ROMANS 9:32 e;rgwn {B} The Textus Receptus, following ac D K P Y 33 81 614 _Byz Lect_ itd syrp, h, pal goth arm _al_, adds no,mou, imitating Paul’s usage in...
Verse Romans 9:32. _WHEREFORE?_] And where lies their mistake? _Being_ _ignorant of God's righteousness_-of his method of saving sinners by faith in Christ, _they went about to establish their own_ _...
WHEREFORE? - Why? The apostle proceeds to state the reason why so uniform and remarkable a result happened. “They sought it not by faith, etc.” They depended on their own righteousness, and not on the...
II. DISPENSATIONAL. GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL. Chapter s 9-11. 1. Israel and God's Sovereignty. CHAPTER 9 _ 1. Paul's Yearning over Israel. (Romans 9:1 .)_ 2. What Israel Possesseth. (Romans 9:...
ROMANS 9:30 TO ROMANS 10:4. Paul has discussed the Jewish situation as from God's side; he proceeds to point out, from man's side, THE CAUSE OF ISRAEL'S STUMBLING. This chs. 3- 5 have prepared us to u...
THE PROBLEM OF THE JEWS (Romans 9:1-6) In Romans 9:1-33; Romans 10:1-21; Romans 11:1-36 Paul tries to deal with one of the m
What shall we then say? The Gentiles who were not looking for a right relationship with God received such a relationship, but it was a relationship which was the result of faith, while Israel which wa...
OF THE LAW. The texts omit. STUMBLED. Greek. _proskopto._ Here, Romans 14:21; 1 Peter 2:8, and five times in the Gospels. STUMBLINGSTONE. Greek. _proskomma._ Here, Romans 9:33;...
_Wherefore?_ See ch. 4 for the fullest commentary on this verse. _as it were_ Lit. and better, AS; i.e. "_under the belief_that it could be so reached." _works of the law_ "_Of the law_" should be o...
ΔΙᾺ ΤΊ; Sc. οὐκ ἔφθασεν. ὍΤΙ. Sc. ἐδίωκεν. ὩΣ ἘΞ ἜΡΓΩΝ = with the idea that they could attain by starting from works. ΤΩ͂Ι ΛΊΘΩΙ ΤΟΥ͂ Π. Allusion to Isaiah 8:14, LXX[198] λίθον πρόσκομμα. The sense i...
What conclusion is to be drawn? The facts are plain: Gentiles have attained a state of righteousness, though they were not seeking it: Jews, who sought it, have not attained. And the reason too is pla...
14–33. This choice of GOD is not unjust, because it flows from His Mercy, not from man’s disposition or efforts. (17) Pharaoh himself was raised up to give an instance of GOD’S power and to make wide...
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...
ΠΡΟΣΈΚΟΨΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΚΌΠΤΩ (G4350) напарываться на что-л., спотыкаться, ΠΡΌΣΚΟΜΜΑ (G4348) преткновение, оскорбление....
DISCOURSE: 1887 CHRIST REJECTED BY THE JEWS, AND BELIEVED ON BY THE GENTILES Romans 9:30. What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousn...
_TEXT_ Romans 9:30-33. What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith: Romans 9:31 but Israel, fol...
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; WHEREFORE? BECAUSE [THEY SOUGHT IT] NOT BY FAITH, BUT AS IT WERE ...
__ God's Sovereignty-National 25 A comparison of Hos_2:23 with Hos_1:9-11 shows that this is not an _ interpretation _ but an _ illustration_. God, in His sovereign mercy, will reverse the sentence...
9:32 of (f-13) 'As of works.' _ Ek_ , here translated 'of,' is translated 'on the principle of' in chs. 1.17; 5.1; 9.32. But this sense is clearer here in having simply 'of' after the 'as,' and the se...
THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL NO DISPARAGEMENT OR DISPROOF OF THE GOSPEL The Apostle sorrows over the exclusion of Israel (Romans 9:1), but their exclusion does not involve any breach of God's promises, for...
BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW] RV 'by works.' FOR] RV omits. STUMBLING STONE] cp. 1 Corinthians 1:23....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 9 GOD’S *BLESSINGS FOR THE *JEWS 9:1-5 V1 I speak the truth in *Christ. I am not lying. The *Holy Spirit guides my con...
(30-33) The Apostle has finished with his vindication of the rejection of Israel, and finished also with the course of argument which seemed to bear a strong character of determinism. He now takes up...
FOR THEY STUMBLED. — “For,” in this clause, should be omitted, and the two clauses thrown together, the words “of the law” also going out — Because (seeking righteousness), not of faith, but as if of...
CHAPTER 20 THE SORROWFUL PROBLEM: JEWISH UNBELIEF; DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY Romans 9:1 WE may well think that again there was silence awhile in that Corinthian chamber, when Tertius had duly inscribed the...
διὰ τί; Why? A result so confounding needs explanation. ὅτι οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐξ ἔργων : it seems too precise to supply with Weiss ἐδίωξεν νόμον δικαιοσύνης. The reason of Israel's religious fail...
STUMBLING OVER THE CORNERSTONE Romans 9:25 There has been a notable transference of privilege from the Jew to the Gentile believer. This is not due to fickleness on God's part, but to a fatal defect...
The connection between this very remarkable passage and the preceding climax is close. The great certainty of "no separation" is the experience of one in close communion with the Lord experimentally....
Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the (s) works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; (s) Seeking to attain righteousness, they followed the law of r...
What then shall we say? Or what shall we conclude from these testimonies of the Scripture, but this paradox, as St. John Chrysostom calls it, that they who sought for justice, or sanctification, found...
“ _Wherefore? Because [seeking] not by faith, but as it were by works_, _they stumbled at the stumbling-stone; as it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and rock of offence: and he who...
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? (20) Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, W...
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...
32._Not by faith, but as it were by works, etc. _As false zeal seems commonly to be justly excused, Paul shows that they are deservedly rejected, who attempt to attain salvation by trusting in their o...
There remained one important question to be considered, namely, how this salvation, common to Jew and Gentile, both alienated from God this doctrine that there was no difference was to be reconciled w...
WHEREFORE? BECAUSE THEY SOUGHT IT NOT BY FAITH,.... The question is asked, why they did not attain to that, which with so much diligence they pressed after? the answer is, because, as they did not see...
Wherefore? Because _they sought it_ not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; Ver. 32. _For they stumbled_] So they do to this day. So do Papists...
_What shall we say then_ What is to be concluded from all that has been said, but this, _that the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness_ Who a while ago had no knowledge of, no care or though...
WHEREFORE? why have they not obtained justification? Because they sought it by their own works, and as a matter of human merit; not by believing in Christ, and receiving it for his sake. THEY STUMBLE...
WHEREFORE? BECAUSE THEY SOUGHT IT NOT BY FAITH, BUT AS IT WERE BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW. FOR THEY STUMBLED AT THE STUMBLING-STONE;...
The conclusion:...
WHAT OF GOD'S PROMISES TO ISRAEL? Now, such being the case - that God had purposed in eternal counsel the blessing of Gentiles on an equal basis with Jews, as it is this day - what is to become of the...
Gentiles - 1. Did not always follow God's laws 2. Have been offered righteousness 3. Obtained righteousness through faith 31 Israel - 1. Followed God's laws 2. Has not obtained righteousness 32...
WHEREFORE? BECAUSE THEY SOUGHT IT NOT BY FAITH, BUT AS IT WERE BY WORKS. THEY STUMBLED AT THE STONE OF STUMBLING; 'Wherefore?' -'Why was this' (Knox) 'BECAUSE THEY SOUGHT IT NOT BY FAITH' -'Because...
30-33 The Gentiles knew not their guilt and misery, therefore were not careful to procure a remedy. Yet they attained to righteousness by faith. Not by becoming proselytes to the Jewish religion, and...
