Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 11:21
Be not highminded, but fear — We may observe, this fear is not opposed to trust, but to pride and security.
Be not highminded, but fear — We may observe, this fear is not opposed to trust, but to pride and security.
ROMANS 11:21 @mh, pwj# ouvde, {C} On the one hand, the strong combination of a B C 81 1739 in support of the shorter text would normally be preferred. On the other hand, however, (_a_) mh, pwj is a t...
Verse 21. _FOR IF GOD SPARED NOT THE NATURAL BRANCHES_] If He, in his infinite justice and holiness, could not tolerate sin in the _people whom he foreknew_, whom he had so _long loved_, cherished, m...
FOR IF GOD ... - If God did not refrain from rejecting the Jews who became unbelievers, assuredly he will not refrain from rejecting you in the same circumstances. It may be supposed that he will be q...
ISRAEL'S RESTORATION. CHAPTER 11 (“The Jewish Question”, by A. C. G., gives a complete exposition of this great chapter.) _ 1. God Hath not Cast Away His People. (Romans 11:1 .)_ 2. Israel's Apost...
THE INGRAFTING OF THE GENTILES. From Romans 9:1 onwards, Paul has written as a Jew to Jews; here he turns to the other half of the Church (see Introd. § 3). ROMANS 11:13. But to you Gentiles I say. P...
THE CALLUS ON THE HEART (Romans 11:1-12)...
Now I speak to you Gentiles. You well know that in so far as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my office, for somehow I want to find a way to move my own flesh and blood to envy of the Genti...
NATURAL. according to (App-104.) nature. LEST. The texts read "that". ALSO SPARE NOT. neither (Greek. _oude)_ spare....
_the natural branches_ Persons who were, without any new interposition of mercy, born within the scope of the covenant and the light of revelation. Not that the _state of human nature_was less fallen...
E. Romans 9:1 to Romans 11:36. THE REJECTION OF THE GOSPEL BY ISRAEL The theme of Romans 1:16-17 has been worked out; it has been shown that the Gospel is a power of GOD unto salvation for them that b...
The relative positions of Jews and Gentiles, which have just been described in brief, are now elaborated, to show that they both Stand or fall on the same principle, of GOD’s grace and man’s faith; ba...
ΦΎΣΙΣ (G5449) природа, ΈΦΕΊΣΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΦΕΊΔΟΜΑΙ (G5339) с _gen._ щадить. Ind. в _conj._ 1 типа, в котором условие рассматривается как реальное, ΦΕΊΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от...
DISCOURSE: 1896 NEGLECT OF THE JEWS REPROVED Romans 11:17. If some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and...
_TEXT_ Romans 11:11-24. I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. Romans 11:12 Now if their fal...
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. FOR IF GOD SPARED NOT THE NATURAL BRANCHES (sprung from the parent stem), TAKE HEED LEST HE ALSO SPARE NOT THEE...
__ Justification-National 18 The proclamation of the gospel of the kingdom, beginning in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, spread to the limits of the land (Act_1:8), and reached beyond it to...
11:21 either. (f-18) This is another case where the grammatical structure is not complete. It may well be taken, 'fear ... lest he spare not thee;' the beginning of ver. 21 adding a supplementary thou...
ST. Paul now addresses the Gentiles. They should hope for the restoration of Israel, because of the blessing it will bring the world, and because Israel still bears God's name (Romans 11:13). They sho...
ISRAEL'S REJECTION NOT FINAL. A WARNING TO THE GENTILES In this chapter St. Paul brings to an end his great exposition of God's dealings with the Jews. He has shown in Romans 9 that God is free to cho...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 GOD’S PLAN FOR *ISRAEL’S FUTURE 11:1-32 THE RESULTS OF THE *JEWS’ FAILURE TO OBEY GOD 11:1-12 V1 So, I tell you th...
(17-24) The admission of the Gentile to the privileges of the Jew is no ground for boasting on his part. It is merely an _admission._ The Gentile is, as it were, a branch grafted into a stem that was...
TAKE HEED LEST ... — The better reading seems to be to omit these words, _neither will He spare thee. _...
(11-24) In this section the Apostle goes on to consider further the bearings of the rejection, and here, first (Romans 11:11), he considers the more hopeful side of it as regards the Jews themselves;...
CHAPTER 23 ISRAEL'S FALL OVERRULED, FOR THE WORLD'S BLESSING, AND FOR ISRAEL'S MERCY Romans 11:11 THE Apostle has been led a few steps backwards in the last previous verses. His face has been turned...
As far as comparisons can be made at all in such things, the Jews had been more securely invested in the kingdom than the Gentiles. They were, in the language of the figure, not artificially grafted,...
In these verses, which in a sense are a long parenthesis, Paul anticipates an objection which Gentile readers might take to his use of the last figure, the root and the branches; and he draws from it...
OTHERS GRAFTED IN BY FAITH Romans 11:13 Paul never abandoned the hope that ultimately Israel would come back to God in Christ. He believed that God's promises pointed in that direction, and that, tho...
This discussion now gives rise to a new question, "Did God cast off His people?" They were created a nation in order that through them all the nations should be blessed. Failing to realize the divine...
For if God spared not the (u) natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee. (u) He calls them natural, not because they had any holiness by nature, but because they were born of those wh...
May not what has happened to the natural branches, happen to the engrafted branches? There is even here an _a fortiori:_ For the engrafted branches being less homogeneous with the trunk than the natur...
The apostle proves in this passage the perfect congruity, from the viewpoint of Israelitish antecedents, of the event which he has just announced as the consummation of Israel's history. Their future...
God has not then, absolutely speaking, rejected His people; but it is perfectly true that He has hardened and rejected a portion of them. Yet there are two restrictions to be noted here: This chastise...
