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Rom 15:15. Τολμηρότερον, more boldly) That is, I have acted somewhat boldly in writing to you, who are unknown to me, when I should rather have gone to you in person. He says, that the degree of boldness on his part consisted in the very fact of writing at all, not in the manner of writing. Διὰ, because of, depends on, I have written.-ἀπὸ μέρους, in part) [in some sort, Engl. V.] He uses this phrase from modesty, and does not assume to himself the whole office of teaching, but only one part of it, that of admonition, and that not entirely; for he subjoins ἐπαναμιμνήσκων with ὡς, as, before it; he does not say simply, ἀναμιμνήσκων, putting you in mind, but ἐπαν.