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Romans 9:2

that I have, &c. More lit. that I have great grief, and my heart has incessant pain. Very wonderful, and profoundly true, is this expression of intense grief just after the "joy unspeakable" of ch. 8. The heart is capable of a vast complexity of emotions, and none the less so when it is "spiritual." Cp. 1 Peter 1:6. No doubt the expressions here are the more intense becauseof the contrasted recent view of the coming glory of believers, and their security in the love and covenant of God.

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

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