Exposition on Romans 16.1–16.27
Latin text: Souter, TS 9.2 (Latin text: A. Souter (Texts and Studies 9.2, 1926); OCR of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam scan, read by Tesseract).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 16
16.1Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:121–122
Commendo autem uobis Foeben sororem uestram . Hoc, iam quasi finito textu epistulae, ut solet, commendationis uel salutationis gratia subter adnexuit. Quae est in ministerio ecclesiae quae est Cencris. Sicut etiam nunc [quae sunt] in orientalibus locis diaconissae mulieres in suo sexu ministrare uidentur. In baptismo. Siue: In ministerio uerbi, quia priuatim docuisse feminas inuenimus, sicut Priscillam, cuius uir Aquila uocabatur.
"I commend to you Phoebe our sister." This he added below, as he usually does, for the sake of commendation or greeting, when the text of the letter was as it were finished. "Who is in the ministry of the church which is at Cenchreae." As even now in eastern places women deaconesses are seen to minister to their own sex in baptism. Or: in the ministry of the word, because we find that women taught privately, like Priscilla, whose husband was called Aquila.
Rom 16:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 18:26 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Phoebe served as eastern deaconesses do, ministering to women at baptism, or privately teaching like Priscilla.
- Souter brackets quae sunt; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; hyphen rejoined; word split in OCR): Com mendo → Commendo; sorore7n → sororem; uoca- batur → uocabatur.
Topics: Church office, Baptism
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.1 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:121–122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.2Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122
Ut suscipiatis eam in domino digne satis, ut adsistatis ei in quibuscumque desiderauerit uestri: etenim ipsa quoque mihi et aliis adstitit. Ut adiuuetis eam siue sumptu siue solacio, quia et ipsa quam diu habuit plures adiuuit.
"That you receive her in the Lord as is worthy, and assist her in whatever she may need of you: for she too has helped me and others." That you help her either with expenses or with comfort, because she too, as long as she had means, helped many.
Rom 16:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Romans should help Phoebe as she helped many.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Vt suscipiatis earn in → Ut suscipiatis eam in; adiuuetis earn siue → adiuuetis eam siue.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.2 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.3Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122
Salutate Priscillam et Aquilam, adiutores meos in Christo Iesu. Qui confirmasse Apollon dicuntur in fide, quos [et] ideo adiutores appellat, quia in opere doctrinarum, ubi ipse laborabat, et isti iuuerunt.
"Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus." They are said to have strengthened Apollos in the faith; and he calls them helpers because they too helped in the work of teaching, where he himself labored.
Rom 16:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 18:26 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Priscilla and Aquila helped Paul in teaching.
- Souter brackets et; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Prisdllam → Priscillam.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.3 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.4Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122
Qui pro anima mea suas ceruices subposuerunt, quibus non ego solus gratias ago, sed et cunctae ecclesiae gentium. Probando meam doctrinam se periculis obiecerunt, propter quod illis omnes ecclesiae gratias agunt, quia per illos ego seruatus sum.
"Who laid down their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the gentiles." By approving my teaching they exposed themselves to dangers; for this all the churches give them thanks, because through them I was preserved.
Rom 16:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Priscilla and Aquila risked their lives for Paul.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.4 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.5Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122
Et domesticam eorum ecclesiam . Ostendit congregationem fidelium ecclesiam nominari. Salutate Epenetum dilectum mihi , qui est primitiuus Asiae in Christo. Primitiuus [erat] ecclesiae Asianae. istos omnes quos salutat intellegimus ex [n]om[i]nibus fuisse peregrinos, [per] quorum exemplum atque doctrinam non absurde aestimamus credidisse Romanos.
"And the church in their house." He shows that a congregation of the faithful is called a church. "Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the firstfruits of Asia in Christ." He was the firstfruits of the church of Asia. We understand that all these whom he greets were foreigners, through whose example and teaching we reasonably judge that the Romans believed.
Rom 16:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A gathering of believers is a church; those greeted were foreigners through whom Rome believed.
- Souter brackets erat, per, and letters that make nominibus ("from their names") into omnibus ("all"); left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters from the page; word split in OCR): eccle siam → ecclesiam; in is Christo → in Christo.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.5 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.6Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122
Salutate Mariam, quae multum laborauit in uobis;
"Greet Mary, who has labored much among you;"
Rom 16:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lemma of Rom 16:6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split in OCR): labora uit → laborauit.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.6 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.7Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122–123
salutate Andronicum et Iuniam cognatos et concaptiuos meos , qui sunt nobiles in apostolis, qui [et] ante me fuerunt in Christo [Iesu];
"greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who were in Christ before me;"
Rom 16:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lemma of Rom 16:7.
