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9 unusual facts about Epistle to the Romans


Aldersgate

It was a Moravian Church meeting, during a reading of Martin Luther's commentary on Romans that Wesley reported his heart "strangely warmed" — an event he described as his conversion.

Before Their Eyes

The name of the band is taken from the New Testament verse Romans 3:18: "There is no fear of God before their eyes."

De Hoop, Western Cape

It was laid out in July 1908 and so named with reference to Rom.

Echoes of Innocence

The movie opens with a recitation of Romans 8:18: I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

English subjunctive

The expression "the powers that be" however does not contain a subjunctive: it is a Biblical quotation from Romans 13:1 where it translates a present participle, using the archaic alternative indicative form "be" for "are".

Jesu, meine Freude

The words of the movement nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 are based on the Epistle to the Romans 8:1–2, 9–11.

The stanzas of the chorale are interspersed with passages from the Epistle to the Romans.

Morgan Dix

Among his major works are Commentaries on Romans and on Galatians and Colossians; The Calling of a Christian Woman; The Seven Deadly Sins; The Sacramental System; and Lectures on the First Prayer-Book of Edward VI.

Sub Arturo plebs

This in turn is citing a verse from the Bible: "Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world." (Ps. 19.5 and Rom 10.18).


Adam Contzen

During his residence in Munich, which began in 1623, he completed and published his commentary on the four Gospels, and on the epistles of St. Paul to the Romans, the Corinthians, and the Galatians.

Loci Communes

The book lays out Christian doctrine by discussing the "leading thoughts" from the Epistle to the Romans, and these thoughts were intended to guide the reader to a proper understanding of the Bible in general.

St Helen's Bishopsgate

These include the "Read, Mark, Learn" (RML) groups which either study the Gospel of Mark, the Epistle to the Romans or a Bible overview over the course of a year.

Tryphena of Rome

Tryphena of Rome is a Christian woman mentioned in Romans 16:12 of the Bible ("Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord." KJV) According to Wiktionary, the name 'Tryphena' is of Greek origin meaning 'dainty' or 'delicate' although Strong's Concordance derives the name from the Greek truphe, meaning 'luxurious'.


see also

Douglas J. Moo

He has published several theological works and commentaries on the Bible; notable among them are An Introduction to the New Testament (with D.A. Carson and Leon Morris) and A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (part of the New International Commentary on the New Testament series).

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William H. P. Hatch, A Recently Discovered Fragment of the Epistle to the Romans, HTR 45 (1952), pp. 81-85.