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Romans 10:14-15
This is the thought which is now expanded, the necessity of universal Gospel-preaching:
This is the thought which is now expanded, the necessity of universal Gospel-preaching:
Verse Romans 10:14. _HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL ON HIM_] As the apostle had laid so much stress on _believing_ in order to salvation, and as this doctrine, without farther explanation, might be misunder...
HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL. ... - The apostle here adverts to an objection which might be urged to his argument. His doctrine was, that faith in Christ was essential to justification and salvation; and...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Israel's Condition. (Romans 10:1 .)_ 2. Righteousness by Works and by Faith. (Romans 10:5 .) 3. The Gospel Published Abroad. (Romans 10:14 .) 4. Israel's Unbelief. ...
THE NEW WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. Romans 10:5. The legal plan was Do, and thou shalt live (Leviticus 18:5). Romans 10:6. But there is a deeper secret: behind the deed _the heart,_ voiced by _the mouth;_...
How are they to call on him on whom they have not believed? How are they to believe in him of whom they have not heard? How are they to hear without someone to proclaim the good news to them? How are...
THE MISTAKEN ZEAL (Romans 10:1-13)...
BELIEVED. App-150. BELIEVE. App-150. WITHOUT. apart from. A PREACHER. one preaching (App-121.)...
_How then_, &c. This is an argument for the evangelization of the heathen, as against the jealous reserve of Pharisaic Judaism. Q. d., "The prophets announce a salvation for all who _turn to Messiah;_...
E. Romans 9:1 to Romans 11:36. THE REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL BY ISRAEL The theme of Romans 1:16-17 has been worked out; it has been shown that the Gospel is a power of GOD unto salvation for them that b...
The reasonableness of such a submission is shown, and the relation of Christ to law explained, by the contrast between righteousness when sought as result of law, and righteousness resulting from fait...
ΠΩ͂Σ ΟΥ̓͂Ν Κ.Τ.Λ. The string of rhetorical questions at once justifies S. Paul’s preaching to the Gentiles and shows that the Gospel has been offered to the Jews; they have failed, but not for lack of...
ΈΠΙΚΑΛΈΣΩΝΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. от_ ΈΠΙΚΑΛΈΩ (G1941), _см._ Romans 10:12. _Conj._ в совещательном вопросе, ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить, ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act._ Совещат...
DISCOURSE: 1891 SALVATION BY CHRIST UNIVERSALLY TO BE PROCLAIMED Romans 10:12. There is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For...
_TEXT_ Romans 10:14-21. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Romans 1...
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL...
__ God's Sovereignty-National 25 A comparison of Hos_2:23 with Hos_1:9-11 shows that this is not an _ interpretation _ but an _ illustration_. God, in His sovereign mercy, will reverse the sentence...
ISRAEL REJECTED THROUGH LACK OF FAITH In Romans 9 St. Paul, defending the gospel against objections founded upon the fact that it had been rejected by the Jews as a whole, showed that God had never bo...
NOT HEARD?] supply, 'but they have heard.' WITHOUT A PREACHER?] supply, 'but there are preachers.'...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 10 THE LAW AND *FAITH 10:1-13 V1 *Brothers and *sisters, my greatest desire is for the people from *Israel to accept *...
(14-21) Thus there is a distinct order — belief, confession, invocation. But before either the last or the first of these steps is taken the gospel must be preached. The Jew, however, cannot plead tha...
CHAPTER 21 JEWISH UNBELIEF AND GENTILE FAITH: PROPHECY Romans 10:1 THE problem of Israel is still upon the Apostle's soul. He has explored here and there the conditions of the fact that his brethren...
f. It is difficult to trace very clearly the line of the Apostle's thought here. Many scholars (including W. and H. and Lipsius) connect Romans 10:14-15 closely with what precedes, and mark a break be...
NEEDING MESSENGERS OF GOOD TIDINGS Romans 10:11 The Chosen People chafed, not only at the freeness of God's justifying grace, but because there was no difference made, so far as salvation was concern...
The apostle ever had in mind the Master Himself when he spoke of the righteousness of God. The idea of that righteousness, held by Israel was due to their misunderstanding of the written law, their ig...
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? (9) and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? (9) That is, true faith,...
&c. _Or how shall they believe, &c. He shews the necessity of preachers, and that all true preachers must be sent, and have their mission from God. --- Who hath believed our report? [1] Literally, our...
Paul has justified the matter of his preaching, salvation by grace; he now justifies its _extension._ Not that, as Baur, Holsten, etc., think, he wishes thereby to remove the scruples of the Judeo-Chr...
“ _How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach_...
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? (15) And how shall they preac...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
I shall not engage the reader long in reciting and disproving the opinions of others. Let every one have his own view; and let me be allowed to bring forward what I think. That you may then understand...
Having touched on this subject, the apostle, who deeply loved his nation as the people of God, pours out his heart with respect of the doctrine which was a stumbling-stone to them. His desire, the aim...
HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL ON HIM IN WHOM THEY, HAVE NOT BELIEVED?.... The apostle having observed, that whoever, Jew or Gentile, believe in the Lord and call upon his name, shall be saved; and that the...
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Ver. 14. _How shall they hea...
_How then_ As if the apostle had said, From the promise of salvation made to them that shall call on the name of the Lord, I have inferred, that there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, as to...
HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL; the quotation from Joel gives the apostle occasion to magnify the office of the gospel preacher, and show the propriety, the wisdom, and goodness of preaching the gospel to t...
CONTRAST BETWEEN ISRAEL'S LAW AND THEIR NEED OF GRACE In Romans 9:1 we have seen God's sovereign title maintained in having an elect people according to grace. Now inRomans 10:1 the contrast between l...
