To whom pertaineth the adoption; who had been selected of God as his people, and on whom he had bestowed peculiar privileges.
The glory; the visible emblem of the divine presence.
The covenants; those made with their fathers.
The giving of the law; Exodus 20:1-17.
The service of God; in his temple.
The promises; those contained in the Old Testament.
ROMANS 9:4 ai` diaqh/kai {B} Although the reading h` diaqh,kh is strongly supported (î46 B Dgr it61vid? copsa, bomss eth _al_), the plural ai` diaqh/kai (a C K...
Verse Romans 9:4. _WHO ARE ISRAELITES_] Descendants of Jacob, a man so highly favoured of God, and from whom he received his name _Israel-a prince of God_, Genesis 32:28; from which name his descenda...
WHO ARE ISRAELITES - Descended from Israel, or Jacob; honored by having such an ancestor, and by bearing a name so distinguished as that of his descendants. It was formerly the honorable appellation o...
II. DISPENSATIONAL. GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL. Chapter s 9-11. 1. Israel and God's Sovereignty. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. Paul's Yearning over Israel. (Romans 9:1 .)_ 2. What Israel Possesseth. (Romans 9:...
SORROW OVER THE REPROBATION OF THE JEWS. Paul's rapture passes into anguish at the exclusion of his kinsmen from this blessedness. So the second theme of the epistle comes into view; see Introd. § 5....
I tell you the truth as one who is united to Christ is bound to do. I do not lie. My conscience bears witness with me in the Holy Spirit when I say that my grief is great and there is unceasing anguis...
THE PROBLEM OF THE JEWS (Romans 9:1-6) In Romans 9:1-33; Romans 10:1-21; Romans 11:1-36 Paul tries to deal with one of the m
TO WHOM, &C. = whose are. ADOPTION. See Romans 8:15. GLORY. See p. 1511. COVENANTS. See Matthew 26:28. GIVING, &C. Greek. _nomothesia_. Only here. SERVICE. App-190....
_Israelites_ "The absolute name, that which expressed the whole dignity and glory of a member of the theocratic nation, of the people in peculiar covenant with God, was _Israelite_." (Abp Trench, _New...
ΟἽΤΙΝΕΣ. This form of the relative marks the characteristic which is the occasion of his feeling; cf. Moulton, p. 91 f.; Blass, 172; Hort, 1 Peter 2:1 f. ‘Never absolutely convertible with δς,’ M., ‘s...
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...
ΏΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΌΣ (G3739) кто, rel. _pron._ "которому принадлежит" ΥΙΟΘΕΣΊΑ (G5206) принятие (_см._ Romans 8:15). ΔΙΑΘΉΚΗ (G1242) соглашение, завет, договор (TDNT). Вероятно, Павел имеет в виду за...
DISCOURSE: 1882 THE PRIVILEGES OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS Romans 9:1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I hare great heaviness and continu...
DISCOURSE: 1883 OUR DUTY TOWARDS THE JEWS Romans 9:1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in...
WHO ARE ISRAELITES— The Apostle with great address enumerates these privileges of the Jews, both that he might shew how honourably he thought of them, and that he might awaken their solicitude not to...
_TEXT_ Romans 9:1-13. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit, Romans 9:2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. Romans 9:3 For...
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; WHO ARE ISRAELITES ... [ hoitines (G3748)...
__ God's Sovereignty-Individual 37 God's love never lets us go. The trials and tribulations we endure are not tokens of His displeasure. They are all tempered by His loving heart. A sense of His lov...
9:4 adoption, (c-7) As ch. 8.23. service, (d-19) As _ latreuo_ . See Note l to Matthew 4:10 ....
ISRAELITES] 'Israel' being the name given by God to Jacob, 'Israelite' described the Jew as the inheritor of God's promises: cp. Romans 11:1; 2 Corinthians 11:22. ADOPTION] i.e. of Israel by God as fi...
THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL NO DISPARAGEMENT OR DISPROOF OF THE GOSPEL The Apostle sorrows over the exclusion of Israel (Romans 9:1), but their exclusion does not involve any breach of God's promises, for...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 9 GOD’S *BLESSINGS FOR THE *JEWS 9:1-5 V1 I speak the truth in *Christ. I am not lying. The *Holy Spirit guides my con...
THE ADOPTION. — They are the theocratic people, the people whom God had, as it were, adopted to Himself, and taken into the special filial relation. (Comp. Hosea 11:1, “I called my son out of Egypt;”...
