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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:6

‘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 3:27-28; Romans 4:2-5; Romans 4:16; Romans 5:15-21; Romans 6:15; Romans 8:31-39. They have been chosen in accordance with the unmerited, active favour of God, without any deserving of their own. For if they had deserved it in any way through their ‘works’ of any kind, grace would cease to be grace, it would no longer be unmerited favour.... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:7

‘What then? What Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened,’ What then are we to conclude from this? The conclusion must be that Israel as a whole failed to obtain what ‘it is seeking for’ (compare Romans 9:31; Romans 10:3). Unbelieving Israel was, and still is, seeking for a righteousness which would make it acceptable to God, but it failed in its purpose. Only the election obtained such a righteousness, because they sought it by faith.... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:8

‘According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor (Isaiah 29:10), eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day (Deuteronomy 29:4).’ Paul then provides two citations from Scripture in order to support his diagnosis. The first is a Pauline concoction and is mainly based on Deuteronomy 29:4 (3 LXX), ‘Yet the Lord God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.’ combined with elements from Isaiah 29:10... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:9-10

And David says, “Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompense to them, let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow you down their back always.” The second citation is an adaptation from Psalms 69:22-23 which in LXX reads, ‘Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumblingblock. Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.’ The reference to ‘a trap’ is... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:11

‘I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? Certainly not, but by their false step salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.’ ‘I say then --’, followed by a question, is one of Paul’s indicators of the commencement of a further stage in his argument (compare Romans 11:1). And what follows is a declaration that salvation has come to the Gentiles, and that it was for this reason (among others already revealed in previous chapters) that the Jews had been allowed to... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:11-12

Unbelieving Israel’s Fall Is Not Necessarily Permanent (11:11-12). Paul now makes clear that the fall of unbelieving Israel is not necessarily permanent. As he will point out, they can be regrafted onto the olive tree (Romans 11:23). This theme then raises a question about the main emphasis in Romans 11:11-32. Is the main emphasis that the conversion of Gentiles is intended to bring Israel to the Messiah (Romans 11:11-12; Romans 11:14-15; Romans 11:23-24), or is it that a new Israel has been... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:11-32

God Has Established A True Israel Based On The Remnant Who Have Responded To The Messiah, With The False Israel Being At Least Temporarily Cast Off, To Be Restored If They Turn To The Messiah And Rejoin The True Israel (11:11-32). We now commence with a new subsection, commencing as so often in Romans with a question, although one that continues the theme of Romans 11:8-10. In it we have the clearest evidence of the fact that the ‘true church’, consisting of all true believers, is the... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:12

‘And if their false step is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness?’ For the false step of the unbelieving Jews in rejecting their Messiah, has resulted in riches for the world, because it has resulted in the Messiah being proclaimed more widely to the world so that the Gentiles have received the riches of His salvation. But at the same time it has caused loss to the unbelieving Jews as a result of their rejection (as being in God’s eyes... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:13-14

‘But I speak to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry, if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.’ Paul now turns his comments specifically to the Gentile element in the church at Rome. He explains to them that, as the Apostle to the Gentiles, he glorifies his ministry in the hope by any means of provoking his fellow-Jews to jealousy, so that some of them might respond and be saved. It is quite... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:13-24

The Illustration Of The Olive Tree (11:13-24). ‘The Olive Tree’ is the name of Israel specifically given to it by God. In Jeremiah we are told “YHWH called your name ‘a green olive tree’, fair, with goodly fruit” (Jeremiah 11:16). The formula ‘YHWH called your name’ is significant. It is the one used concerning YHWH’s naming of Adam as the representative of mankind (Genesis 5:2). Thus it is indicating the official pronouncement of a permanent reality. Mankind was called ‘Man’ by God. Israel is... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:9-10

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:11-12

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:11-32

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:12

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:13-14

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:13-24

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