Romans 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; WHO ARE ISRAELITES ... [ hoitines (G3748)] - that is, 'Inasmuch as they are.' So Romans 1:25; Romans 1:32; Romans 2:15; Romans 6:2. The connection is this: 'And well may I feel thus toward a people so illustrious for all that can ennoble a people-in their origin, their calling, the exalted trusts committed to them, and that Debt of all debts which the world shall forever owe t...

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 because they were Israelites; for the relative pronoun is put here instead of a causative adverb. In like manner this anxiety took hold on Moses, when he desired that he should be blotted out of the book of life, rather than that the holy and chosen race of Abraham should be reduced to nothing. (Exodus 32:32.) Then in addition to his kind feeling, he mentions also other reasons, and those of a higher kind, which made him to favor the Jews, even because the Lord had, as it were, by a kind of privilege, so raised them, that they were separated from the common order of men: and these titles of dignity were testimonies of love; for we are not wont to speak thus favorably, but of those whom we lo

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 affection for his people. He solemnly appeals to Christ; and his conscience, enlightened and directed by the Holy Spirit, bore witness to his sincerity. He would submit to be treated as "accursed," to be disgraced, crucified; and even for a time be in the deepest horror and distress; if he could rescue his nation from the destruction about to come upon them for their obstinate unbelief. To be insensible to the eternal condition of our fellow-creatures, is contrary both to the love required by the law, and the mercy of the gospel. They had long been professed worshippers of Jehovah. The law, and the national covenant which was grounded thereon, belonged to them. The temple worship was typical of...

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 descendants were called _Israelites_, and separated unto God for his glory and praise. Their very name of _Israelites_ implied their very high dignity; they were a _royal nation; princes_ of the _most high God_. _THE ADOPTION_] The Israelites were all taken into the _family_ of God, and were called his _sons_ and _first-born_, Exodus 4:22; Deuteronomy 14:1;...

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 of the people of God. TO WHOM PERTAINETH - To whom it belongs. It was their elevated external privilege. THE ADOPTION - Of the nation into the family of God, or to be regarded as His special people; Deuteronomy 7:6. AND THE GLORY - The symbol of the divine presence that attended them from Egypt, and that finally rested over the ark in the first temple - “the Shechinah;” Exodus 13:21;...

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 inheritance of the promises. _This section is not necessary for the main argument of the Epistle, which would have been complete without it for an exposition of God's righteousness, Romans 12:1. following naturally the conclusion of Romans 8:1., and these intervening chapters having no immediate connection with the preceding or succeeding context. But it was a subject too deeply

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 gave the apostle some concern that they should be cut off; and then he proceeds to enumerate the several distinguishing favours and privileges they had been partakers of: TO WHOM PERTAINETH THE ADOPTION; not that special adoption, which springs from eternal predestination, is a blessing of the covenant of grace, comes through the redemption of Christ, and is received and enjoyed only by believers in him; for all that were Israelites, were not in this sense the children of God; but national adoption is here meant, by which the whole body of the people, as nation, were the sons of God, his firstborn: AND THE GLORY; either the ark of the covenant, which is s

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 were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:_ The apostle is evidently about to make an extraordinary statement a statement which would probably not be believed, and therefore, he gives as a preface the most solemn asseverations that are permitted to Christian men declaring that he is speaking the truth, and also that the Holy Ghost is bearing witness with his conscience that it is so that he so loves the souls of his fellow-countrymen that, though the thing could never be, yet in a sort of ecstasy of love he could devote himself to anything so long as his countrymen might but be saved. «My kinsmen according to the flesh.»...

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 Y 33 81 614 1739 _Byz Lect_ itd, g vg syrp, h, hgr copbo goth arm _al_) was preferred on the grounds that (_a_) copyists would have been likely to assimilate the plural to the pattern of instances of the singular number in the series, and (_b_) plural covenants may have appeared to involve theological difficulties, and therefore the expression was converted to the singular number. Certainly there is no goo...

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 9:4 .) 3. God's Unconditional Election. (Romans 9:6 .) 4. God's Sovereignty. The Vindication of His Justice and Mercy. (Romans 9:14 .) 5. Mercy for the Remnant. (Romans 9:27 .) 6. Israel's Rejection of God's Righteousness. (Romans 9