로마서 9:1-6 KRV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:1

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not - This is one of the most solemn oaths any man can possibly take. He appeals to Christ as the searcher of hearts that he tells the truth; asserts that his conscience was free from all guile in this matter, and that the Holy Ghost bore him testimony that what he said was true. Hence we find that the testimony of a man's own conscience, and the testimony of the Holy Ghost, are two distinct things, and that the apostle had both at the same time. As the... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:3

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ - This and the two preceding verses are thus paraphrased by Dr. Taylor: I am so far from insisting on the doctrine (of the rejection of the Jews) out of any ill-will to my countrymen, that I solemnly declare, in the sincerity of my heart, without the least fiction or dissimulation - and herein I have the testimony of my own conscience, enlightened and directed by the Spirit of God - that I am so far from taking pleasure in the rejection... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:4

Who are Israelites - Descendants of Jacob, a man so highly favored of God, and from whom he received his name Israel - a prince of God, Genesis 32:28 ; from which name his descendants were called Israelites, and separated unto God for his glory and praise. Their very name of Israelites implied their very high dignity; they were a royal nation; princes of the most high God. The adoption - The Israelites were all taken into the family of God, and were called his sons and first-born, ... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:5

Whose are the fathers - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, the twelve patriarchs, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David, etc., etc., without controversy, the greatest and most eminent men that ever flourished under heaven. From these, is an uninterrupted and unpolluted line, the Jewish people had descended; and it was no small glory to be able to reckon, in their genealogy, persons of such incomparable merit and excellency. And of whom, as concerning the flesh Christ came - These ancestors were the... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:6

Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect - A Jew might have objected, as in Romans 3:3 ; : "Is not God bound by his faithfulness to continue the Jews as his peculiar Church and people, notwithstanding the infidelity of the major part of them? If they are brought to a level with the Gentiles, will it not follow that God hath failed in the performance of his promise to Abraham? Genesis 17:7 , Genesis 17:8 ; : I will establish my covenant between me and thee for an everlasting... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:1

Verse 1 In this chapter he begins to remove the offences which might have diverted the minds of men from Christ: for the Jews, for whom he was appointed according to the covenant of the law, not only rejected him, but regarded him with contempt, and for the most part bated him. Hence one of two things seemed to follow, — either that there was no truth in the Divine promise, — or that Jesus, whom Paul preached, was not the Lord’s anointed, who had been especially promised to the Jews. This... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:2

Verse 2 2.That I have great sorrow, etc. He dexterously manages so to cut short his sentence as not yet to express what he was going to say; for it was not as yet seasonable openly to mention the destruction of the Jewish nation. It may be added, that he thus intimates a greater measure of sorrow, as imperfect sentences are for the most part full of pathos. But he will presently express the cause of his sorrow, after having more fully testified his sincerity. But the perdition of the Jews... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:3

Verse 3 3.For I could wish, etc. He could not have expressed a greater ardour of love than by what he testifies here; for that is surely perfect love which refuses not to die for the salvation of a friend. But there is another word added, anathema , which proves that he speaks not only of temporal but of eternal death; and he explains its meaning when he says, from Christ, for it signifies a separation. And what is to be separated from Christ, but to be excluded from the hope of salvation? It... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:4

Verse 4 4.Who are Israelites, etc. Here the reason is now more plainly given, why the destruction of that people caused him so much anguish, that he was prepared to redeem them by his own death, namely because they were Israelites; for the relative pronoun is put here instead of a causative adverb. In like manner this anxiety took hold on Moses, when he desired that he should be blotted out of the book of life, rather than that the holy and chosen race of Abraham should be reduced to nothing.... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:5

Verse 5 5.Whose are the fathers, etc. It is indeed of some importance to be descended from saints and men beloved of God, since God promised to the godly fathers mercy with regard to their children, even to thousand generations, and especially in the words addressed to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as we find in Genesis 17:4, and in other passages. It matters not, that this by itself, when separated from the fear of God and holiness of life, is vain and useless: for we find the same to have been... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 9:5

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