Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
INTRODUCTION. (Rom. 1:1-17)
Paul--(See on Acts 13:9).
a servant of Jesus Christ--The word here rendered "servant" means "bond-servant," or one subject to the will and wholly at the disposal of another. In this sense it is applied to the disciples of Christ at large (1 Corinthians 7:21-23), as in the Old Testament to all the people of God (Isaiah 66:14). But as, in addition to this, the prophets and kings of Israel were officially "the servants of the Lord" (Joshua 1:1; Psalms 18:1, title), the apostles call themselves, in the same official sense, "the servants of Christ" (as here, and Philippians 1:1; James 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1; Judges 1:1), expressing such absolute subjection and devotion to the Lord Jesus as they would never have yielded to a mere creature. (See on Romans 1:7; John 5:22-23).
called to be an apostle--when first he "saw the Lord"; the indispensable qualification for apostleship. (See on Acts 9:5; Acts 22:14; 1 Corinthians 9:1).
separated unto the--preaching of the
gospel--neither so late as when "the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul" (Acts 13:2), nor so early as when "separated from his mother's womb" (see on Galatians 1:15). He was called at one and the same time to the faith and the apostleship of Christ (Acts 26:16-18).
of God--that is, the Gospel of which God is the glorious Author. (So Romans 15:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:2, 1 Thessalonians 2:8-9; 1 Peter 4:17).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 13:2
Romans 6:18
1 Corinthians 1:1
Galatians 1:15
Titus 1:1
2 Peter 1:1
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