Romans 11:1

λέγω οὖν κ.τ.λ. picks up the thought of Romans 9:6. The reference to Psalms 114:1-4; 1 Samuel 12:22, enforces a negative answer.

μὴ�.τ.λ. The form of the question involves a negative answer.

καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ κ.τ.λ. explains the vehemence of μὴ γένοιτο; in such a rejection he himself would be involved and his whole position, that the Gospel is the climax and fulfilment of the earlier dispensation in its true spirituality, undermined.

Ἰσραηλείτης κ.τ.λ. Cf. 2 Corinthians 11:22; Philippians 3:5.