- Souter brackets et and Iesu; left out. The comment on those greeted follows at Rom 16:13.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): luniam → Iuniam; concaptiuo8 → concaptiuos; lesu → Iesu.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.7 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:122–123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.8Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123
salutate Ampliatum, dilectum mihi in domino;
"greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord;"
Rom 16:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lemma of Rom 16:8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): rnihi → mihi.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.8 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.9Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123
salutate Urbanum , adiutorem meum in domino , et Stachyn dilectum meum;
"greet Urbanus, my helper in the Lord, and Stachys my beloved;"
Rom 16:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lemma of Rom 16:9.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.9 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.10Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123
salutate Apellen , probum in Christo; salutate eos qui sunt ex [domo] Aristobuli ;
"greet Apelles, approved in Christ; greet those who are of Aristobulus;"
Rom 16:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lemma of Rom 16:10.
- Souter brackets domo ("household"); left out.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.10 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.11Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123
salutate [H]erodionem, meum cognatum; salutate eos qui sunt ex Narcissi [presbiteri], qui sunt in domino;
"greet Herodion, my kinsman; greet those of Narcissus who are in the Lord;"
Rom 16:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lemma of Rom 16:11.
- Souter brackets the H of Herodionem and presbiteri ("the presbyter"); left out.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.11 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.12Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123
salutate Tryphenam et Tryphosam, quae [mecum multum] labora[ueru]nt in domino; salutate Persidam carissimam, quae multum laborauit in domino;
"greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord; greet Persis the most beloved, who has labored much in the Lord;"
Rom 16:12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lemma of Rom 16:12.
- Souter brackets "much with me" and -ueru- in laborauerunt; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): [mecum muUum] → [mecum multum]; quae muUum laborauit → quae multum laborauit.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.12 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.13Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123
salutate Rufum, dilectum in domino. Hi ex Iudaeis erant et, quia cum Paulo simul fuerant tribulati nec territi, ideo nobiles hoc merito habebantur, qui ad profectum Romanorum inter ceteros fuerant destinati, quique priores Paulo credidisse ipsius testimonio referuntur. Et matrem eius et meam. Aetate, [et] non partu.
"greet Rufus, beloved in the Lord." These were from the Jews, and because they had been afflicted together with Paul and were not terrified, they were held notable for this merit; they had been appointed among others for the progress of the Romans, and by his own testimony are reported to have believed before Paul. "And his mother and mine." By age, not by birth.
Rom 16:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 16:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those greeted were Jewish believers who suffered with Paul; Rufus's mother is Paul's "mother" by age.
- Souter brackets et; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread punctuation; OCR slip; words run together in OCR; OCR slip): Rufum9 → Rufum,; Hiexludaeis → Hi ex Iudaeis; nee → nec.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.13 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.14Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123–124
Salutate Asyncritum , Phlegonta , Hermem , Patrobam , [Herman,] et qui sunt cum eis fratres; salutate Philologum et Iuliam , Neream et sororem eius Olympiadem, et qui cum eis omnes sanctos . Suo exemplo nos docet quales amicos debeamus nostris litteris salutare, non diuites saeculi [scilicet] facultatibus, uel dignitatibus honoratos, sed gratia ac fide locupletes.
"Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, and the brothers who are with them; greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister Olympas, and all the saints who are with them." By his own example he teaches us what kind of friends we ought to greet in our letters: not those rich in worldly means or honored with dignities, but those rich in grace and faith.
Rom 16:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 16:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul greets those rich in grace and faith, not in worldly goods.
- The section covers Rom 16:14–15. Souter brackets Herman (Hermas) and scilicet; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread punctuation; OCR slip; verse number 15 leaked from the page): 1 5 salutate → salutate; luliam → Iuliam; Olympiadem9 → Olympiadem,.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.14 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:123–124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.16Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:124
Salutate inuicem in osculo sancto: salutant uos [omns] ecclesiae Christi. Non ficto uel subdolo [osculo], quali Iudas tradidit saluatorem. ideo enim in ecclesia pax primum adnuntiatur, ut ostendat se cum omnibus pacificum esse, qui corpori communicaturus est Christi.
"Greet one another with a holy kiss: the churches of Christ greet you." Not with a feigned or deceitful kiss, such as that with which Judas betrayed the Savior. For this is why peace is first announced in the church: so that one who is about to communicate in the body of Christ may show that he is at peace with all.
Rom 16:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 22:48 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The kiss of peace before communion shows peace with all.
