That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
That I may be delivered from them that do not believe, х toon (G3588) apeithountoon (G544)] - or, 'that do not obey;' that refuse to the Gospel the obedience of faith, as in Romans 2:8.
In Judea. He saw the storm that was gathering over him in Judea, which, if at all, would certainly burst upon his head when he reached the capital; and the event too clearly showed the correctness of these apprehensions:
And that my service which I have for Jerusalem (see the notes at Romans 15:25-28 ) may be accepted of ('prove acceptable to') the saints. Nor was he without apprehension lest the opposition he had made to the narrow jealousy of the Jewish converts against the free reception of their Gentile brethren should make this gift of theirs to the poor saints at Jerusalem less welcome than it ought to be. He would have the Romans, therefore, to join him in wrestling with God that this gift might be gratefully received, and prove a cement between the two parties. But further, strive with me in prayer,