it is God, who is the source of true hope. He appears to be beyond reform. Let us trust and not be afraid. They shall obtain a complete victory over him in the day of the appearing of their almighty Lord, who will then finally consign him to his awful punishment, and cast him into the lake of fire and brimstone. Satan is under the feet of angels. If the God of peace is in our hearts, we shall cultivate peace with our fellow-men. There were two victories to be obtained over Satan. Romans 16:20. δὲ, but) [not and, as Engl. ]— τὸν σατανᾶν, Satan) the sower of strifes. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly — The apostle encourages the Romans to persevere in resisting the wiles of the devil with the assurance that, as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, they are “shortly” to receive their discharge, and have the satisfaction of “putting their feet upon the neck” of that formidable enemy - symbol familiar, probably, in all languages to express not only the completeness of the defeat, but the abject humiliation of the conquered foe. Holtz., H. C., gives both without deciding between them (“vollgeglaubten oder vollbrachten”). Paul wrote this Epistle, and Tertius wrote it, — the one as dictating, the other as amanuensis. Since we are at peace with God, while we are here the devil himself shall serve us; and the messenger of Satan shall be a means to quell the pride of a believing Paul by the sufficiency of the grace of God, while he fills the heart of an unbelieving Judas with poison and treason against his Master.—Charnock. 1 Maccabees 3:22 (and Grimm in loc. Of the second of these victories, Paul here speaks. The promise which God has here given to the Church—, Satan is an active and powerful adversary to God’s people—, [His exertions are directed against the Church at large, and against every individual member of it. Bruce p. 278). Satan. on StudyLight.org Note, That it is by virtue of Christ's conquest over Satan, that believers become conquerors; for the promise here refers to the original promise, Genesis 3:15, That Christ, the seed of the woman, shall bruise the serpent's head. V. Human peace-makers will share in the final triumph.—The limbs of the Church will not always be fettered; the feet of God's saints will not always be fastened in the stocks; the iron of oppression will not always eat into their souls. He secures the method of peace at infinite cost. Amen. He answers his accusations as He is an "advocate" at the right hand of God; and at the last, when death comes to be destroyed, and no more to enter into the world, the whole design of the devil for ever falls to the ground. Several ancient MSS. God gives His people different gifts; but peace is a blessing which they all need, and without which they can have no happiness. There is a striking phrase in the next chapter: "The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly" (Romans 16:20). In discoursing on his words, we shall consider, I. The words seem to be addressed to the little company of saluted brethren—the Church within the Church—as a sort of benedictory dismissal. Let us cleave to the truth of the gospel, that we may not be counted by God as part of the corporation of fallen angels, and not be barely reckoned as enemies of God, but in league with the greatest enemy to His glory in the world. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you: as he began this Epistle with wishing them grace and peace, so he ends it. Let us, then, not fear for God's truth. But why the salutations which still follow, Romans 16:21-23, and the final doxology, Romans 16:25-27? 13:20. When God was in Christ reconciling the world, He was in Christ "destroying him that had the power of death" (Heb ), and bringing Satan under the feet of the Mediator and the feet of His members. I. Revelation 2:27. shortly = with speed. On that day the full import of this expression will be seen. What comes after this, where one would have expected the letter to close, has its parallel in Philippians 4:20, etc., and, being in fact common in epistolatory writings, is simply a mark of genuineness. This is a prayer for the favor and aid of Christ, and of course is an act of worship, and a recognition of the Savior's divinity. The emissaries of Satan strive to distract the churches; but God — the God of peace — counteracts their wicked designs. We behold at one time seven persons, Maximin Galerius, Maxentius, Severus Cæsar, Maximin, Alexander, Maximin Hercules, and Licinius, all aiming at the empire. Our Saviour spoiled him of his power upon the cross, and took away the right he had to detain any believer prisoner by satisfying that justice and reconciling that God who first ordered their commitment. omit the whole of this clause, probably thinking that it had been borrowed from Romans 16:24; but on the ground that the apostle might have added a postscript or two, not having immediate opportunity to send the epistle there is no need for this supposition. Our only security is God, and our duty is constantly to ask peace of Him in the midst of a world of trouble. . He is here regarded as the “author” of all attempts to promote discord in the church, by whomsoever those attempts were made. He will give them a complete and everlasting victory over him in the world to come—. “The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.” This benediction is short but sweet. Speedily. The Greco-Lats. