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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The honour of Israel. These verses open up to us the great problem discussed in the three following chapters, "the rejection of the elect people" (Godet). God had chosen his people; he now repudiates them. And as the apostle in the previous chapter has been transported into an ecstasy of exultation in contemplating the final victory of God's true people, he is now brought back to sorrow and pain of heart by a thought of the contrasted lot of Israel. "Who shall separate us from the love of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

Christian patriotism. We saw in last chapter how a "Paradise" may really be experimentally " regained, " and how Christian experience culminates in a triumphant assurance. But the apostle could not contemplate this as a mere personal matter. He could not rejoice in personal salvation and be indifferent to the salvation of his brethren. The case of his countrymen accordingly comes forward for review, and in the review of it the apostle is seen as the Christian patriot. Though the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:2-3

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart . He does not say what for, leaving it to appear in what follows. The broken sentence is significant of emotion. For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh . None of the ways that have been suggested for evading the obvious meaning of this assertion are tenable. One such way is to take the imperfect ηὐχόμην as expressing what he once wished, viz. before his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:4

The right use of privileges. The apostle turned from his rapt meditation on the present and future glory of the Christian dispensation, to think of the race of Israel excluding themselves from participation in its benefits, and he felt his soul charged with heaviness on their behalf. They hated him as overturning venerable customs, and as lowering their dignity by admitting the Gentiles to the blessing of the covenant on such easy terms. But in reply he vehemently asserted his still... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:4-5

Who ( οἵτινες , with its usual sense of quippe qui ) 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; whose are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Here "the adoption" ( ὑιοθεσία ) means the selection of Israel to be God's peculiar people (cf. Exodus 4:22 , "Israel is my son, even my firstborn;" Deuteronomy 14:1... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:1

I say the truth - In what I am about to affirm respecting my attachment to the nation and people.In Christ - Most interpreters regard this as a form of an oath, as equivalent to calling Christ to witness. It is certainly to be regarded, in its obvious sense, as an appeal to Christ as the searcher of the heart, and as the judge of falsehood. Thus, the word translated “in” ἐν en is used in the form of an oath in Matthew 5:34-36; Revelation 10:6, Greek. We are to remember that the apostle was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:2

Great heaviness - Great grief.Continual sorrow - The word rendered “continual” here must be taken in a popular sense. Not that he was literally all the time pressed down with this sorrow, but that whenever he thought on this subject, he had great grief; as we say of a painful subject, it is a source of constant pain. The cause of this grief, Paul does not expressly mention, though it is implied in what he immediately says. It was the fact that so large a part of the nation would be rejected,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:3

For I could wish ... - This passage has been greatly controverted. Some have proposed to translate it, “I did wish,” as referring to a former state, when he renounced Christ, and sought to advance the interests of the nation by opposing and defying him. But to this interpretation there are insuperable objections.(1) The object of the apostle is not to state his former feelings, but his present attachment to his countrymen, and willingness to suffer for them.(2) The proper grammatical... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:4

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... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:5

Whose are the fathers - Who have been honored with so illustrious an ancestry. Who are descended from Abraham, Isaac, etc. On this they highly valued themselves, and in a certain sense not unjustly; compare Matthew 3:9.Of whom - Of whose nation. This is placed as the crowning and most exalted privilege, that their nation had given birth to the long-expected Messiah, the hope of the world.As concerning the flesh - So far as his human nature was concerned. The use of this language supposes that... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:4-5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:5

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