Romans 9:7-33 ESV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:15

‘For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion”.’ Paul illustrates his point from Scripture. God had said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion” (Exodus 33:19). Thus God had by this indicated that He would have mercy and compassion on those whom He Himself chose. And Paul emphasises this by adding ‘and whom He will He hardens’. The decision therefore as to who... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:16

‘So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.’ ‘It’ clearly refers to the previous verse, speaking of God’s showing of mercy, whilst the present tense of the verbs suggests that here Paul is enunciating a general principle. He is thus saying that in consequence of what God had said we can discern the general pattern that a man does not receive mercy in view of what he himself purposes (wills) or in view of what he has done, or indeed in view of what he... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:17

‘For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose (for unto this thing) did I raise you up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth”.’ This overall sovereignty of God can be seen as illustrated from the life of Pharaoh, where God says to Pharaoh that He had ‘raised him up’ in order that He might show His power in the way He dealt with him, and might thereby reveal to all the earth His mighty power over a king who claimed to be a... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:18

‘So then he has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardens.’ Paul assumes that his readers will connect Pharaoh’s being raised up to glorify God with his hardening of heart, a condition expressed a number of times in Exodus (e.g. Exodus 7:3; Exodus 9:12; Exodus 14:4; Exodus 14:17). He thus concludes by saying ‘He (God) has mercy on whom He will and whom He will He hardens’, particularly having Pharaoh’s behaviour in mind, although later applying the term ‘harden’ to Israel in Romans... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:19

‘You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?” ’ He opens with a theoretical argument, although no doubt one he had heard many times, that of someone who says, “(If God hardens whom He will) why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?” The idea behind the argument is that if God is sovereignly responsible for men’s decisions, no blame can be laid on men for how they respond to Him. All they are doing is fulfilling His will. Thus it would be... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:19-29

God Has The Sovereign Right To Do What He Chooses, And To Save Whom He Will (9:19-29). Paul does not hide from the consequences of what he has been saying. He rather defends it by appealing to God’s absolute right over human beings, and then to Scripture. He sees the doctrine of God’s sovereignty as closely aligned with his argument that God has for the time being rejected the majority in physical Israel, while saving those within Israel who are believers in Jesus as the Messiah read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:20

‘No but, O man, who are you who replies against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why did you make me thus?” ’ Paul’s response to the questions is illuminating, both in what he does not say and what he does say. He does not attempt to marshal arguments which he could have used had he believed them, such as 1). that God acts on the basis of what He foresees in men (whether belief or unbelief), or 2). that God has some other way of saving Jews who reject Jesus as the Messiah.... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:21

‘Or has the potter not a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?’ He now illustrates his position in terms of a potter who has a lump of clay and can use it both to make an ‘honourable’ vessel and to make a ‘dishonourable’ one. Which he makes is solely up to the potter’s discretion. So a potter may take his piece of clay, and set aside one part to produce an ornamental vase, and another part to produce a crude chamber pot. No one... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:22

‘What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted to destruction,’ Paul then directly applies his illustration of the Potter to God Himself. The idea of likening God to a Potter comes directly from the Old Testament Scriptures (Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 29:16; Jeremiah 18:6). And the idea behind it is that just as a Potter chooses what he will do with what he makes, so in the same way no man has the right to challenge God’s... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:23-24

‘And that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand to glory, even us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?’ Having purposed that certain vessels would be made in such a way that they were fitted for destruction, God also purposed to make known the riches of His glory on vessels which were prepared with mercy in mind, vessels which He prepared beforehand for glory (like ‘honourable vessels’ such as... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:15

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:19

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:19-29

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:20

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:23-24

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