Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Romans 1:11
I long to see you. He had a special reason for visiting Rome. No
apostle had ever visited the city. None of the spiritual gifts which
were conferred by the imposition of apostolic hands had been conferred
in Rome. If any of the brethren enjoyed them, as Romans 12:6 seems to
imply, they have received them elsewhere, and he desires to impart them
there (see PNT "Ac 19:6").
Spiritual gift is used in the sense of a supernatural gift. See
1 Corinthians 12:1. It is a gift conferred by the Spirit. Elsewhere the
phrase "spiritual gifts" refers to extraordinary gifts. There is no
recorded instance in the New Testament of any one working miracles who
was not an apostle, or who had not received the gift through the
imposition of apostolic hands. See notes on Acts 6:8 8:14.
To the end. All these gifts of the Spirit were imparted for a
purpose. The purpose in the mind of Paul was that they
may be established; that saints might be strengthened and the cause
of Christ made stronger. The agent would be the Holy Spirit; Paul the
instrument.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 6:8
Acts 8:14
Romans 1:11
Romans 15:23
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