(1-5) My heart bleeds for Israel, my country, that highly-privileged people. I could fain have changed places with them, and been myself cut off from Christ, if only they might have been saved....
CHAPTER 20 THE SORROWFUL PROBLEM: JEWISH UNBELIEF; DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY Romans 9:1 WE may well think that again there was silence awhile in that Corinthian chamber, when Tertius had duly inscribed the...
The intense pain with which Paul contemplates the unbelief of his countrymen....
f. The intensity of Paul's distress, and of his longing for the salvation of his countrymen, is partly explained in this verse. It is the greatness of his people, their unique place of privilege in Go...
LONGING FOR HIS KINSMEN Romans 9:1 Our consciences should be continually bathed in the light and warmth of the Holy Spirit, Romans 9:1, that the inward witness may be maintained in its integrity. We...
The connection between this very remarkable passage and the preceding climax is close. The great certainty of "no separation" is the experience of one in close communion with the Lord experimentally....
Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the (c) glory, and the (d) covenants, and the giving of the (e) law, and the (f) service [of God], and the (g) promises; (c) The ark of the...
To whom belongeth the adoption of children. Literally, whose is the adoption. He mentions the favours which God had done to his people, the Jews. As, 1. That God had adopted them for his elect people....
_ VV._ 4 and 5 are intended to justify the wish expressed in Romans 9:3, by declaring the glorious prerogatives which are fitted to render this people supremely precious to a truly Israelitish heart....
TWENTY-FIRST PASSAGE (9:1-29). THE LIBERTY OF GOD IN REGARD TO THE ELECTION OF ISRAEL. The apostle opens this passage with a preface expressing the profound grief he feels in view of the mysterious fa...
Paul expresses all the intensity of his grief on account of his people (Romans 9:1-3), and he justifies it by the magnificent prerogatives wherewith this unique people had been honored (Romans 9:4-5)....
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, (2) That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. (3) For I could wish that myself were a...
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...
4._Who are Israelites, etc. _Here the reason is now more plainly given, why the destruction of that people caused him so much anguish, that he was prepared to redeem them by his own death, namely beca...
There remained one important question to be considered, namely, how this salvation, common to Jew and Gentile, both alienated from God this doctrine that there was no difference was to be reconciled w...
WHO ARE ISRAELITES,.... Which were their national name, as descended from Jacob, whose name was Israel; and it was accounted a very honourable one; see Philippians 3:5; and the very name they bore gav...
Who are Israelites; to whom _pertaineth_ the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service _of God_, and the promises; Ver. 4. _The adoption_] For Israel was...
Rom. 9:4. "Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of God, and the promises." The same glory is doubtless here...
_Who are Israelites_ The seed of Jacob, that eminent patriarch, who, as a prince, had power with God and prevailed. The apostle, with great address, enumerates these privileges of the Jews, both that...
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TRUE AND THE FALSE ISRAEL. 9:1-13 The rejection of the Jews a matter of sorrow:...
WHO ARE ISRAELITES, TO WHOM PERTAINETH THE ADOPTION, AND THE GLORY, AND THE COVENANTS, AND THE GIVING OF THE LAW, AND THE SERVICE OF GOD, AND THE PROMISES;...
WHAT OF GOD'S PROMISES TO ISRAEL? Now, such being the case - that God had purposed in eternal counsel the blessing of Gentiles on an equal basis with Jews, as it is this day - what is to become of the...
Paul has sorrow for fellow Jews. Heavy heart. 3 Willing to be lost for others. Would you? 4 Special blessings of the Jews: 1. Adopted as God's special people. 2. Were given a special law. 3. Unde...
COVENANTS: Or, testaments...
WHO ARE ISRAELITES; WHOSE IS THE ADOPTION, AND THE GLORY, AND THE COVENANTS, AND THE GIVING OF THE LAW, AND THE SERVICE OF GOD, AND THE PROMISES; 'Israelites' -a name of distinction, 'Israel goes ba...
1-5 Being about to discuss the rejection of the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles, and to show that the whole agrees with the sovereign electing love of God, the apostle expresses strongly his aff...
In this and the following verse, he rehearseth the privileges and advantages the Jews had from God, above all other nations of the earth; and this he doth to show, that he had good reason to make such...
who are Israelites [The first distinction of the chosen people was their descent from and right to the name "Israel": a name won by Jacob when, wrestling, he so prevailed with God that he was called I...
