Romans 15:33

“Now the God of peace be with you all, Amen.] As God is in this chapter before styled the God of patience, (<451505>Romans 15:5), and the God of hope, (<451513>Romans 15:13), because of his concern in these graces; so he is here styled “the God of peace”, because of his concern in that peace which is made between him and his people, by the blood of Christ. This peace was first upon his thoughts, which are therefore called thoughts of peace; a council of peace was held between him and his Son upon this head; the scheme of reconciliation was drawn by him in it; he entered into a covenant of peace with Christ, which takes its name from this momentous article of it; he appointed Christ to be the…”

“Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen--The peace here sought is to be taken in its widest sense: the peace of reconciliation to God, first, "through the blood of the everlasting covenant" (Heb 13:20; Th1 5:23; Th2 3:16; Phi 4:9); then the peace which that reconciliation diffuses among all the partakers of it (Co1 14:33; Co2 13:11; and see on Rom 16:20); more widely still, that peace which the children of God, in beautiful imitation of their Father in Heaven, are called and privileged to diffuse far and wide through this sin-distracted and divided world (Rom 12:18; Mat 5:9; Heb 12:14; Jam 3:18). Note, (1) Did "the chiefest of the apostles" apologize for writing to a Christian church…”

“Now the God of peace - God, the author or promoter of peace and union. In Romans 15:13, he is called the God of hope. Here the apostle desires that the God who gives peace would impart to them union of sentiment and feeling, particularly between the Jewish and Gentile Christians - the great object for which he labored in his journey to Judea, and which he had been endeavoring to promote throughout this Epistle; see 1 Corinthians 14:33; Hebrews 13:20. This is the close of the doctrinal and hortatory parts of this Epistle. The remainder is made up chiefly of salutations. In the verses concluding this chapter, Paul expressed his earnest desire to visit Rome. He besought his brethren to pray…”

“15:33 Some manuscripts do not include Amen. One very early manuscript places the doxology (16:25-27) here. This has led some scholars to conclude that the original letter to the Romans consisted of only 1:1–15:33, but few now follow this theory. The best early manuscripts place the doxology at the end of ch 16, and the whole of ch 16 was most likely part of Paul’s original letter to the Romans. See also study note on 16:1-16.”

“the God: Rom 16:20; Co1 14:33; Co2 5:19, Co2 5:20, Co2 13:11; Phi 4:9; Th1 5:23; Th2 3:16; Heb 13:20 be: Rom 16:24; Rut 2:4; Mat 1:23, Mat 28:20; Co2 13:14; Ti2 4:22 Next: Romans Chapter 16”