Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Romans 15:6
That ye may with one mind [and] one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
6. that ye may glorify God ] Whose praise is the ultimate aim of all His gifts to His people. Cp. on Rom 11:33-36. See, on the holy unanimity enjoined here, Php 3:15-16.
God, even the Father ] Far better, the God and Father. Same words as 2Co 1:3; Eph 1:3 ; 1Pe 1:3. See Joh 20:17; Heb 1:8-9.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
That ye may with one mind – The word used here is translated with one accord; Act 1:14; Act 2:1; Act 4:24. It means unitedly, with one purpose, without contentions, and strifes, and jars.
And one mouth – This refers, doubtless, to their prayers and praises. That they might join without contention and unkind feeling, in the worship of God. Divisions, strife, and contention in the church prevent union in worship. Though the body may be there, and the church professedly engaged in public worship, yet it is a divided service; and the prayers of strife and contention are not heard; Isa 58:4.
Glorify God – Praise or honor God. This would be done by their union, peace, and harmony; thus showing the tendency of the gospel to overcome the sources of strife and contention among people, and to bring them to peace.
Even the Father … – This is an addition designed to produce love.
(1) He is a Father; we then, his children, should regard him as pleased with the union and peace of his family.
(2) He is the Father of our Lord; our common Lord; our Lord who has commanded us to be united, and to love one another. By the desire of honoring such a Father, we should lay aside contentions, and be united in the bands of love.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 6. That ye – Jews and Gentiles – may with one mind] Thinking the same things, and bearing with each other, after the example of Christ; and one mouth, in all your religious assemblies, without jarring or contentions, glorify God for calling you into such a state of salvation, and showing himself to be your loving compassionate Father, as he is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is very likely that the apostle refers here to religious acts in public worship, which might have been greatly interrupted by the dissensions between the converted Jews and the converted Gentiles; these differences he labours to compose; and, after having done all that was necessary in the way of instruction and exhortation, he now pours out his soul to God, who alone could rule and manage the heart, that he would enable them to think the same things, to be of the same judgment, and that all, feeling their obligation to him, might join in the sweetest harmony in every act of religious worship.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God: q.d. I further pray, that you may not only be like-minded one towards another, but
that ye may with one mouth glorify God; that whether you be Gentiles or Jews, strong or weak in the faith, you may agree and be unanimous in his worship and service; that not only with one mind, but with one mouth, or as if you had all but one mouth. you may pray unto God and praise him: that is one way of glorifying God, Psa 50:23, and it seems to be chiefly intended in this place. See Act 4:32, what accord and unanimity there was among the primitive Christians.
Even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; a usual periphrasis of God in the New Testament: see 2Co 1:3; 11:31; Eph 1:3; Col 1:3; 1Pe 1:3. God is the Father of Christ, first, as he is the Son of God; so he begat him by an eternal and ineffable generation, Joh 3:16; 1Jo 4:9. Secondly, as he is man: so he created him, Luk 1:35. Thirdly, as he is Mediator; so he appointed him to and qualified him for that office, Psa 40:8; Joh 20:17. This compellation of God includes all our comfort and happiness, for he is our Father because he is the Father of Jesus Christ. It is added here by way of limitation, to distinguish the true God from the false gods of the earth; and by way of explanation, to show how God will be glorified and worshipped under the gospel, viz. as the God and Father of onr Lord Jesus Christ.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
6. That, c.rather, “thatwith one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father ofour Lord Jesus Christ” the mind and the mouth of all givingharmonious glory to His name. What a prayer! And shall this never berealized on earth?
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
That ye may with one mind and one mouth;…. This is the end for which the above request is made, and shows, that a cordial and sincere affection for one another is necessary to the worshipping of God with one consent, to a joining together in acts of religious service, both in praying to God, and in praising of him, which latter seems here chiefly designed; for how should there be an agreement of heart and voice, of mind and mouth, in praising God, unless there is a singleness of heart, and oneness of affection? This is necessary in order to
glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Syriac and Arabic versions read, God “the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”; leaving out, the copulative, which we translate “even”, but may as well be rendered “and”; and be read, as by some, “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”. God is the God of Christ, as Christ is man; who prepared the human nature for him, anointed it with the Holy Spirit, supported it in life, in sufferings and death, and glorified it at his own right hand; and in which nature Christ exercised every grace on him, as faith, hope, and love; discharged every duty to him, worshipped him, prayed unto him, and was in all things obedient to his will: and God is the Father of Christ, as Christ is God; for as man he had no father. Now he is “glorified” when the perfections of his nature are ascribed unto him; when notice is taken of the works of his hands, and the glory of his majesty, which appears in them; when praise is offered up, and thanks given for all mercies, temporal and spiritual, he bestows on his people; when they join together in the solemn worship of him, presenting their bodies, and giving up their hearts unto him; when they unite in praying to him, and singing his praise; and when their lives and conversations are agreeable to their profession of him.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
With one accord (). Here alone in Paul, but eleven times in Acts (Ac 1:14, etc.).
