Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
Romans 11:6
Here is your choice:
Grace - Works -
Then not of works Then not of grace
If works - can't be grace If grace - can't be works
Grace is grace - not works Work is work - not grace
Here is your choice:
Grace - Works -
Then not of works Then not of grace
If works - can't be grace If grace - can't be works
Grace is grace - not works Work is work - not grace
ROMANS 11:6 ca,rij (2) {A} After ca,rij the Textus Receptus, following ac (B) L Y and later manuscripts, adds eiv de. evx e;rgwn ouvke,ti evsti. ca,rij evpei. to. e;rgon ouvke,ti evsti.n e;rgon (“But...
Verse Romans 11:6. _AND IF BY GRACE_] And let this very remnant of pious Jews, who have believed in Christ Jesus, know that _they_ are brought in, precisely in the same way as God has brought in the...
AND IF GRACE ... - If the fact that any are reserved be by grace, or favor, then it cannot be as a reward of merit. Paul thus takes occasion incidentally to combat a favorite notion of the Jews, that...
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 ELECT REMNANT. Paul comes to the third part of his proof that God's word to Israel has not fallen through, despite the national rejection of Jesus Christ. ROMANS 11:1; ROMANS 11:2_ A._ That God h...
So then, I ask, "Has God repudiated his people?" God forbid! I, too, am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not repudiated his people whom long ago he mar...
THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...
IF. App-118. NO MORE. no longer. The texts omit last clause of the verse....
_And if by grace_, &c. This verse is wholly parenthetical. Not that its statement is alien to the whole argument, but this is not its logical place. The argument is continuous between Romans 11:5; Rom...
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 failure of Israel does not even now constitute a rejection by GOD. As in former times of apostasy there is a faithful remnant in whom the faithfulness and graciousness of GOD is still seen. And in...
ΕἸ ΔῈ ΧΆΡΙΤΙ, SC. γέγονεν ἡ ἐκλογή. ΟΥ̓ΚΈΤΙ ἘΞ ἜΡΓΩΝ. The ‘remnant’ are not saved in consequence of their works. ἘΠΕῚ, otherwise, cf. 22; 1 Corinthians 15:9; v. Field _ad h.l._ ἡ χάρις the grace we...
ΕΙ (G1487) если, вводит _conj._ 1 типа, которое предполагает реальность условия, ΧΆΡΙΤΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΧΆΡΙΣ (G1432) благодать (TLNT; TDNT). _Instr. dat._ ΟΎΚΈΤΙ (G3765) больше не. ΓΊΝΕΤΑΙ _praes....
DISCOURSE: 1894 GRACE AND WORKS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER AS GROUNDS OF SALVATION Romans 11:6. _If by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is...
AND IF BY GRACE— Here the Apostle has his eye upon the remnant of the Jews who had embraced the Gospel, mentioned in the foregoingverse; and he throws in this verse to shew them, that their standing i...
_TEXT_ Romans 11:1-10. I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Romans 11:2 God did not cast off his people wh...
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 - t...
__ Justification-National 18 The proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom, beginning in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, spread to the limits of the land (Act_1:8), and reached beyond it to...
11:6 since (b-9) See Note, Matthew 18:32 ....
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...
BUT IF _IT BE_ OF WORKS, etc.] RV omits this latter half of the v....
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...
As there was a remnant then, so also is there a remnant now. That there should be so is due not to any human merit on the part of those exempted from the fate of their nation, but to the spontaneous a...
AND IF BY GRACE. — The true text of this verse differs considerably from that which is translated in the Authorised version, “But if by grace, then is it no more of works, otherwise grace is no more s...
CHAPTER 22 ISRAEL, HOWEVER, NOT FORSAKEN Romans 11:1 "A PEOPLE disobeying and contradicting." So the Lord of Israel, through the Prophet, had described the nation. Let us remember as we pass on what...
λέγω οὖν : the οὖν intimates that it is with the conclusion reached in chap. 10 before his mind that Paul puts the following question: the unbelief of Israel naturally suggested it. μὴ ἀπώσατο ὁ θεὸς...
Expansion of χάριτος in Romans 11:5 : grace and works are mutually exclusive. Nothing a man can do gives him a claim as of right against God to be included in the remnant. ἐπεὶ : otherwise. _Cf._ Roma...
A REMNANT SAVED BY GRACE Romans 11:1 In the worst days of Hebrew apostasy there was always an elect handful that did not go astray after other gods. It was so in the days of Elijah; and it was a comf...