Follow the "logic chain" Must call to be saved Can't call till they believe Can't believe till they hear Can't hear till a preacher (teacher) tells them 15 Can't preach till they are sent"PREACHE...
HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL ON HIM IN WHOM THEY HAVE NOT BELIEVED? AND HOW SHALL THEY BELIEVE IN HIM WHOM THEY HAVE NOT HEARD? AND HOW SHALL THEY HEAR WITHOUT. PREACHER? 'They can't call on someone in wh...
12-17 There is not one God to the Jews, more kind, and another to the Gentiles, who is less kind; the Lord is a Father to all men. The promise is the same to all, who call on the name of the Lord Jes...
The connexion of this verse and the following verses of this chapter is very obscure. Some connect these words with ROMANS 10:12. There he said: _There is no difference between Jew and Greek, _ & c. A...
[Since the apostle's thought in this section is obscurely connected, the line of argument has been found difficult to follow. It will aid us, therefore, at the start to get his purpose clearly in view...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews For "a people," he says, "whom I knew not hath served me; in obedience of the ear it hath obeyed me."[56]...
Romans 10:14 How G4459 then G3767 on G1941 (G5698) in G1519 whom G3739 have G4100 not G3756 believed...
GOD HAS SENT OUT HIS MESSIANIC MESSENGERS TO THE WORLD BUT ISRAEL HAVE NOT LISTENED (10:14-21). Having established that salvation is to be found through faith in Jesus the Messiah, and that it is bein...
‘How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? And how will they preach, unless t...
II. _Proof that the Jews were Excluded through their Unbelief._ The section may be divided into four paragraphs: The Jews with all their religious zeal failed to recognize (1.) Christ as the end of t...
2. MAN'S RESPONSIBILITY: THE JEWS EXCLUDED THROUGH THEIR OWN UNBELIEF. For convenience we may divide this passage into two sections: (I.) Chap. Romans 9:30-33 sets forth the fact that the Jews had not...
Romans 10:12-18. We mark these verses as a separate paragraph. In the previous verses the method of faith is shown to have been God's way of salvation in all ages; here it is declared to be His way fo...
Romans 10:14. HOW THEY SHALL CALL, etc. In the case of the four verbs: ‘shall call,' ‘shall believe,' ‘shall hear,' ‘shall preach,' the subjunctive (deliberative) form is better supported. ‘They' thro...
HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL? (πως ουν επικαλεσωνται?). Deliberative subjunctive (first aorist middle) of επικαλεομα (see verses Romans 10:12; Romans 10:13). The antecedent of εις ον (in whom) is not e...
Romans 10:14 The opponents of "faith by hearing" are accustomed to speak highly of the general sources of enlightenment the prospect of creation without us and the light of conscience within. I. As r...
Romans 10:14 Modern Missions. It is an integral point of the Christian gospel that it recognises the unity of mankind, abolishes old walls of division, and aims at establishing on earth a universal s...
This chapter is a gospel in itself; it very clearly points out the plan of salvation by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 10:1. _Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that...
Romans 10:1. _Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being...
Romans 10:1. _Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved._ Now these people had persecuted the Apostle. Wherever he went they had followed him up; they had...
Romans 10:1. _Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved._ No curse falls from his lips, though they had persecuted him without mercy, hunted him from city...
In commenting once more upon this familiar chapter, I cannot help repeating a remark which I have made to you before that it is very significant that this tenth chapter should immediately follow the s...
Romans 10:1. _Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved._ They had hunted Paul from city to city, but the only feeling for them that he had was a wish that...
Romans 10:1. _Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved._ The same thing over again his deep concern for his countrymen. Romans 10:2. _For I bear them rec...
Romans 10:1. _Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved._ Desire is the mother and the soul of prayer «my heart's desire and prayer.» These Israelites had...
CONTENTS: Israel's failure explained by unbelief. The plan of salvation. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Moses, Isaiah, Paul. CONCLUSION: Sincerity is not a ground of safety; self-righteousness is not a gro...
Romans 10:1. _My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved._ Chrysostom's comment is, my “vehement desire” for their salvation. St. Paul having declared his mind, in the...
BUT HOW CAN THEY CALL TO HIM? Romans 10:14-21 form a continuous section. At least three ideas are involved here: (1) Paul is proving that he did the right thing by preaching the Good News to the Genti...
_How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed?_ SALVATION PREACHED I. Salvation by grace. 1. We all hope to be saved. Salvation cannot be of merit for anybody that you or I have ev...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 10:14 HOW THEN? With a series of rhetorical questions, Paul considers the chain of events necessary for a person to be saved. The logic of these verses is clear: (1) People will...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 10:12.—A favourite Pauline expression declaring the exuberant grace of Christ. Romans 10:13.—Double argument for Christ’s divinity. He is called Jehovah, and is invoked. Roma...
EXPOSITION In this chapter the view of the whole subject introduced at Romans 9:30 is continued and carried out, according to which the present rejection of the Jews as a nation is traced to no absolu...
Now Paul again reaffirms his love and desire for his brethren after the flesh. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they...
1 Kings 8:41; 2 Timothy 4:17; Acts 19:2; Acts 26:17; Acts 26:18;...
MISSIONS IN THE EPISTLES Romans 10:11; _Romans 11:15_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS This study as a whole will give some idea of the missionary vision as set forth in Paul's Epistles. 1. THE SCOPE OF MISSIONA...
The scope of the apostle in these words is to prove, that these words is to prove, that there was. necessity of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, as well as to the Jews, in order to their believin...