Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Romans 15:27
Their debtors they are. It pleased these Gentile Christians to help
those at Jerusalem, and, besides, they were under obligation to them,
for the church at Jerusalem was the center from which the gospel had
been spread abroad. Why the need of this contribution for the church at
Jerusalem? This is often asked. (1) Because it was mainly composed in
the start of the poor. (2) Because it had undergone persecution, and
this always impoverishes, not only because members are spoiled of their
goods, but because they are driven from their employments. Hence, this
church, at the center of conflict, and with a great number of poor, had
need of the aid of the saints elsewhere, where they were more favored
with the worldly blessings.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 24:17
Romans 15:27
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