I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. The scope of this chapter is to explain the present condition, and open up the future prospects of Israel; and the sum of it is, that although God might seem to hav... [ Continue Reading ]
God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, GOD HATH ('DID') NOT CAST AWAY HIS PEOPLE (I:E., WHOLLY) WHICH HE FOREKNEW. On the word "foreknew," see the note at . WOT (I:E., KNOW) YE... [ Continue Reading ]
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. LORD, THEY HAVE KILLED THY PROPHETS, [AND] DIGGED DOWN THINE ALTARS. The two bracketed words - "saying" () and "and" () - are clearly not genuine; and should read, 'They have killed thy... [ Continue Reading ]
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. BUT WHAT SAITH THE ANSWER OF GOD UNTO HIM? [ ho (G3588) chreematismos (G5538)]. The noun here rendered "answer of God" is nowhere else used in the New Testam... [ Continue Reading ]
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. EVEN SO THEN AT THIS PRESENT TIME, [ en (G1722) too (G3588) nun (G3568) kairoo (G2540)] - 'in this present season;' meaning, this period of Israel's rejection, THERE IS, [ gegonen (G1096)] - 'there ob... [ Continue Reading ]
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. AND ('NOW') IF (IT BE) BY GRACE - that is, the Election, [THEN] IS IT NO MORE OF WORKS; OTHERWISE GRACE ('BECOMES') IS NO MORE GRACE.... [ Continue Reading ]
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded WHAT THEN? - How stands the case? ISRAEL HATH NOT OBTAINED THAT WHICH HE SEEKETH FOR; BUT THE ELECTION HATH OBTAINED IT, AND THE REST WERE BLINDED, [ epoorootheesan (G4456... [ Continue Reading ]
(According as it is written God hath given them the spirit of slumber eyes that they should not see and (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. (ACCORDING AS IT IS WRITTEN (in Isaia... [ Continue Reading ]
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: AND DAVID SAITH - in , which, in such a Messianic Psalm, must be meant of the rejecters of Christ, LET THEIR TABLE BE MADE A SNARE, AND A TRAP, AND A STUMBLINGBLOCK, AND A RECOMPENCE... [ Continue Reading ]
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED, THAT THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND BOW DOWN THEIR BACK ALWAY - `and ever bow thou down their back;' expressive either of the decrepitude or of the servile condition to come on the nation through... [ Continue Reading ]
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. I SAY THEN, HAVE THEY STUMBLED ('DID THEY STUMBLE') THAT THEY SHOULD FALL? GOD FORBID: BUT [RATHER]. This supplementary "rather... [ Continue Reading ]
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? NOW IF THE FALL OF THEM ('THEIR LAPSE') BE THE RICHES OF THE (GENTILE) WORLD - as being the occasion of their accession to Christ, AND THE DIMINISHING OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: I SPEAK ('I AM SPEAKING') TO YOU GENTILES - another proof that this Epistle was addressed not to Jewish but to Gentile believers (see the note at ), INASMUCH, AS I AM THE APOSTLE OF THE GENTILES,... [ Continue Reading ]
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. IF BY ANY MEANS I MAY PROVOKE TO EMULATION [THEM WHICH ARE] MY FLESH (SEE THE NOTE AT : CF. ), AND MIGHT ('MAY') SAVE SOME OF THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? FOR IF THE CASTING AWAY OF THEM. The apostle had denied that they were cast away (), and here he affirms it; but both are true. They were cast away, though neither totall... [ Continue Reading ]
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. FOR ('BUT') IF THE FIRST-FRUIT BE HOLY, THE LUMP IS ALSO [HOLY]; AND IF THE ROOF BE HOLY, SO [ARE] THE BRANCHES. The Israelites were required to offer to God the first-fruits of the earth-both in t... [ Continue Reading ]
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; AND IF - rather, 'But if'-q.d., 'If, notwithstanding this consecration of Abraham's race to God,' SOME OF THE BRANCHES. T... [ Continue Reading ]
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. BOAST NOT AGAINST THE (REJECTED) BRANCHES. But if thou (do) boast (remember that), thou bearest not ('it is not thou that bearest') the root, but the root thee - q.d., 'If the branches may not boas... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. THOU WILT SAY THEN (AS A PLEA FOR BOASTING), THE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN OFF, THAT I MIGHT BE GRAFFED IN.... [ Continue Reading ]
