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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 9:1

With this chapter, one section of Romans ends and another begins. The eighth chapter concluded Paul's outline of the complete acceptance of the Gentiles into God's kingdom. He extended to them the most extravagant assurance of their justification and providential support leading to their ultimate glorification in the presence of God himself, such blessings being far superior to anything ever known before, by either Jews or Gentiles; and now that Paul had finished speaking of those good things,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 9:2

That I have great sorrow, and unceasing pain in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh.Paul had more than sufficient reason, if he had been of a mean and vindictive spirit, to hold bitterness against his Jewish kinsmen because of their unrelenting persecutions and harassment of his ministry and apostleship. Forty of them, on occasion, had bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 9:4

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.Paul mentioned such things as these to show his appreciation for the position that Israel had indeed enjoyed in God's plan of redemption. Paul loved Israel, and the fact of his becoming a Christian had not diminished this love nor his appreciation for the part Israel had had in bearing witness to God's will on earth.Israelites ... is an extension of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 9:5

Whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.One cannot but be ashamed of such a rendition of this verse, in which the translators stooped to the device of making the name of the ineffable God a common adverb, as when one might say, "This is a God beautiful day! ... God blessed for ever"! Godet translated this verse thus:Whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God over all, blessed for... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 9:1

Romans 9:1. I say the truth in Christ, &c.— The Apostle has proved by three special arguments, that the grace or favour of God in the Gospel extends to the Gentiles, as well as the Jews: this he has done in the first five chapters; in the three next, he has shewn the obligations which the Gospel lays upon Christians, both Gentile and Jewish, to a life of virtue and holiness; and lastly, the certainty of their salvation, in case they love God, and live not after the flesh, but after the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 9:3

Romans 9:3. That myself were accursed, &c.— That I myself were to be devoted to death [or made a sacrifice] after the example of Christ. Pere Simon has it, For the sake of Christ:—Propter Christum. But the first is preferable. See also Dr. Waterland's Sermons, vol. 1: p. 77. The word rendered accursed is 'Αναθεμα, by which the LXX translate the Hebrew word חרם cherem, which signifies "persons or things devoted to destruction and extermination." The Jewish nation were now an anathema,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 9:4

Romans 9:4. 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 sacrifice that divine favour by which they had been so eminently and so long distinguished. In the word adoption he alludes to the Horeb covenant, whereby the Israelites became the peculiar people of God, and he their supreme ruler and protector. See Exodus 4:22.Deuteronomy 14:1;... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 9:5

Romans 9:5. Whose are the fathers, &c.— See Exodus 3:6-16. Acts 7:32. How ingenious soever the conjecture of Dr. Taylor may be thought, by which he would read Ων ο Θεος ο επι παντων, to answer to ων οι πατερες, whose are the Fathers, and whose is the God over all, it would doubtless be extremely dangerous to follow this, or any other reading of the like kind, unsupported by any critical authority of manuscripts or ancient quotations; nor does there appear any authority whatever for... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:1

1, 2. I say the truth in Christ—as if steeped in the spirit of Him who wept over impenitent and doomed Jerusalem (compare Romans 1:9; 2 Corinthians 12:19; Philippians 1:8). my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost—"my conscience as quickened, illuminated, and even now under the direct operation of the Holy Ghost." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:2

2. That I have, &c.—"That I have great grief (or, sorrow) and unceasing anguish in my heart"—the bitter hostility of his nation to the glorious Gospel, and the awful consequences of their unbelief, weighing heavily and incessantly upon his spirit. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 9:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 9:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 9:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 9:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 9:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 9:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 9:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 9:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:2

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