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you, Amen: to enable you to abide by the truth; to mark and avoid the authors of sects, and causes of divisions, and offences; to oppose error and defend truth; to keep from falling, to stand against every assault of Satan, and to bear up under every temptation of his; to get the victory over him, and to preserve them safe to the kingdom and glory of Christ. 1 Timothy 1:14 - and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus. 1. He may well rise superior to difficulty, remembering that victory is finally certain, for God fights on his side. The reference seems to be that the saints will triumph over the dividers." Those commentators who view this eschatologically and allege that Paul expected the end of the world shortly, miss the plain point of this verse. It rather suggests that some copies of the epistle ended here; possibly that Romans 16:1-20 (for there is another benediction at Romans 15:33) were originally an independent epistle. Search Tools. Warning and Comfort. Romans - Dr Barber's (Jul 27, 1943 – Aug 29, 2016) practical, in depth exposition of … Even in the churches there would be no peace, were it not for God’s presence. Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. By exercise he renders them expert soldiers, and enables them to “war a good warfare.” Instead of exposing themselves needlessly to danger, they are now taught to “watch and be sober;” instead of indulging a vain conceit of their own purity and strength, they are led to suspect the treachery of their own hearts, and to depend more simply on the grace of Christ. Romans 10 Commentary - Sanday and Headlam; HARRY A IRONSIDE . . 3:15. Dr. Macknight says of the word Satan, that ‘Here it is given to the unbelieving Jews, and also to the Judaizing teachers and their adherents, who, for selfish purposes, bred divisions at Rome, ver. When our hearts are set on a thing, and we pray for it, God may grant us the blessing; but, it may be, in a way that we never looked for. ], But God has promised to “bruise him under our feet”—, [God is “the God of peace” primarily as being reconciled to us through the death of his Son: but he has this name assigned to him in our text chiefly as delighting in the social order and the personal happiness of his people. Revenge is the … Greek: Paulos doulos Ch ristou Iesou, kletos apostolos, aphorismenos eis euaggelion Th eou,. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. ].” He tells them how ready Satan was to take advantage of them in the matter of the incestuous man [Note: 2 Corinthians 2:11. But it is of Satan himself that the Apostle speaks. Baumgarten however defends it.(171). (a) To us. ], 1. Haldane.). The entire thrust of this whole passage is not forward to the eternal judgment, but retrospective to Genesis 3:15. When the sons of Job were assembled before the Lord, Satan came also in the midst of them [Note: Job 2:1. God is the God of peace, because He it is that is the author of all the peace that His people enjoy. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. “The God of peace will quickly crush Satan beneath your feet.” Paul was a prophet, here giving a cheering prediction of coming victory. on StudyLight.org Satan will not be permitted to harass them continually. Satan was for a time permitted to harass Him, but at last he was dismissed. Incongruous epithet at first sight, "the God of peace." Bullinger, has stood the test of … Greet one another with a holy kiss. By the God of peace. Not Yet a Member? In the first prediction, God speaks as the Lord of Hosts, the God of war — ’I will put enmity.’ The war continues till the bruising of Satan’s head has taken place, and his empire is overthrown; and when it is subverted, peace is made, and God is the God of peace . 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It is enough to encourage our waiting, that it will be, and that it will be shortly; but we must not measure God's shortly by our minutes.