Oecumenius

In his own words on Romans

• Romans 1:26

  God gave them up because that is what they wanted.

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• Romans 4:19

  Paul was right to say: "about a hundred," because Abraham was not a hundred but only ninety-nine years old.

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• Romans 5:5

  It is to be understood that the indwelling of the adorable and thrice-Holy Spirit is found only in our minds and hearts.

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• Romans 5:12

  So that no one can accuse God of injustice, in that we all die because of the fall of Adam, Paul adds: "and so all have sinned." Adam is the origin and the cause of the fact that we have all sinned in imitation of him.

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• Romans 5:13

  When Paul uses the word sin here he is thinking primarily of the transgression of the law of Moses and its commandments, e.g., circumcision, sabbath observance, the food laws, etc. Nevertheless, sin in general already existed in human nature, and it was counted. By this I mean things like murder, robbery, child abuse and so on.… For there was a law of nature which covered things like that.

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• Romans 5:15

  Christ's obedience was greater than Adam's disobedience in the following sense. Death, which originated with the sin of Adam, had our cooperation in the sins which we all committed, and so it was able to gain control over us. For if men had remained free of all wrongdoing, death would not have been in control. But the grace of Christ has come to us all without our cooperation and shows that the grace of the resurrection is such that not only believers, who glory in their faith, will be resurrected, but also unbelievers, both Jews and Greeks. Something which works in us against our will is therefore obviously greater than something which works in us with our cooperation.

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• Romans 6:5

  See the goodness of God. We have died Christ's death metaphorically, but we shall share his resurrection truly.

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• Romans 8:9

  The Spirit is common to the Father and the Son.

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• Romans 9:17

  God's power is patience, and it is a very great power indeed. For who would not be overawed by the enormous patience of God? For he says that it is for this reason that he has agreed to let Pharaoh rule, that it may be shown how patient he is.

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• Romans 9:22

  Of course God is not subject to the passion of wrath. It is when he does what we do when we are angry that he calls it "wrath," so that we will understand what he means.

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• Romans 9:29

  This may also be said of Christ, which is how Cyril of Alexandria interpreted it.

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• Romans 14:5

  This is not to be made an article of faith, as Paul himself says.

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• Romans 14:16

  Even if you are teaching correctly, your argument may become the cause of blasphemy.

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• Romans 14:20

  God did his work on the cross, but now you are destroying it.

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