Reading for September 18th

Read Romans 15.14-33
In 15.14-33: Paul's plans and anxieties.
In verses 14-29: Paul reflects on his own ministry.
In verse 14: Paul reaffirms his confidence in the Roman church (1.8; 1 Cor 1.5).
In verses 15-16: Grace given me refers to Paul's call to be an apostle to the gentiles (1 Cor 15.10-11).
Referring to his ministry as priestly service is unusual.
In verse 19: Signs and wonders accompanied Paul's ministry (2 Cor 12.12).
Illyricum was a Roman province across the Adriatic Sea from Italy.
In verse 21: Isa 52.15.
In verse 22: What hindered Paul was not known (1.13).
In verse 23: These regions were probably the areas bordering the Aegean Sea.
In verse 24: Hospitality would also include financial provision for his mission to Spain (see v. 28: 1 Cor 16.6).
In verses 25-26: Ministry to the saints refers to the financial collecting Paul had gathered for the poor Christians in Jerusalem (1 Cor 16.1-4; 2 Cor 8-9).
In verse 27: Paul applies the principle of reciprocity stated in Gal 6.6.
In verses 30-33: Paul's anxiety about the collection.
In verse 31: Unbelievers in Judea are probably non-Christian Jews (1 Thess 2.15).
Acts 21.17-36 relates Paul's arrival in Jerusalem and the controversy it causes among Jews, but omits the collection.
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