Romans 11:12 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:12

If the fall of them - If their lapse, or falling. If their temporal rejection and being cast off for a time has already accomplished so much.Be the riches of the world - The word “riches” means wealth, abundance of property; more than is necessary to the supply of our needs. Hence, it means also anything that may promote our comfort or happiness, as wealth is the means of securing our welfare. The gospel is called riches, as it is the means of our highest enjoyment, and eternal welfare. It is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 11:11-12

Romans 11:11-12. Have they stumbled that, as a nation, they should fall Totally and finally? No: though they have taken such offence at Christ and the gospel that they are rejected by God at present, yet they are not fallen into irrecoverable ruin, so as never more to be owned by God as his people: but rather, through their fall, salvation, that is, the gospel, which is the means of salvation, is come unto the Gentiles Not but that salvation might have come to the Gentiles if they had... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 11:1-24

Salvation sent to the Gentiles (11:1-24)All the above does not mean that God has totally rejected his people Israel. The fact that Paul has received salvation is proof that he has not (11:1). Just as in Elijah’s time there was a minority in Israel who did not turn away from God, so too in Paul’s time there is a minority whom God owns as his (2-5). These are God’s people not because of their good works, but because of God’s grace (6). They are few in number, but they have obtained the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 11:12

world . App-129 . diminishing . Greek. hettema. Only here and 1 Corinthians 6:7 . Compare 2 Corinthians 12:13 . fulness . Greek. pleroma. Compare App-125 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:12

Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?The first two clauses here are parallel, "fall" and "loss" meaning the same thing, and "riches of the world" and "riches of the Gentiles" having reference to identical results of the fall and the loss of Israel (fleshly); but by means of this parallel, Paul brought forward a rich new idea bearing upon the hardening of Israel, which is in the word "loss." Concerning this word,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:11-12

Romans 11:11-12. Have they stumbled—? &c.— The English reader may imagine that as the same word fall is used in the translation, so it is in the same word in the Greek. But their fall, and the fall of them, is παραπτωμα, the same word which we render offence, ch. Romans 5:15; Rom 5:17-18 whereas that they should fall, is ινα πεσωσι . Now πιπτω, to fall, is used sometimes in a sense so very emphatical as to signify being slain; and it is in this sense that St. Paul uses it here; when he... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:12

12. Now if the fall of them—"But if their trespass," or "false step" be the riches of the—Gentile world—as being the occasion of their accession to Christ. and the diminishing of them—that is, the reduction of the true Israel to so small a remnant. the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness!—that is, their full recovery (see on Romans 11:1); that is, "If an event so untoward as Israel's fall was the occasion of such unspeakable good to the Gentile world, of how much greater good... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 11:11-24

2. Israel’s rejection not final 11:11-24Now Paul put the remnant aside and dealt with Israel as a whole. Even while Israel resists God’s plan centered in Messiah, the Lord is at work bringing Gentiles to salvation. Gentile salvation really depends on Israel’s covenant relationship with God, as Paul illustrated with the olive tree. The salvation of Gentiles in the present age not only magnifies the grace of God, but it will also provoke Israel to jealousy and lead her ultimately to return to the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 11:12

Paul here anticipated the national repentance of Israel that he articulated later (Romans 11:26). God promised to bless the world through Israel (Genesis 12:1-3). How much more blessing will come to the world when Israel turns back to God than is coming to the world now while she is in rebellion against God!"While pleroma probably has a qualitative denotation-’fullness’-the context and the parallel with Romans 11:25 suggest that this ’fullness’ is attained through a numerical process. Paul... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:1-36

Israel’s Rejection not final. A Warning to the GentilesIn 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 choose or reject individuals or nations as the instruments of His purpose; and, in Romans 10, that the Jews have deserved their rejection. Now he declares that, in spite of all this, God has not. cast off His ancient people. He has seen fit, in His mercy, to preserve a portion of them faithful to His... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 11:11-12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 11:1-24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 11:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:11-12

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 11:11-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 11:12

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:1-36

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