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Romans 11:33
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! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!
Verse 33. _O THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES BOTH OF THE WISDOM AND_ _KNOWLEDGE OF GOD!_] This is a very proper conclusion of the whole preceding discourse. _Wisdom_ may here refer to the _designs_ of God; _...
O THE DEPTH ... - This passage should have been translated “O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God.” The apostle has three subjects of admiration. Our translation, b...
ISRAEL'S RESTORATION. CHAPTER 11 (“The Jewish Question”, by A. C. G., gives a complete exposition of this great chapter.) _ 1. God Hath not Cast Away His People. (Romans 11:1 .)_ 2. Israel's Apost...
THE MYSTERY OF ISRAEL'S FUTURE. Romans 11:25_ a_. It may save Gentile believers from a dangerous self-conceit (_cf. Romans 12:16_) to learn the secret that the hardening (see Romans 11:7) which has pa...
THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...
O the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How his decisions are beyond the mind of man to trace! How mysterious are his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or, who h...
RICHES. See Romans 2:4. This verse is an example of the Figure of speech _Thaumasmos_. App-6. KNOWLEDGE. App-132. UNSEARCHABLE. inscrutable. Greek. _anexereunetos._ Only here. JUDGMENTS. App-177. P...
Doxology to the Eternal Sovereign 33. _O the depth_ Here, at the close of this discussion of the case of Israel, in which he has held up for our submission the unfathomable mystery of electing soverei...
In dealing with this awful problem the last and deepest thought is, how infinite is the wealth and wisdom and knowledge in GOD, how far we are from being able to explore all His judgments or to track...
Ὢ, the only place where S. Paul uses the exclamation except with a vocative. ΒΆΘΟΣ. Cf. Romans 8:39; 1 Corinthians 2:10; Ephesians 3:18 : there is the suggestion of depth impenetrable to human though...
The relative positions of Jews and Gentiles, which have just been described in brief, are now elaborated, to show that they both Stand or fall on the same principle, of GOD’s grace and man’s faith; ba...
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...
Ώ (ώ) (G5599) О! Используется в воеклицаниях, выражающих очень сильное чувство (BD, 81; RG, 461). ΒΆΘΟΣ (G899) глубина. ΆΝΕΞΕΡΑΎΝΗΤΟΣ (G419) непостижимый, не поддающийся исследованию. Об использован...
DISCOURSE: 1902 THE UNSEARCHABLENESS OF GOD’S WAYS Romans 11:33. _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, &C.— This emphatical conclusion seems in an especial manner to regard the Jews, whom the Apostle would hereby teach modesty and submission to the over-ruling hand of the all-wise God, unf...
_TEXT_ Romans 11:33-36. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! Romans 11:34 For who hath known the mi...
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 G...
__ Conciliation-National 22 Nothing shows the blindness of Christendom more than their severe denunciation of faithless Israel, yet they are following precisely the same course and have not the slig...
11:33 God! (f-12) Or 'O depth of God's riches, and wisdom, and knowledge.'...
ISRAEL'S REJECTION NOT FINAL. A WARNING TO THE GENTILES In this chapter St. Paul brings to an end his great exposition of God's dealings with the Jews. He has shown in Romans 9 that God is free to cho...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 GOD’S PLAN FOR *ISRAEL’S FUTURE 11:1-32 THE RESULTS OF THE *JEWS’ FAILURE TO OBEY GOD 11:1-12 V1 So, I tell you th...
RICHES. — The two substantives which follow may be taken as dependent upon “riches.” This is the construction adopted in the Authorised version, and is expressed by the use of the word “both.” Or all...
(33-36) This grand and comprehensive view of the divine purposes makes so deep an impression upon the Apostle that he breaks out into an impassioned ascription of praise, with which the first (doctrin...
CHAPTER 24 THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL DIRECTLY FORETOLD: ALL IS OF AND FOR GOD Romans 11:25 THUS far St. Paul has rather reasoned than predicted. He has shown his Gentile friends the naturalness, so...
ὢ βάθος πλούτου κ. τ. λ. In Romans 11:32 the content of the chapter is no doubt condensed, but it is more natural to regard the doxology as prompted by the view of God's Providence which pervades the...
THAT GOD “MIGHT HAVE MERCY UPON ALL” Romans 11:25 “Mysteries” are the reasons and principles of the divine procedure which are hidden from ordinary minds, but revealed to the children of God by the S...
This discussion now gives rise to a new question, "Did God cast off His people?" They were created a nation in order that through them all the nations should be blessed. Failing to realize the divine...
(17) O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his (g) judgments, and his (h) ways past finding out! (17) The apostle cries out as one astonished with...
O the depth, &c. After he hath spoken of the mysteries of God's grace and predestination, of his mercy and justice, which we must not pretend to dive into, he concludes this part of his epistle, by an...
“ _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!_ ” Like a traveller who has reached the summit of an Alpine asc...
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. (12) Now if the fall of them be th...
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...
33._Oh! the depth, etc. _Here first the Apostle bursts into an exclamation, which arose spontaneously from a devout consideration of God’s dealings with the faithful; then in passing he checks the bol...
