Romans 15:19 (WEB)
in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;
Catechism · 1
“Besides the proper name of "Holy Spirit," which is most frequently used in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Epistles, we also find in St. Paul the titles: the Spirit of the promise, The Spirit of adoption, The Spirit of Christ, The Spirit of the Lord, and the Spirit of God” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:9, Rom 8:9 4; 15:19; 1 Cor 6:11; 7:40.
Fathers and councils · 10
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VII.21Book VII
“It was thus that Paul lent to all the nations that he visited, “carrying the Gospel of Christ from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum.”” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 19.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“…of Israel, and rendered the former persecutor an ambassador and good servant,—one, who from Jerusalem, and even unto Illyricum, fully preached the Gospel, and instructed even imperial Rome, and carried the earnestness of his preaching as far as Spain, undergoing conflicts innumerable, and performing signs and…” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 19.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“At this time, while Paul was completing his journey “from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum,” Claudius drove the Jews out of Rome; and Aquila and Priscilla, leaving Rome with the other Jews, came to Asia, and there abode with the apostle Paul, who was…” — editor's note: Romans xv. 19.
Read the whole comment“What do we need to say concerning Paul, who preached the Gospel of Christ from Jerusalem to Illyricum, and afterwards suffered martyrdom in Rome under Nero?” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. xv. 19. Illyricum was a Roman province lying along the eastern coast of the Adriatic.
Read the whole comment“That Paul preached to the Gentiles and laid the foundations of the churches “from Jerusalem round about even unto Illyricum,” is evident both from his own words, and from the account which Luke has given in the Acts.” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 19.
Read the whole comment“…the New Testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirit,’ that is, Paul, who ‘fully preached the Gospel from Jerusalem and round about even unto Illyricum,’ did not write to all the churches which he had instructed and to those to which he wrote he sent but few lines.” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 19.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“This explains why the saint was zealous to preach as far as Illyricum, and not to shrink from proceeding to Rome, or even going as far as the Spains, in order that the more he laboured, he might receive so much the greater reward for his labour.” — editor's note: Ib. xv. 19, 28.
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Jerome
“Laying in a short time the foundation of the gospel “from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum,” he enters Rome in bonds, that he may free those who are in the bonds of error and superstition.” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 19.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Have they from Jerusalem round about even to Illyricum filled the lands with the Gospel? or whatever of barbarian nations hath remained yet to be gone unto, and to be filled of the peace of the Church, have they undertaken?” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 19
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…the world and the things which are seen, he thought all things little, and too small to be desired; even though from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum he had fully preached the Gospel, even though he had been prematurely caught up to the third heaven, and had a vision of Paradise, and had heard unspeakable…” — editor's note: Rom. xv. 19.
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Cross-references · 23
Parallel passages
Romans 15:19 and 1 Corinthians 2:5 share the same wording (9 words).
Romans 15:19 and 2 Corinthians 6:7 share the same wording (9 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in Catechism §693.
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Cited together in Church History VI.25.
Cited together in Catechism §693.
Cited together in Catechism §693.
Cited together in Catechism §693.
Cited together in Of the Work of Monks Chapter 15.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.21.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.21.
Cited together in Church History III.1.
Cited together in Catechism §693.
Cited together in Church History VI.25.
Cited together in Church History VI.25.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.21.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.21.
Cited together in Catechism §693.
Cited together in Catechism §693.
Quotes
Romans 15:19 takes up the words of Genesis 31:29 (8 words in common).
Romans 15:19 takes up the words of Proverbs 3:27 (8 words in common).
Romans 15:19 takes up the words of Proverbs 18:21 (8 words in common).