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Verse Romans 9:31. _BUT ISRAEL, WHICH FOLLOWED AFTER_] But the _Jews_,
who have hitherto been the people of God, though they have been
industrious in observing a _rule_ by which they supposed they cou...
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BUT ISRAEL - The Jews. The apostle does not mean to affirm that none
of the Jews had obtained mercy, but that “as a people,” or acting
according to the prevalent principles of the nation to work out t...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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
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THE. a.
HATH. omit.
ATTAINED. Greek. _phthano._ Not the same word as in 30. See Luke
11:20....
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_which followed_ Lit. FOLLOWING; and so better.
_the law of righteousness_ Not simply "_righteousness_," as in Romans
9:30; because Israel had, what the Gentiles had not, the detailed
revealed _precep...
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ἸΣΡΑῊΛ. The name of privilege; cf. on Romans 9:4.
ΝΌΜΟΝ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗΣ. A law embodying righteousness,
almost = a legal righteousness; cf. Romans 2:23; Wis 2:11.
ἜΦΘΑΣΕΝ did not reach; of....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ΔΙΏΚΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΔΙΏΚΩ (G1377)
охотиться,
ΈΦΘΑΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΦΘΆΝΩ (G5348)
достигать....
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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...
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THE GENTILES, WHICH FOLLOWED NOT, &C.— _Righteousness_ or
_justification,_ is to be understood here, as ch. Romans 4:3; Romans
4:5.Genesis 15:6. It is the justification by faith, to which the
Apostle...
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_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...
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But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not
attained to the law of righteousness.
BUT ISRAEL, WHICH FOLLOWED ('FOLLOWING') AFTER THE LAW OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS, HATH NOT ATTAINED...
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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...
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THE LAW] RV 'a law.'...
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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...
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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...
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Israel, on the other hand, though ostensibly pursuing a law the object
of which was righteousness, did not reach such a law. They tried to
keep the Law, but failed to keep it, and to bring themselves...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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“ _What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not
after righteousness, have obtained righteousness, but the
righteousness which is of faith; and that Israel, which followed after
the la...
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The lot of the Gentiles presents a contrast fitted to bring out more
clearly the tragical character of that of Israel. This people, which
alone followed the law of righteousness, is precisely the one...
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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...
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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...
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31._But Israel, by pursuing, etc. _Paul openly states what seemed
incredible, — that it was no wonder that the Jews gained nothing by
sedulously following after righteousness; for by running out of th...
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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...
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BUT ISRAEL, WHICH FOLLOWED AFTER THE LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... The
Israelites, the far greater part of the Jews, who were not called by
the grace of God, were all very zealous of the law, called "the...
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But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not
attained to the law of righteousness.
Ver. 31. _The law of righteousness_] That is, the righteousness of the
law....
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_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...
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THE LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; or, as we may render, a law of
righteousness; that is, a law which can give justification and eternal
life, which, in their case, was the law of Moses....
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The conclusion:...
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BUT ISRAEL, WHICH FOLLOWED AFTER THE LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, HATH NOT
ATTAINED TO THE LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS....
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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...
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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...
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BUT ISRAEL, FOLLOWING AFTER. LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, DID NOT ARRIVE AT
THAT LAW.
'law of righteousness' -'seeking justification by law' (Nor);
'righteousness which is based on law' (RSV); 'a Law that...
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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...
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ISRAEL, WHICH FOLLOWED AFTER THE LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; i.e. the
unbelieving Jews, who paid great reverence to the law of God,
regarding and observing the outward precepts and ceremonies thereof.
HATH...
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but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at
that law. [Israel was not seeking justification. Their search was
rather for a law that would produce in them a righteousness meri...
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Romans 9:31 but G1161 Israel G2474 pursuing G1377 (G5723) law G3551
righteousness G1343 has G5348 not G3756 attained...
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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...
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‘What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after
righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which
is of faith, but Israel, following after a law of righteousnes...
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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...
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Romans 9:31. BUT ISRAEL, FOLLOWING THE LAW OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. Lit _.,_
‘a law of righteousness,' but referring to the Mosaic law. Here,
however, it is described as a law which affords righteousness. Is...
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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...
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DID NOT ARRIVE AT THAT LAW
(εις νομον ουκ εφθασεν). First aorist active
indicative of φθανω, old verb to anticipate (1 Thessalonians
4:15), now just to arrive as here and 2 Corinthians 10:14. The wo...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:3). _...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHAT SHALL WE SAY, THEN? Up to this point in chapter 9, Paul has
looked at the problem of Jewish unbelief, and shown us that no one has
any _claim_ on God to PUT him under obligation. Now in these las...
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_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-...
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_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...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 9:1 God’s Righteousness to Israel and to the
Gentiles. Paul has made it clear that God’s saving promises have
been fulfilled for the Gentiles. He now asks whether the promises Go...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Galatians 3:10; Galatians 3:11; Galatians 3:21; Galatians 5:3;...