Hereupon the question is immediately raised, has God then rejected His people? To this Chapter 11 is the answer. The apostle gives three proofs that it is by no means the case. Firstly, he is himself...
O THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES, BOTH OF THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD,.... These words are the epilogue, or conclusion of the doctrinal part of this epistle, and relate to what is said throughout the who...
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! Ver. 33. _O the depth of the riches_] The Romans dedicated a ce...
_O the depth_ The unsearchable, inconceivable abundance; _of the riches_, &c. In the ninth chapter, Paul had sailed but in a narrow sea, now he is in the immense ocean: _of the wisdom and knowledge of...
The reasons of the proceedings of God with men are often by them unknown, and can never be fully understood; yet we may be certain that he, in all cases, has reasons which are perfectly wise and infin...
ISRAEL YET TO BE RESTORED We have seen in Romans 9:1 that there is an election according to the grace of God in Israel: in Romans 10:1 this is shown to be on the basis of faith in contrast to law: now...
God riches of wisdom, knowledge and judgment are great, unsearchable, beyond our ability to know or understand. 34 What human being can understand the mind of God? Who has served as God's advisor and...
ROMANS 11:33. THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES BOTH OF THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD! HOW UNSEARCHABLE ARE HIS JUDGMENTS, AND HIS WAYS PAST TRACING OUT! As Paul now looks back upon the last 11 Chapter s...
33-36 The apostle Paul knew the mysteries of the kingdom of God as well as ever any man; yet he confesses himself at a loss; and despairing to find the bottom, he humbly sits down at the brink, and a...
In this and the following verses is the conclusion of all that he had delivered, especially in this and the two preceding Chapter s. He had spoken of many profound mysteries, and answered many critica...
[Guided by the revelations imparted by the Holy Spirit, the apostle has made known many profound and blessed mysteries, and has satisfactorily answered many critical and perplexing questions, and has...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I For in reference to these points, and others of a like nature, the apostle exclaims: "Oh! the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God; how unsearc...
Romans 11:33 Oh G5599 depth G899 riches G4149 both G2532 wisdom G4678 and G2532 knowledge G1108 God G2316 How...
PAUL MARVELS AT THE AMAZING WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AS HE CONSIDERS GOD'S WAY OF WORKING AS REVEALED IN WHAT HE HIMSELF HAS SAID (11:33-36). Paul now marvels at the wisdom and knowledge that God h...
‘O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!' As Paul considers the amazing nature of God's plan, to leave...
GOD'S PURPOSE WITH REGARD BOTH TO THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES (11:1-36). Paul now carries forward the doctrine of the Israel within Israel, and evidences it again from Scripture, making clear that those...
Romans 11:33. O THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES AND WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. With Chrysostom and most modern commentators, we prefer this view of the passage to that followed in the E. V. Either is gramma...
2. _The Rejection of Israel is not Final._ In this section is presented the prospective solution of the great historical problem, discussed in this part of the Epistle. Here Paul becomes a prophet; r...
O THE DEPTH (Ο βαθος). Exclamation with omega and the nominative case of βαθος (see on 2 Corinthians 8:2; Romans 8:39). Paul's argument concerning God's elective grace and goodness has carried him t...
CONTENTS: A spiritual Israel finding salvation. National Israel blinded. Warning to Gentiles. Israel yet to be saved nationally. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Elijah, David, Abraham. CONCLUSION: The...
Romans 11:1. _Hath God cast away his people?_ The jews would say, what else can we infer? If the gentiles are now become the Israel of God, and if we are rejected for not embracing what Paul calls the...
HOW GREAT ARE GOD'S RICHES! In response to Romans 11:32, Paul gives a doxology of praise to God! The whole world, with its racism, violence, lust, and unbelief, may seem to be "disorganized confusion!...
_O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!--Like a traveller who has reached the summit of an Alpine ascent, the apostle turns and contemplates._ Depths are at his feet; but w...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:33.—JUDGMENTS are God’s decrees; AND HIS WAYS are His ways of bringing them to pass. How just is Paul’s reflection upon the whole of his preceding remarks! God’s works in p...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 11:1 (4) _The_ _Jews are not finally rejected, but, through the calling of the Gentiles, will be brought into the Church at last. _St. Paul, painfully recognizing the fact of the pr...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 11. In Chapter s 9-11 Paul is dealing with a couple of subjects; one the sovereignty of God, but it is the sovereignty of God in setting aside the nation...
Colossians 1:27; Colossians 2:2; Colossians 2:3; Daniel 4:35;...
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge. So both A. V. and Rev., making depth govern riches, and riches govern wisdom and knowledge. Others, more simply, make the three genitives co...
O the depth of the riches, and wisdom, and knowledge of God — In the ninth chapter, St. Paul had sailed but in a narrow sea: now he is in the ocean. The depth of the riches is described, Romans 11:35;...
Here the apostle concludes the chapter with an awful admiration at the depth of the abundant grace and goodness of God in bearing with the infidelity of the Jews, and the obstinacy of the Gentiles; as...