“ _Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. Well! because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith; be not high-minded_, _but fear! For if God spar...
I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. (12) Now if the fall of them be th...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_STANDING BY FAITH_ ‘Thou standest by faith.’ Romans 11:20 All who ‘stand,’ ‘stand’ through mercy. There is no place where any one may ever judge or condemn a fallen brother. For if there is no ‘ch...
21._For if God has not spared the natural branches, etc. _This is a most powerful reason to beat down all self-confidence: for the rejection of the Jews should never come across our minds without stri...
Hereupon the question is immediately raised, has God then rejected His people? To this Chapter 11 is the answer. The apostle gives three proofs that it is by no means the case. Firstly, he is himself...
FOR IF GOD SPARED NOT THE NATURAL BRANCHES,.... That is, executed his righteous judgments, inflicted due punishment upon the Jews, unchurched them, and stripped them of those privileges they enjoyed i...
For if God spared not the natural branches, _take heed_ lest he also spare not thee. Ver. 21. _Take heed lest_] _Cavebis autem si pavebis._...
_Thou wilt say_ Thou wilt object; _The branches were broken off_ For their infidelity and rejection of Jesus and his gospel; _that I might be graffed in_ And therefore we may glory over them as they o...
FOR IF GOD SPARED NOT THE NATURAL BRANCHES, TAKE HEED LEST HE ALSO SPARE NOT THEE....
A warning to the Gentile Christians:...
ISRAEL YET TO BE RESTORED We have seen in Romans 9:1 that there is an election according to the grace of God in Israel: in Romans 10:1 this is shown to be on the basis of faith in contrast to law: now...
Do not say, "You were cut off. I was grafted in." 20 It is true that: A. They were cut off because of unbelief. B. You were grafted in because of your faith. Do not be high-minded. Learn to fear....
FOR IF GOD SPARED NOT THE NATURAL BRANCHES, NEITHER WILL HE SPARE THEE. 'This shows conclusively that Christians may conduct themselves in such way as to sever themselves from God's favor.' (Whitesid...
11-21 The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. As therefore the righteous rejection of the unbelieving Jews, was the occasion of so large a multitude of the Gentiles being reconc...
This verse is a reason of the forementioned admonition: q.d. If God proceeded with so much severity against his ancient people the Jews, you Gentiles may in reason expect as great severity, if you tak...
for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee. [Faith justified no boast, yet faith constituted the only divinely recognized distinction in the Gentiles' favor, in estimating...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV it would not have been deserted.[37] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And therefore it was that Paul said, "For if [God] spared not the natural branches, [take he...
Romans 11:21 For G1063 if G1487 God G2316 not G3756 spare G5339 (G5662) natural G5449 branches G2798...
‘For if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare you.' For let them recognise that they are only allowed to be in the olive tree as a consequence of their faith in the Messiah. Let...
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 g...
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 REJO...
GOD'S PURPOSE WITH REGARD BOTH TO THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES (11:1-36). Paul now carries forward the doctrine of the Israel within Israel, and evidences it again from Scripture, making clear that those...
2. _The Rejection of Israel is not Final._ In this section is presented the prospective solution of the great historical problem, discussed in this part of the Epistle. Here Paul becomes a prophet; r...
Romans 11:21. FOR IF GOD SPARED NOT, as had been the case , THE NATURAL (lit, ‘according to nature') BRANCHES, _i.e._, the Jews who were not ingrafted but original branches of the patriarchal tree, HE...
BE NOT HIGHMINDED (μη υψηλα φρονε). "Stop thinking high (proud) thoughts."OF GOD SPARED NOT (ε γαρ ο θεος ουκ εφεισατο). It is not ε μη (unless), but the ουκ negatives the verb εφεισατο (first ao...
CONTENTS: A spiritual Israel finding salvation. National Israel blinded. Warning to Gentiles. Israel yet to be saved nationally. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Elijah, David, Abraham. CONCLUSION: The...
Romans 11:1. _Hath God cast away his people?_ The jews would say, what else can we infer? If the gentiles are now become the Israel of God, and if we are rejected for not embracing what Paul calls the...
GOD DID NOT SPARE THE JEWS. If God broke off the natural branches because of their disbelief, he will break off the Gentile branches who cease to believe....
_And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert grafted in._ THE OLIVE-TREE I. Why it is a symbol. 1. Of God’s faithful witnesses (Zechariah 4:5; Revelation 11:3...
_I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?_ THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL I. How occasioned. 1. They stumbled at Christ. 2. Were rejected because of their unbelief. II. How overruled. 1. F...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:21 Whether Jew or Gentile, God will not SPARE anyone who does not continue to believe. ⇐...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:11 God’s saving righteousness is seen in the salvation of Israel at the end of history, and in his saving plan for both Jews and Gentiles. ⇐...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 11:15.—The apostle awaits a boundless effect of blessing on the world from the future conversion of the Jews, which will be as life from the dead. Romans 11:16.—FIRSTFRUIT de...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 11:1 (4) _The_ _Jews are not finally rejected, but, through the calling of the Gentiles, will be brought into the Church at last. _St. Paul, painfully recognizing the fact of the pr...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 11. In Chapter s 9-11 Paul is dealing with a couple of subjects; one the sovereignty of God, but it is the sovereignty of God in setting aside the nation...
1 Corinthians 10:1; 2 Peter 2:4; Jeremiah 25:29; Jeremiah 49:12;...
MISSIONS IN THE EPISTLES Romans 10:11; _Romans 11:15_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS This study as a whole will give some idea of the missionary vision as set forth in Paul's Epistles. 1. THE SCOPE OF MISSIONA...