Romans 16:20

Romans 16:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
• New International Version (NIV)The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Context of Romans 16:20

18For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 19For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 21Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen. 22I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.

Romans 16:20 word by word

ὁ δὲ θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης συντρίψει τὸν σατανᾶν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν ἐν τάχει. ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• the Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• of peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515
• shall bruiseσυντρίβωsuntribō · to breakG4937
• SatanΣατανᾶςSatanas · SatanG4567
• underὑπόhupo · by/under: underG5259
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• shortlyἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• shortlyτάχοςtachos · speedG5034
• The graceχάριςcharis · graceG5485
• ofκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• Amenἀμήνamēn · amenG281

Cross-references for Romans 16:20

• Romans 15:33May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
• Genesis 3:15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
• Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.
• Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
• Hebrews 2:14Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
• 1 John 3:8Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
• Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
• Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain.
• Job 40:12Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.
• Isaiah 63:3"I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel.
• Zechariah 10:5They shall be like mighty men in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight because the Lord is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.
• Malachi 4:3And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
• Luke 10:19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
• 1 Corinthians 16:2On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
• 2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Commentaries on Romans 16:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The God of peace - Who neither sends nor favors such disturbers of the tranquillity of his Church. Shall bruise Satan - Shall give you the dominion over the great adversary of your souls, and over all his agents who, through his influence, endeavor to destroy your peace and subvert your minds. Several critics suppose that the word Satan is a sort of collective term here, by which all opposers and adversaries are meant; and especially those false teachers…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20And the God of peace - The God who promotes peace; Romans 15:33. Will bruise - The “language” here refers to the prediction in Genesis 3:15. It here means to “subdue, to gain the victory over.” It denotes Paul‘s confidence that they “would” gain the victory, and would be able to overcome all the arts of those who were endeavoring to sow discord and contention among them. Satan - The word “Satan” is Hebrew, meaning originally “an accuser, a calumniator,”…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-20Verses 17-20 How earnest, how endearing are these exhortations! Whatever differs from the sound doctrine of the Scriptures, opens a door to divisions and offences. If truth be forsaken, unity and peace will not last long. Many call Christ, Master and Lord, who are far from serving him. But they serve their carnal, sensual, worldly interests. They corrupt the head by deceiving the heart; perverting the judgments by winding themselves into the affections…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet: Paul refers to God’s judgment on the serpent after it deceived Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden (Genesis 3:15). Christ, the promised descendant of Eve, will defeat Satan. This victory will be shared with the church, which stands under Christ’s authority (compare Matthew 16:18–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly--The apostle encourages the Romans to persevere in resisting the wiles of the devil with the assurance that, as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, they are "shortly" to receive their discharge, and have the satisfaction of "putting their feet upon the neck" of that formidable enemy--symbol familiar, probably, in all languages to express not only the completeness of the defeat, but the abject…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 16:20

• Benedictions
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In the dictionaries

• Christ
• God
• Jesus
• Satan
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Satan, devil, evil one
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Jesus Christ
• Apostle

Commentaries on Romans 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings