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(καλως). Perhaps ironical, though Paul may simply admit the statement (cf. Mark 12:32) and show the Gentile his real situation.By unbelief
(τη απιστια)--by faith
(πιστε). Instrumental case with both contrasted words (by unbelief, by belief).
Verse 20. _WELL; BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF_, c.] This statement is all true but then, consider, _why_ is it that they were _cast out_? Was it not _because_ of their unbelief? And you stand by _faith_: you...
WELL - True. It is true they were broken off; but in order to show that there was no occasion for boasting, he adds that they were not rejected in order to admit others, but because of their unbelief,...
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...
UNBELIEF. See Romans 11:30 with Romans 3:3. FAITH App-150. HIGHMINDED. arrogant. Greek. _hupselophroneo_. Only here and 1 Timothy 6:17....
_Well_ i.e. WELL SAID. There is, of course, a solemn and earnest irony in the word. In _terms_, the Gentile Pharisee (if we may use the expression) spoke truth; for in the mysterious adjustments of th...
ΤΗ͂Ι�—ΤΗ͂Ι ΠΊΣΤΕΙ, dative marking the cause or occasion. Cf. Romans 11:30; Romans 4:20; 2 Corinthians 2:13; Blass, § 38. 2 (1898). For ἀπ. π., cf. Mark 9
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...
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...
ΚΑΛΏΣ (G2573) _adv._ хорошо; "достаточно справедливо" (Barrett), ΤΉ ΑΠΙΣΤΊΑ _dat. sing. от_ ΆΠΙΣΤΊΑ (G2) неверие, неправедность. _Dat._ причины: "из-за своего неверия" (Fitzmyer, 615). ΈΣΤΗΚΑΣ _perf...
DISCOURSE: 1897 AGAINST PRIDE AND SECURITY Romans 11:20. _Be not high-minded, but fear_. THE deep mysteries of our religion are calculated at once to encourage sinners, and to humble saints. The sove...
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...
BE NOT HIGH-MINDED, &C.— Dr. Heylin connects this with the next verse, thus: _Be not presumptuous, but fear, lest God should not spare you, since he did not spare even the natural branches._...
_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...
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: WELL - q.d., 'Be it so, but remember that,' BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF THEY WERE BROKEN OFF, AND...
__ 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...
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...
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...
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...
It might be possible for the Gentile to claim a special providence in his substitution for the Jew. He should rather be reminded that there is a condition — faith — which is attached to this substitut...
(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...
(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...
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...
καλῶς : “a form of partial and often ironical assent” (Gifford). Paul does not think it worth while to dispute the assertion of Romans 11:19, though as it stands it is by no means indisputable; he pre...
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...
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but (t) fear: (t) See that you stand in awe of God modestly, and carefully....
Paul grants the fact; but he denies the inference drawn from it. There is no arbitrary favor in God. If the Jews have been rejected, it is in consequence of their unbelief; and if thou fillest their p...
“ _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...
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...
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...
_THE DOWNFALL OF THE JEWS_ ‘Because of unbelief they were broken off.’ Romans 11:20 Look at the Jews as they are in the very midst of us at this moment. They are everybody’s open book of evidence;...
_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...
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...
WELL,.... To this the apostle answers, by approving and granting in, part what was said, that the unbelieving Jews were broken off and rejected, and that the Gentiles that believed in Christ were graf...
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: Ver. 20. _Be not high-minded, but fear_] _Alterius perditio tun sit cautio, _ saith one. _Ruin...
_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...
BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF; their unbelief was the cause of their rejection. THOU STANDEST BY FAITH; continued faith in Christ and obedience to him are essential to your continuance as the people of God. H...
WELL; BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF THEY WERE BROKEN OFF, AND THOU STANDEST BY FAITH. BE NOT HIGH-MINDED, BUT FEAR;...
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....
WELL; BY THEIR UNBELIEF THEY WERE BROKEN OFF, AND THOU STANDEST BY THY FAITH. BE NOT HIGHMINDED, BUT FEAR: "WELL" -'Quite right' (NASV). Some of the natural branches were broken off. But it wasn't. ma...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "ROMANS 11:19...
Well [A form of partial and often ironical assent: equal to, very true, grant it, etc. It was not strictly true that God had cast off the Jew to make room for the Gentile, for there was room for both....
Cyprian Epistle VI I hear that some are puffed up and are arrogant, although it is written, "Be not high-minded, but fear: for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not...
Romans 11:20 Well G2573 unbelief G570 off G1575 (G5681) and G1161 you G4771 stand G2476 (G5758) faith...
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...
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...
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...
‘Well, by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be highminded, but fear,' So Paul reminds them that the Jewish branches were broken off because of their unbelief, wh...
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 11:20. WELL. Not necessarily ironical; but an admission of both the fact and the purpose of the breaking off of the branches. The Apostle, however, passes immediately to the cause of this state...
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...
THIS IS TRUE. This means: "There is some truth in this line of reasoning." But these branches were not just broken off to make room for the Gentiles. BECAUSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE. What Paul is saying...
_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...
_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...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 11:18 Gentile believers are warned against arrogance toward the Jews who were removed (v. Romans 11:17). It is God’s saving promises (the root
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 10:12; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 5:12;...
Well [κ α λ ω ς]. Admitting the fact. Thou art right. Compare Mark 12:32. Some take it as ironical....
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...
They were broken off for unbelief, and thou standest by faith — Both conditionally, not absolutely: if absolutely, there might have been room to boast. By faith — The free gift of God, which therefore...