Romanos 15:17

17 Así que tengo de qué gloriarme en Cristo, Jesús, para con Dios

Romanos 15:17 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 15:17

I have therefore whereof I may glory
Not in himself, for he that taught others not to glory in men, would not glory in himself; not in his carnal descent and fleshly privileges; nor in his knowledge of, and compliance with, the ceremonies of the law; nor in his legal, moral, and civil righteousness before God; nor in his gifts and attainments, as merited and procured by himself; nor in his labours in the ministry, and the success of it, as of himself: but

through Jesus Christ;
or "in Jesus Christ", as read the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions; in what Christ was unto him, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption: he could boast of what he had from him, and through him, even of all spiritual blessings in him; and of a large measure of grace he had received from him; and of great and eminent gifts Christ had bestowed on him; he gloried in his cross, and boasted of a crucified Jesus, whom others despised; and whom he made the subject of his ministry, and took delight in preaching: and freely owned that all he did was through Christ strengthening him; and that all his success in his work was owing to him, and of this he had to glory: and which was

in those things which pertain to God;
not "with God", as the Syriac reads it; for though in some cases it may be lawful to glory before men, yet not before God, or in his presence: nor is it anything a man may glory in, not in his own things, but in the things of God; in things relating to the Gospel of God, to the pure preaching of it, to the furtherance and spread of it, and the recommending of it to others; to the worship and ordinances of God, and a spiritual attendance on them; to the grace of God, and the magnifying of that in the business of salvation; and to the glory of God, which ought to be the chief end of all actions, natural, moral, and religious, and whether private or public. The apostle has chiefly reference to his ministerial function, and the things of God relating to that, in which he was employed; see ( Hebrews 5:1 ) .

Romanos 15:17 In-Context

15 Mas os he escrito, hermanos, en parte osadamente, como amonestándoos por la gracia que de Dios me es dada

16 Por ser ministro de Jesucristo a los gentiles, ministrando el Evangelio de Dios, para que la ofrenda de los gentiles sea agradable, santificada por el Espíritu Santo

17 Así que tengo de qué gloriarme en Cristo, Jesús, para con Dios

18 Porque no osaría hablar alguna cosa que Cristo no haya hecho por mí, para la obediencia de los gentiles, con la palabra y con las obras

19 con potencia de milagros y prodigios, en virtud del Espíritu de Dios; de manera que desde Jerusalén, y por los alrededores hasta Ilírico, he llenado todo del Evangelio del Cristo