- Souter brackets omnes and osculo; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): 08Culo → osculo.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.16 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.17Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:124
Rogo autem uos, fratres, diligenter obseruate eos qui dissensiones et offendicula , praeter doctrinam quam uos didicistis , faciunt, et declinate ab illis.
"I beseech you, brothers, watch carefully those who cause dissensions and offenses contrary to the teaching you have learned, and turn away from them."
Rom 16:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lemma of Rom 16:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): dedinate → declinate.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.17 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.18Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:124
huius modi enim Christo [domino nostro] non seruiunt, sed suo uentri . De illis dicit qui ex circumcisione illo tempore uenerant, ieiunia et abstinentiam destruentes, neomenias et sabbata et ceteras ferias uentris gratia praedicabant, dissentientes ab apostolica doctrina et fratribus offendicula praeparantes. Et per dulces sermones [et benedictiones] seducunt corda innocentium. Per blandimenta et adulationes compto sermone compositas.
"For such do not serve Christ, but their own belly." He speaks of those who had come from the circumcision at that time, who, destroying fasts and abstinence, preached new moons and sabbaths and other feasts for the sake of the belly, dissenting from the apostolic teaching and preparing offenses for the brothers. "And by sweet words they seduce the hearts of the innocent." By flatteries and adulation composed in polished speech.
Rom 16:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Judaizing teachers served their belly, preaching feasts against fasting.
- Souter brackets "our Lord" and "and blessings"; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): circumcisions → circumcisione; dukes sermons [et benedictions] seduount → dulces sermones [et benedictiones] seducunt.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.18 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.19Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:124–125
Uestra enim oboedientia in omnes peruulgata est . Si illis oboedistis quibus non debuistis, quanto magis nobis oboedire debetis ! nam et illi propter ea ad uos uenerunt, quia sciebant uos per oboedientiam simplicem cito posse seduci. Gaudeo igitur in uobis, et uolo uos sapientes esse in bonum , sincers autem in malum:
"For your obedience has been made known to all." If you obeyed those whom you ought not to have obeyed, how much more ought you to obey us! For they too came to you because they knew that through simple obedience you could quickly be seduced. "I rejoice therefore over you, and I want you to be wise unto good, but pure unto evil;"
Rom 16:19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Romans' ready obedience made them easy to seduce; they must be wise for good.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): Ustra → Uestra; omns peruulgata st → omnes peruulgata est; uok uos sapients sse → uolo uos sapientes esse.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.19 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:124–125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.20Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:125
deus autem pacis conteret satanan sub pedibus uestris uelociter . [gratia domini nostri Iesu Christi uobis cum.] [Idcirco uobiscum gaudeo,] quia bona est oboedientia, sed si rationabilis sit, et ideo uolo uos esse sapientes in bono, ut malum nescientes sub pedibus innocentiae deponatis inimicum. ita enim dedit nobis dominus ‘potestatem calcandi super scorpiones atque serpentes et omnem uirtutem inimici’: id est, ne nobis praeualeat, et [ut] omnibus super eum membris liberi[s] ac soluti[s] ambulare possimus. [21 Salu tant uos Timotheus , adiutor melts, et Lucas et Iason et Sosipater, cognati md , et ecclesia uniuersa Christi. 22saluto uos ego Tertius , qui scripsi epistulam , in domino.
"And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet quickly." Because obedience is good, but only if it is reasonable; and therefore I want you to be wise in good, so that, not knowing evil, you may lay the enemy under the feet of innocence. For so the Lord has given us "power to tread upon scorpions and serpents and all the power of the enemy": that is, so that he may not prevail over us, and we may walk over him with all our members free and unbound.
Rom 16:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 10:19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Reasonable obedience and innocence trample Satan.
- Souter brackets "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you," "For this reason I rejoice with you," ut, the s of liberis and solutis, and the lemma of Rom 16:21–22 (greetings from Timothy, Lucius, Jason, Sosipater, and Tertius the scribe); left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; line numbers leaked from the page; word split in OCR): pads → pacis; udodter → uelociter; 4 dedit 5 nobis dominus c po testa tem → dedit nobis dominus ‘potestatem.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.20 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.23Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:125
salutat uos Gaius , hospes meus , et uniuersa ecclesia.] Salutat uos Erastus arcarius ciuitatis[ , et Quartus superdispensator]. Hic arcarium ex arcario dicit, sicut gentes credentes ex gentibus saepe nominauit, [secundum] consuetudinem [legis], quae Abigeam uxorem Nabal adhuc appellat, cum iam illo mortuo in Dauid matrimonium transmigrasset.
"Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you." Here he calls him treasurer, though he was a former treasurer, as he often called believing gentiles "gentiles" though they had come out of the gentiles, according to the custom which still calls Abigail the wife of Nabal when, after his death, she had already passed into marriage with David.
Rom 16:23 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 27:3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Erastus is called by his former office, as Abigail was still called Nabal's wife after marrying David.
- Souter brackets the lemma "Gaius, my host, and the whole church greet you," "and Quartus the steward," secundum, and legis ("of the law"); left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips; OCR stray mark; words run together in OCR): mens → meus; duitati$[ → ciuitatis[; Hie → Hic; exarcario → ex arcario; ex-gentibus → ex gentibus; adbuc → adhuc.
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Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.23 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.24Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:125
Gratia domini nostri Iesu Christi cum omnibus uobis. [amen.] Haec est subscriptio manus eius in omnibus epistolis, ut in ea etiam commemor[ar]et beneficia Christi.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all." This is the subscription of his hand in all his letters, so that in it he may also recall the benefits of Christ.
Rom 16:24 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Thess 3:17 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's closing grace recalls Christ's benefits.
- Souter brackets amen and -ar- in commemoraret; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR misread punctuation; OCR slips; words run together in OCR): suscriptio manna → subscriptio manus; utinea → ut in ea; Christi- → Christi..
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.24 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.25Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:125–126
Ei autem qui potens est uos confirmare. Signis atque doctrinis. Iuxta euangelium meum et praedicationem Iesu Christi . Ut sic uiuatis quo modo ego Christi exemplo et auctoritate pra[e]dicaui. Iuxta reuelationem mysterii temporibus aeternis taciti,
"Now to him who is able to strengthen you." By signs and teachings. "According to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ." So that you live in the way I have preached, by the example and authority of Christ. "According to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for eternal times,"
Rom 16:25 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God strengthens believers according to Paul's gospel.
- Souter brackets the e of praedicaui; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; hyphen rejoined): praedica- tionem → praedicationem; luxta → Iuxta.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.25 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:125–126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.26Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:126
quod nunc patefactum est per scripturas prophetarum. Mysterium de uocatione uniuersarum gentium in lege [diu] fuerat occultatum, quod nunc per Pauli euidente[r] patefactum est euangelium in Christo per testimonia prophetarum, qui, quamuis de gentibus multa ante dixissent, tamen quo modo unum gentes et Iudaei in Christo fierent, nemo tam aperte cognouerat. aestimare enim poterant quosdam ad fidem quasi proselitos admittendos. Secundum praeceptum aeterni dei ad oboeditionem fidei in omnes gentes cognitum
"which has now been made manifest through the writings of the prophets." The mystery of the calling of all the gentiles had been hidden in the law, and now, through Paul's gospel, it has been clearly made manifest in Christ by the testimonies of the prophets; for though they had said much beforehand about the gentiles, yet no one had known so openly how gentiles and Jews would become one in Christ. For they could suppose that some would be admitted to the faith as proselytes. "According to the command of the eternal God, made known to all the gentiles for the obedience of faith,"
Rom 16:26 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The mystery of Jews and gentiles made one in Christ, hidden in the law, is now revealed.
- Souter brackets diu ("long") and the r of euidenter; left out.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR dropped letter; OCR slip; word split in OCR; words run together in OCR): patef actum → patefactum; scriptures → scripturas; tarn → tam; enimpoterant → enim poterant; fdei → fidei.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.26 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-26). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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16.27Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:126
soli sapienti deo per Iesum Christum cui [est] honor [et gloria] in saecula saeculorum. amen . Praecepit deus ut omnes gentes oboediant et deum agnoscant, quod futurum quandoque solus ante sciebat, qui solus naturaliter sapiens [est], sicut naturaliter bonus, [cum tamen et homo dicatur bonus,] sed nos institutione boni uel sapientes esse possumus, ille natura, cui per Iesum Christum gloria [et] honor in saecula saecul[or]um. amen.
"to God, alone wise, through Jesus Christ, to whom be honor forever and ever. Amen." God commanded that all the gentiles obey and know God, which he alone knew beforehand would come to pass at some time, he who alone is wise by nature, as he is good by nature; but we can be good or wise by instruction, he by nature; to whom through Jesus Christ be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen.
Rom 16:27 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 10:18 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God alone is wise and good by nature; humans become so by instruction.
- Souter brackets est twice, "and glory," "though a man too is called good," et, and -or- in saeculorum; left out.
Cite (SBL): Pelagius, Comm. Rom. 16.27 (Souter, Texts and Studies 9.2 2:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/pelagius-expositiones-romanos/16-27). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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