—Charnock. The Christian's armour the gospel of peace (Eph 6:15). The Greco-Lats. The Conclusion. “False teachers may come and cause division, but God who is our source of peace will give you the victory over Satan!! He will increase the triumphs of his people over Satan in this world—, [Satan gains great advantage over young Christians by means of their unsubdued corruptions, and their inexperience in the spiritual warfare. It is Godlike to create. He began preaching at Damascus, but on account of persecution went into Arabia. The bruising his head was the design of Christ's mission (Gen 3:15), that the great incendiary who had broken the league and set afoot the rebellion might feel the greater smart of it. This shows us that we ought constantly to look to God for this peace. The Christian may be inspired by the thought that the valour of God is his defence. If we seek it not, but grow self-confident and secure, dangers and troubles may arise from every quarter. If we try in His strength, we shall come off more than conquerors. 2. The accuser of our brethren — After the exhortation which the Apostle had just given to the saints at Rome to maintain peace among themselves, he here designates their heavenly Father, as in the conclusion of the preceding chapter, the God of peace. Note--. suntribo. Search using our Online Bible by Topic, Verse Reference or Phrase. It is because of this translation that Schultz and many others find here the idea of Christ"s near return. Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. In like manner, churches and individual Christians are all to be tried in various ways; but if they abide the trial, they shall be delivered from the temptation, and, in the most emphatic and extensive sense, they shall all at last bruise Satan under their feet. Throughout the history of the church, Romans 9 has been a difficult text for interpreters and lay-people in the church, both for its ambiguous language and its use to support a doctrine of predestination. Encouraging promise; hence συντρίψει is not with Flatt to be taken as optative, contrary to linguistic usage, nor is the erroneous gloss of the reading συντρίψαι (A, 67**, Theodoret, Oec., Jer., Ambros., Rup.) 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. ἡ χάρις κ. τ. James Rosscup writes that "This was the great work in the life of the versatile Dean of … As Satan is constantly represented as "working in the children of disobedience," the evil done by them is sometimes referred to him as the instigator, and sometimes to the immediate agents who are his willing instruments. Read Introduction to Romans . τ. σατ. The God of peace; so he is called, Romans 15:33. Peace-maker! The grace - The favor; the mercy, etc. The grace, &c. Each one of Paul"s Epp. on StudyLight.org He was one of the most unmerciful persecutors of the early Christians, but was converted by the sudden appearance to him of the risen Lord. At the same time he does not speak only of the last day, when Satan shall be completely bruised; but as Satan was then confounding all things, raging, as it were, with loose or broken reins, he promises that the Lord would shortly subdue him, and cause him to be trodden, as it were, under foot. God is the best judge of the seasons of distributing His own mercies, and darting out His own glory. The LXX has . 3. The text prophesies a conquest, in every aspect wonderful on account of--, I. Romans 15. Romans 16:15 - Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. This promise plainly bears upon the first grand promise, in Genesis 3:15, that Jesus Christ, the Seed of the woman, should bruise the head of the serpent; for it is by virtue of his bruising the head of Satan, that he is subdued and brought under our feet. Romans 1:1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, (NASB: Lockman). The "Amen" here has no manuscript authority. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by E.W. (F.F. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Nor is there any individual among the Lord’s people, whom that wicked one does not endeavour to harass and destroy. Bruise Satan under your feet; give you the victory over him and his adherents; a victory begun in this world, but consummated in the glory of heaven. Romans 16:14 - Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the brethren with them. Romans 16:1-16. God communicates strength; but it passes through the man who accepts and uses it. The peace-destroyer's destruction.—From the visible enemy who threatens, the apostle's eye turns to the invisible world, where he discovers, on the one side the more formidable enemy of whom his earthly adversaries are the instruments, and on the other the all-powerful ally on whose succour the Church can reckon in this struggle. In the subduing Satan, He will be the conqueror of His instruments. ii. ), Earth is the scene of a great moral struggle between truth and error, right and wrong, God and Satan. This benediction makes some think Romans 16:1-20 were originally a short letter that Paul had intended to send the Roman church. Shall bruise (συντριπσει — suntripsei). συντρίψει, selected with special regard to Gen 3:15. Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 – Leupold 46. 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. when. III. on StudyLight.org (Romans 16:20) Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. These words may be considered either relatively, or absolutely; if relatively, or with relation to the context, then by Satan is to be understood seducers and false teachers, whom he had warned the Romans of in the preceding verses: Mark them which cause divisions, &c. Learn hence, 1. As, then, the Seed of the woman has bruised the head of the serpent, so His people will, through Christ, likewise bruise Satan. 2. omit the whole of this clause, probably thinking that it had been borrowed from Romans 16:24; but on the ground that the apostle might have added a postscript or two, not having immediate opportunity to send the epistle there is no need for this supposition. On account of the creatures from whom the conquest is achieved. I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me. No weapon formed against it shall prosper; the head of the wicked shall fall as low as the feet of the godly. en (App-104.) Though the apostle here styles Him who is thus to bruise Satan, the God of peace,” with special reference to the “divisions” (Romans 16:17) by which the church at Rome was in danger of being disturbed, this sublime appellation of God has here a wider sense, pointing to the whole “purpose for which the Son of God was manifested, to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8); and indeed this assurance is but a reproduction of the first great promise, that the Seed of the woman should bruise the Serpent‘s head (Genesis 3:15). Victory will result from two factors, the one divine (God shall bruise), the other human (under your feet). Shortly, or suddenly; though now he rage, yet ere long he shall be thrown down. The fall of a general proves the rout of the army. Regarded here as authentic, this prayer is the counterpart of that which we find 1 Corinthians 16:23. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. were originally a short letter that Paul had intended to send the Roman church. This is what we shall have to explain. Home > Commentaries > Coffman Commentaries > Romans > Chapter 1. Peace cannot be perfect till it be undisturbed by invading enemies and subtle adversaries endeavouring to raise a new enmity. And the God of Peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. "Now, the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet quickly. The victory shall be ours, though wrought by Him; and He shall do it shortly. but beyond that he foresees a further time when all will be hushed and quelled, and the Great Adversary himself for ever overthrown. Delightful to be able to introduce harmony into a world of disorder, to cause a holy calm to reign in a realm which had presented the scene of wild chaos. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Romans 12:12 - rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, on StudyLight.org Yes; by simple obedience and loving fellowship swift victory comes. Romans 10 Homilies from Pulpit Commentary; BARRY HORNER. It was God that first made this planet beautiful by the gentle sway of peace. The word Satan signifies adversary. Romans 16:20. At death, by God’s grace, they obtain the entire mastery over Satan. They may assault it, but they shall not prevail. "not even they had seen His divine nature, which is not visible to any creature, but they saw Him incarnate" [Theodoret] (Eph 3:8, 10; 1Pe 1:12; compare Col 1:16, 20). And since we are delivered, God, as a God of peace, will perfect the victory, and make him cease for ever from bruising the heel of the spiritual seed. Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testament. The term Devil means calumniator or accuser. There were two victories to be obtained over Satan. He shall be “bruised”; his purposes thwarted, his influence destroyed, his powers paralysed; the crushed victim of his own gigantic follies and stupendous wickedness. on StudyLight.org But he has as yet delivered no special greetings from those around him at Corinth, whether it be that they are now for the first time entrusted to him, or that he now for the first time observes that he has not yet mentioned them in what precedes (as after Romans 16:16). A season must be allowed in which the efficacy of the Saviour's mediatorial mission shall be vindicated—in which the glory of the Church as a militant force must be evidenced. I. :—2 Timothy 4:18-19 ff. We die, and the intervening period is as nothing. God crushes Satan from impulses the most benevolent. λ.] a prayer of benediction, with this difference, that in the former this prayer is repeated word for word in Romans 16:24. 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