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...
(5) And if by grace, then [is it] (e) 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. (5) Even though all are no...
It is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace. The election of God, and the first grace at least, are always without any merits on our part; but if we speak of works done in a state of grac...
“ _Now, if it is by grace, then is it no more of works; since grace would be no more grace._ ” The apostle wishes to express the idea, that if Israel possess this privilege of always preserving within...
The _partial_ character of the rejection of God's people is proved, first by the conversion of St. Paul himself (Romans 11:1); then by the existence of a whole Judeo-Christian church (Romans 11:2-6)....
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. (2) God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not...
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...
6._If through grace, it is no more by works, etc. _This amplification is derived from a comparison between things of an opposite character; for such is the _case _between God’s grace and the merit of...
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...
AND IF BY GRACE, THEN IS IT NO MORE OF WORKS,.... Upon election, being called "the election of grace", the apostle forms an argument, showing the contrariety and inconsistency of grace, and works, in...
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. Ver. 6. _Then is it no more of wor...
_But what saith the answer_ Recollect the answer which God gave to this doleful complaint; _I have reserved to myself_ To maintain my honour and true worship, I have preserved by my providence and gra...
NO MORE OF WORKS; if his choice of them were of grace, it was not on the ground of any merit in them; because, if it were, it would be of debt, not of grace....
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....
An example from history:...
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...
BUT IF IT IS BY GRACE, IT IS NO MORE OF WORKS: OTHERWISE GRACE IS NO MORE GRACE. "NO MORE OF WORKS" -'it is no longer on the basis of works' (NASV) Point to Note: Remember, in the Book of Romans Paul...
1-10 There was a chosen remnant of believing Jews, who had righteousness and life by faith in Jesus Christ. These were kept according to the election of grace. If then this election was of grace, it...
This verse depends upon the former; and though it doth not seem to appertain to the argument the apostle had in hand, yet, by the direction of the Spirit, he takes the little occasion that is offered,...
But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. [With these words, Paul explains the last clause of the preceding verse--viz., "the election of grace"--and thereby sho...
Romans 11:6 And G1161 if G1487 grace G5485 longer G2089 G3765 of G1537 works G2041 otherwise G1893 grace...
‘But if it is by grace, it is no more of works, otherwise grace is no more grace.' Paul then relates this back to his previous arguments in Romans 3:24; Romans 3:27; Romans 4:2;...
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...
GOD'S PURPOSE FOR ISRAEL IS BEING FULFILLED THROUGH A REMNANT (11:1-10). Paul now deals with the question as to whether Israel has been ‘cast off'. And his reply is ‘certainly not', and this reply is...
Romans 11:6. NOW IF IT IS BY GRACE. ‘Now' is preferable to ‘and,' or ‘but.' ‘If' takes up the assertion of Romans 11:5, as if to say: ‘since the remnant exists by grace, let us understand what this in...
1. _The Rejection of Israel is not Total._ This section opens with the question (‘Did God cast off His people?'), which the whole chapter answers in the negative, and which Paul discusses with a feeli...
OTHERWISE (επε). Ellipse after επε (since), "since, in that case."IS NO MORE (ουκετ γινετα). "No longer becomes" grace, loses its character as grace. Augustine: _Gratia nisi gratis sit gratia non...
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...
HIS CHOICE IS BASED ON HIS MERCY. Paul again emphasizes that nothing a man can do will give him the right to place an obligation on God. God did not accept this "small number" because they obeyed the...
_And if by grace, then is it no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace._ THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF DIVINE GRACE I. Man is the object of grace. 1. The present dispensation is only the perfec...
_God hath not cast away His people._ GOD HATH NOT CAST OFF HIS PEOPLE This is proved by-- I. The known facts of their history--Paul and his companions in the faith. II. The secret operations of th...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:6.—εἰ δὲ χάριτι, by grace, thus not of works. Salvation must be either by one or the other. Romans 11:7. THE ELECTION.—The faithful remnant which has profited by the free g...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Timothy 1:9; Deuteronomy 9:4; Ephesians 2:4;...
Otherwise [ε π ε ι]. Lit., since. Since, in that case. Grace is no more, etc. [γ ι ν ε τ α ι]. Lit., becomes. No longer comes into manifestation as what it really is. "It gives up its specific charac...
And if by grace, then it is no more of works — Whether ceremonial or moral. Else grace is no longer grace — The very nature of grace is lost. And if it be of works, then it is no more grace: else work...