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: WELL - q.d., 'Be it so, but remember that,' BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF THEY WERE BROKEN OFF, AND THOU STANDEST (NOT AS A GENTILE, BUT SOLELY) BY FAITH. But as faith cannot live in those "whose sou... [ Continue Reading ]
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. FOR IF GOD SPARED NOT THE NATURAL BRANCHES (sprung from the parent stem), TAKE HEED LEST HE ALSO SPARE NOT THEE (a mere wild graft). The former might, beforehand, have been thought very improbable; but, after th... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. BEHOLD THEREFORE THE GOODNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD: ON THEM WHICH FELL, SEVERITY - in rejecting the chosen seed [ apo... [ Continue Reading ]
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. AND THEY ALSO ('YEA, AND THEY'), IF THEY ABIDE NOT STILL IN UNBELIEF, SHALL BE GRAFFED IN: FOR GOD IS ABLE TO GRAFF THEM IN AGAIN. This appeal to the power of God to effect the recover... [ Continue Reading ]
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? FOR IF THOU WERT CUT ('WERT CUT OFF') OUT OF THE OLIVE TREE, WHICH IS WIL... [ Continue Reading ]
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. FOR I WOULD NOT, BRETHREN, THAT YE SHOULD BE IGNORANT OF THIS MYSTERY. The word "mystery,... [ Continue Reading ]
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: AND SO ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED - not 'all the spiritual Israel,' Jew and Gentile (as one or two of the fathers, and Luther, Calvin, etc.), for throughout a... [ Continue Reading ]
For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. FOR THIS, [ autee (G846) autois (G846) hee (G3588) par' (G3844) emou (G1700) diatheekee (G1242)] - rather, 'And (again),' introducing a new quotation: IS MY COVENANT UNTO THEM, [ ametameleeta (G278).] - 'this is the covenant... [ Continue Reading ]
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. AS CONCERNING THE GOSPEL, THEY ARE ENEMIES FOR YOUR SAKES - that is, they are regarded and treated as enemies (in a state of exclusion, through unbelief, from the fam... [ Continue Reading ]
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. FOR THE GIFTS AND CALLING ('FOR THE GIFTS AND THE CALLING') OF GOD ARE WITHOUT REPENTANCE, [ ametameleeta (G278)] - 'are not to be,' or 'cannot be, repented of.' By the "calling of God," in this case, is meant that sovereign act by which Go... [ Continue Reading ]
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: FOR AS YE IN TIMES PAST HAVE NOT BELIEVED (OR, 'OBEYED') GOD - that is, yielded not to God "the obedience of faith," while strangers to Christ, YET HAVE NOW OBTAINED MERCY THROUGH (BY OCCASION OF... [ Continue Reading ]
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. EVEN SO HAVE THESE (THE JEWS) NOW NOT BELIEVED (OR, 'NOW BEEN DISOBEDIENT'), THAT THROUGH YOUR MERCY (THE MERCY SHOWN TO YOU) THEY ALSO MAY OBTAIN MERCY. Here is an entirely new idea. The apostle has hit... [ Continue Reading ]
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. FOR GOD HATH CONCLUDED THEM ALL IN UNBELIEF, [ sunekleisen (G4788) tous (G3588) pantas (G3956) eis (G1519) apeitheian (G543)] - 'hath shut up all into unbelief' or 'disobedience:' our version, by rendering it "them a... [ Continue Reading ]
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! O THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES BOTH OF THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD! Many able expositors render this, 'of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God.' (So Erasmus,... [ Continue Reading ]
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD? (see ; ) OR WHO HATH BEEN HIS COUNSELOR? (see Isaiah 40:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? OR WHO HATH FIRST GIVEN TO HIM, AND IT SHALL BE RECOMPENSED UNTO HIM AGAIN? - `and shall have recompense made to him again?' (see ; .) These questions, it will thus be seen, are just quotations from the Old Testament, as... [ Continue Reading ]
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. FOR OF HIM, [ ex (G1537) autou (G846)] - as their Eternal Source, as 1 Corinthians 8:6, and (though of a more limited sphere) 1 Corinthians 11:12, AND THROUGH HIM, [ di' (G1223) autou (G846)] - as the sole... [ Continue Reading ]