With one mouth ( ). Vivid outward expression of the unity of feeling.
May glorify (). Present active subjunctive of , final clause with “that ye may keep on glorifying.” For “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” see 2Cor 1:3; 2Cor 9:31 for discussion. It occurs also in Eph 1:3; 1Pet 1:3.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “That ye may with one mind,” (hina homothumadon) “In order that (we may) with one accord,” in harmony or in symphony, harmoniously together, or you all of the church at Rome may in harmony and unity. The Jerusalem church, newly empowered of the Holy Ghost, was of one mind, accord, and testimony, Act 4:24; Act 4:32.
2) “And one mouth glorify God,” (en eni stomati doksazete ton theon) “With one mouth ye may glorify the (true) God,” that you all may unanimously glorify God by your mouth, or testimony, Act 1:8; Eph 4:1-4; Act 5:12; Act 5:41-42. When the strong bears (with) the infirmities of the spiritually weak, they come to glorify God together more effectively, Rom 14:1; Rom 15:1-3; Gal 6:1-2.
3) “Even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” (kai patera tou kuriou hemon lesou Christou) “Even the one who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jesus Christ is “The Son of God,” the “only begotten son”, of the Father, Joh 3:16; Gal 4:4-5.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(6) With one mind and one mouth. . . .It is in the heart that the spirit of humanity arises, and with the mouth that it is expressed.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
6. One mind and one mouth glorify God By this blessed unity wrought by the spirit of Christian endurance the Church becomes as one living person from whose single heart and voice God hears the song of glory.
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Who rejoiceth in the sanctity and unity of the Church bought with the blood of his Son.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Rom 15:6. That ye may with one mind, &c. It does not appear how this can be otherwise understood than of public worship; and it shews, that glorifying or praising God for his grace in Christ Jesus, is a principal part of Christian worship, in which all should join with one mind and one mouth.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Rom 15:6 . ] By this the preceding is not explained (Reiche) which is an impossible notion but . specifies the source of the ., and is to be closely joined with it: unanimously with one mouth , not: unanimously, with one mouth. It is otherwise, e.g. , with Dem. 147. 1 : , where the explanatory addition has a place. If God is so praised, that each is led by the like disposition to the like utterance of praise, then all dissension is removed, and the unanimity of the fellowship has found in this (Theodore of Mopsuestia) its holiest expression. On (instrumental), comp. the classical , Plato, 640 C, p. 364 A; Legg . i. p. 634 E; Rep. Anthol . xi. 159.
. . .] belongs simply to , not also to (in opposition to Grotius, Bengel, and others, including Rckert, Reiche, Tholuck (?), Fritzsche), and adds epexegetically the specific more precise definition. So throughout with this description of God habitually used by the apostles, as 2Co 1:3 ; 2Co 11:31 ; Eph 1:3 ; Col 1:3 ; 1Pe 1:3 . This is clear from the passages, in which with . the genitive ( .) is not subjoined, as 1Co 15:24 ; Eph 5:20 ; Col 3:17 ; Jas 1:27 ; Jas 3:9 . See on 1Co 15:24 ; 2Co 11:31 ; Eph 1:3 . It ought not to have been objected, that the form of expression must either have been . . . or . . . Either of these would be the expression of another idea. But as Paul has expressed himself, binds the conceptions of God and “ Father of Christ ” into unity. Comp. Dissen, ad Dem. de cor . p. 373 f.; Khner, ad Xen. Mem . i. 1. 19, ad Anab . ii. 2. 8. Rightly Theodoret: , .
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ver. 6. With one mind and one mouth, ] It is recorded to the high commendation of the Church of Scotland, that for this 90 years and upwards they have kept unity with purity without schism, much less heresy. (Syntag. Confession, Prefat.)
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
6. . . ] De Wette regards as independent of ., ‘ God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ .’ The usage of the article will not decide the matter, because on either rendering, the accusatives both refer to the same Person: but the ordinary one, the God and Father is preferable on account of its simplicity.
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Rom 15:6 . introduces the ultimate aim of this unanimity. here only in Paul, but eleven times in Acts. : in Greek writers usually . . . . The A.V. renders, “God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” making depend on only. This rendering does not make God the God of Christ, but defines the only true God as the Father of Christ. It is defended by Weiss, who appeals to the passages in which “God and Father” is found with no genitive: 1Co 15:24 , Eph 5:20 , Col 3:17 , Jas 1:27 ; Jas 3:9 . The argument is not convincing, especially in view of Eph 1:17 ( . . ., ) and Joh 20:17 : hence the R.V. is probably right (“the God and Father of our Lord”). When the Church glorifies such a God with one heart and one mouth it will have transcended all the troubles of chap. 14. It is this accordant praise of all Christians which is the ruling idea in Rom 15:7-13 .
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
with one mind = with one accord. Twelfth and last occurance of homothumadon, See Act 1:14.
and = with (App-104.)
