ACC ~ Romans 15 v5

LIVE IN HARMONY. ORIGEN: Here Paul is blessing the Romans in the manner of the patriarchs and prophets. … It is a great blessing that they should all understand and think alike. If you want to know just how great it is, look at what the Savior said in the Gospel: “If two or three of you agree, whatever they ask will be done for them by God.” . . .

This unanimity must be “in accord with Christ Jesus,” for of course it is possible to conspire together for evil. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN THIS. AMBROSIASTER: As if he had been sent for their salvation, the apostle charges the people with a good wish, praying that God may grant them a common understanding of his wisdom according to Christ Jesus, so that they may be wise in the teaching of Christ. For then they will be able to please God by following the example of the Lord, who said: “Greater love has no man than this, that a man should lay down his life for his friends” and his brethren, and with one voice and one confession magnify God the Father in Christ. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

IN ACCORD WITH CHRIST. CHRYSOSTOM: Love wants us to think of one another as we think of Christ. And to show that it is not mere love that he requires Paul adds, as always: “in accord with Christ Jesus.” HOMILIES ON ROMANS 27.

THE GOD OF STEADFASTNESS. [PSEUDO-]CONSTANTIUS: By “the God of steadfastness” Paul means the Holy Spirit. THE HOLY LETTER OF ST. PAUL TO THE ROMANS.

PELAGIUS: The God of steadfastness is the Holy Spirit, who grants that with one mind, in accordance with Christ, we may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. His steadfastness is meant to lead to repentance, and his encouragement is for those who have already repented.

We are to live in harmony, so that each one may seek the salvation of the other as if it were his own, just as Christ saved everyone from death by his own death. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

GODLY CONSENSUS. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul adds “in accord with Christ Jesus” in order to show that he is not praying for them to live in unbounded harmony but rather in a godly consensus. INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS.

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