Tertullian On Modesty For although the Jew withal be called "a son," and an "elder one," inasmuch as he had priority in adoption;[89]...
Romans 9:4 who G3748 are G1526 (G5748) Israelites G2475 whom G3739 adoption G5206 G2532 glory G1391...
PAUL IS CONCERNED FOR ISRAEL BECAUSE IN SPITE OF THEIR MANY ADVANTAGES A LARGE PROPORTION OF THEM HAVE REJECTED THE MESSIAH WHO HAS COME FROM AMONG THEM (9:1-5). We find in Paul's introductory comment...
THE MESSSIAH HAS COME AND IS FOR ALL. GOD HAS NOT FAILED IN HIS PROMISES TO THE TRUE ISRAEL. SALVATION FOR ALL IS THROUGH FAITH IN THE MESSIAH (9:1-11:36) Paul now expands on Chapter s 1-8, in which h...
‘Who are Israelites; whose is the adoption as sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises, whose are the fathers, and of whom is the Mes...
Romans 9:4. WHO ARE. The form of the original is almost equivalent to: ‘seeing they are.' ISRAELITES, belonging to God's chosen people. In Romans 9:3 it is stated that they are Paul's people, but he...
1. _Deep Sorrow of the Apostle for the Unbelief of the Jews, his Brethren_, _and God's Covenant People, from whom the Messiah came_. The pathos of the partially apologetic opening of this division of...
WHO (οιτινες). The very ones who, inasmuch as they.ISRAELITES (Ισραηλειτα). Covenant name of the chosen people.WHOSE (ων). Predicate genitive of the relative, used also again with ο πατερες. Fo...
Romans 9:3 Christian Patriotism. I. It is a noble paradox. The sacrifice which is offered is impossible. There is something of sadness in the passion which suggests it. Great as is the offering, how...
Paul begins by expressing his great sorrow because the Jews had rejected Christ. Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I hav...
The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. They thought they had a birth claim. Were they not the children of Abraham? Surely they had some right to it. This chapter battles the question of r...
Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself w...
CONTENTS: Covenants of Israel not set aside by Gospel. The seven-fold privilege of Israel. The blinding of Israel and God's mercy to the Gentiles. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Sarah...
Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not._ These forms of speech are equivalent to a solemn oath, and emanate from a heart deeply imbued with the sentiments of the Saviour, who often wept ove...
THEY ARE GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE. In Romans 9:4-5, Paul speaks about the honor which God gave Israel. "Israel" means "a Prince with God." _He made them his sons._ (Deuteronomy 7:6). This is not Christian...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:4 Israel had great privileges. The ISRAELITES became God’s adopted people when God saved them from Egypt. GLORY here probably refers to the glory of God in the tabernacle and t...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:1 God’s Righteousness to Israel and to the Gentiles. Paul has made it clear that God’s saving promises have been fulfilled for the Gentiles. He now asks whether the promises Go...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 9:1. I SPEAK IN CHRIST THE TRUTH.—Not to be rendered, “I speak the truth in Christ.” The apostle, not as a man merely, but as a member of Christ, in His name, as His apostle....
EXPOSITION ROMANS 11:1 2. _The present position and prospects of the Jewish nation con-sidereal._ ROMANS 9:1 (1) _Deep regret expressed for the present exclusion of the Jewish nation from inheritan...
Paul has just closed the eighth chapter of Romans in which he has taken us into the very peaks of the spiritual experiences that are ours in Christ Jesus. Showing us that we have this glorious place i...
1 Kings 8:11; 1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Samuel 4:22; Acts 13:32; Acts 13:33;...
Who [ο ι τ ι ν ε ς]. The double relative characterizes the Israelites with their call and privileges as such that for them he could even wish himself accursed. Israelites. See on Acts 3:12. Adoption....
HATH GOD CAST AWAY HIS PEOPLE? Romans 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. We have the depths of the heart of Paul toward the Jews. How the heart of the Apostle must have throbbed as he wrote, "I say the truth...
Whose is the adoption, &c. — He enumerates six prerogatives, of which the first pair respect God the Father, the second Christ, the third the Holy Ghost. The adoption and the glory — That is, Israel i...
Our apostle, to vindicate himself for bearing such. passionate affection to the Jews, and for being so highly concerned for their eternal welfare, doth in these two verses recount and sum up the high...