Father. App-98.
Lord Jesus Christ. See Rom 5:1.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
6. . .] De Wette regards as independent of .,-God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The usage of the article will not decide the matter, because on either rendering, the accusatives both refer to the same Person: but the ordinary one, the God and Father is preferable on account of its simplicity.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Rom 15:6.[152] , with one mind) with one believing mind.-, with the mouth) confessing.-, ye may glorify) Ye Jews and Gentiles, Rom 15:7; Rom 15:9.- , the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ) a frequent appellation, 2Co 1:3; 2Co 11:31; Eph 1:3; Col 1:3; 1Pe 1:3. It is to be resolved in this manner: The God of our Lord, etc., Eph 1:17, and the Father of our Lord, etc., instead of what men of old said, God the Creator and the Lord of heaven and earth, Psa 124:8, and the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, thereby subscribing [signifying their assent] to the faith of these believers. So elsewhere God and our Father, Gal 1:4. Christ has a double relationship to God and the Father, as compared with us; we also have a double relationship, through Christ, Joh 20:17.
[152] , to think alike) Patience and comfort promote harmony. He who disagrees with himself shows himself very morose to others. Harmony is founded in Christ Jesus, as full hope is subsequently founded in the Holy Spirit, ver. 13.-V. g.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
Rom 15:6
Rom 15:6
that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.-That, being thus united in sympathy and love for one another, the strong helping to bear the infirmities of the weak, the weak rejoicing in the help of the strong, you may all, as one man, with one voice and one mouth, glorify God.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
with: Rom 15:9-11, Zep 3:9, Zec 13:9, Act 4:24, Act 4:32
the: Joh 10:29, Joh 10:30, Joh 20:17, 2Co 1:3, 2Co 11:31, Eph 1:3, 1Pe 1:3
Reciprocal: 2Ch 5:13 – as one Psa 50:23 – Whoso Psa 86:12 – glorify Joh 13:31 – and God Joh 17:11 – that Act 2:1 – they Act 21:20 – they glorified 1Co 1:10 – that ye 2Co 13:11 – be of one Phi 2:2 – that 2Ti 2:22 – peace 2Pe 1:17 – God
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Rom 15:6. Being united in mind concerning the things of God and Christ, they will also be united in speech (one mouth) in their praise of the Lord.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Rom 15:6. That with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify, etc. One accord results from being of the same mind, and is in its turn the source of the praising with one mouth. It is in the utterance of common praise that harmony of feeling finds its highest expression.
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The phrase is the same as in Eph 1:3 (see marginal references), and we prefer to render it thus. Meyer and others, however, accept the view indicated in the E. V. This thought of praise now becomes the prominent one.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Vv. 6. When one common aspiration reigns in the church, secondary diversities no longer separate hearts; and from the internal communion there results common adoration like pure harmony from a concert of well-tuned instruments. All hearts being melted in one, all mouths become only one. And how so? Because one being only appears henceforth to all as worthy of being glorified.
It seems obvious to us, since the two words God and Father are joined in Greek by one and the same article, that the complement: of our Lord Jesus Christ, must depend on both. Comp. Eph 1:17 (the God of Jesus Christ); Mat 27:46 (my God, my God); Joh 20:17 (my Father and your Father, my God and your God). The expression: God of Jesus Christ, denotes the relation of complete dependence; and the expression: Father of Jesus Christ, the relation of perfect intimacy. The ideal here described by the apostle, and which is the supreme object of the prayer which he has just formed, Rom 15:5, is therefore that of the union of the entire church, composed of Jews and Gentiles, in the adoration of the God and Father who has redeemed and sanctified it by Jesus Christ. This union was in a sense his personal work, and the prize of his apostolic labors. How his heart must have leaped, hearing already by the anticipation of faith, the hymn of saved humanity! It is the part of every believer, therefore, to make all the advances and all the sacrifices which love demands in order to work for so magnificent a result. So there is added, as the conclusion of all that precedes (from Rom 14:1), Rom 15:7.
Fuente: Godet Commentary (Luke, John, Romans and 1 Corinthians)
that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. [Beautiful picture! When in concord the whole church as a harmonious choir renders praise to God, the Father of our Lord, as one mouth! And how this will glorify our Saviour, Christ, showing the perfection of his work in us! Unanimity of inward feeling can not but result in harmony of outward expression, whether in doctrine, worship or praise.]
Fuente: McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
Verse 6
With one mind and one mouth; with one mind and one voice.
Fuente: Abbott’s Illustrated New Testament
United vocal praise of God in the assembly would be an evidence of unity among the strong and the weak. Christians who do not love God and one another have difficulty praising God together in church meetings.
"This suggests to us that the local church must major in the Word of God and prayer. The first real danger to the unity of the church came because the Apostles were too busy to minister God’s Word and pray (Act 6:1-7)." [Note: Wiersbe, 1:562.]