Here is the reason of the foregoing seeming paradox; why they, who _followed after the law of righteousness, _ should not attain it, rather than other. _Because they sought it not_ aright; they sought...
Wherefore? [Why, then, did the Jews fail to find any law of life? Answer: Because there is but one such law, and they sought another.] _Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works_. ...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews of the passion itself should be figuratively set forth in predictions; and the more incredible (that mystery), the more likely to be "a stumbling-stone,"[199] Tertul...
Romans 9:32 Why G1302 Because G3754 not G3756 by G1537 faith G4102 but G235 as G5613 by G1537 works...
‘For what reason? Because (they sought) not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling, even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of...
ISRAEL HAS STUMBLED AND HURT ITSELF BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BELIEVED IN ITS MESSIAH AND SUBMITTED TO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD OBTAINABLE THROUGH FAITH IN HIM (9:30-33). Paul emphasises that the believing G...
THE MESSSIAH HAS COME AND IS FOR ALL. GOD HAS NOT FAILED IN HIS PROMISES TO THE TRUE ISRAEL. SALVATION FOR ALL IS THROUGH FAITH IN THE MESSIAH (9:1-11:36) Paul now expands on Chapter s 1-8, in which h...
1. _The Jews excluded through their Unbelief._ The Gentiles were saved, the Jews failed of salvation (Romans 9:30-31), but the latter fact was due to their seeking righteousness, not by faith, but as...
We must supply the omitted verb εδιÂωξα (pursued) from verse Romans 9:31. That explains the rest.THEY STUMBLED AT THE STONE OF STUMBLING (προσεκοψαν τω λιθω του προσκομματος). The quotation is from I...
Paul begins by expressing his great sorrow because the Jews had rejected Christ. Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I hav...
The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. They thought they had a birth claim. Were they not the children of Abraham? Surely they had some right to it. This chapter battles the question of r...
CONTENTS: Covenants of Israel not set aside by Gospel. The seven-fold privilege of Israel. The blinding of Israel and God's mercy to the Gentiles. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Abraham, Sarah...
Romans 9:1. _I say the truth in Christ, I lie not._ These forms of speech are equivalent to a solemn oath, and emanate from a heart deeply imbued with the sentiments of the Saviour, who often wept ove...
AND WHY NOT? How do you explain the paradox of Jew and Gentile? Scripture has not failed (Romans 9:6), because it predicted all that has happened. BECAUSE WHAT THEY DID. We immediately think of their...
_As He saith also in Osee, I will call them My people, which were not My people._ THE CALLING OF THE GENTILES I. Their former condition. 1. Not My people. 2. Not beloved. II. Their gracious call-...
_The Gentiles which followed not after righteousness have attained to righteousness … but Israel which followed after the law of righteousness hath not attained._ THE GOSPEL FOR THE GENTILES I. They...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 9:31.—νόμ. δικ., and not δικ. νομοῦ, because Israel and not the Gentiles had in the economy of mercy a law which taught what was right; law not making righteous, but declaring...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 11:1 2. _The present position and prospects of the Jewish nation con-sidereal._ ROMANS 9:1 (1) _Deep regret expressed for the present exclusion of the Jewish nation from inheritan...
Paul has just closed the eighth chapter of Romans in which he has taken us into the very peaks of the spiritual experiences that are ours in Christ Jesus. Showing us that we have this glorious place i...
1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 John 5:9; Acts 16:30; John 6:27; Luke 2:34;...
Not by faith [ο υ κ ε κ π ι σ τ ε ω ς]. A. V. and Rev. supply the ellipsis, they sought it not. They stumbled [π ρ ο σ ε κ ο ψ α ν]. "In their foolish course Israel thought they were advancing on a c...
And wherefore have they not? Is it because God eternally decreed they should not? There is nothing like this to be met with but agreeable to his argument the apostle gives us this good reason for it,...