Romans 9:4-5 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The sympathy of a Christian patriot. If our Christianity is genuine, it will not destroy our natural affections, but will purify and ennoble them. Domestic affection is all the stronger and the brighter under the influence of Christianity. The Christian patriot is the truest patriot. So it was with St. Paul. Because he had embraced, so to speak, a new religion, he does not turn in bitterness against his former coreligionists. Because he has become wiser than they, he does not look down... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The honour of Israel. These verses open up to us the great problem discussed in the three following chapters, "the rejection of the elect people" (Godet). God had chosen his people; he now repudiates them. And as the apostle in the previous chapter has been transported into an ecstasy of exultation in contemplating the final victory of God's true people, he is now brought back to sorrow and pain of heart by a thought of the contrasted lot of Israel. "Who shall separate us from the love of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

Christian patriotism. We saw in last chapter how a "Paradise" may really be experimentally " regained, " and how Christian experience culminates in a triumphant assurance. But the apostle could not contemplate this as a mere personal matter. He could not rejoice in personal salvation and be indifferent to the salvation of his brethren. The case of his countrymen accordingly comes forward for review, and in the review of it the apostle is seen as the Christian patriot. Though the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:4

The right use of privileges. The apostle turned from his rapt meditation on the present and future glory of the Christian dispensation, to think of the race of Israel excluding themselves from participation in its benefits, and he felt his soul charged with heaviness on their behalf. They hated him as overturning venerable customs, and as lowering their dignity by admitting the Gentiles to the blessing of the covenant on such easy terms. But in reply he vehemently asserted his still... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:4-5

Who ( οἵτινες , with its usual sense of quippe qui ) are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of God, and the promises; whose are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Here "the adoption" ( ὑιοθεσία ) means the selection of Israel to be God's peculiar people (cf. Exodus 4:22 , "Israel is my son, even my firstborn;" Deuteronomy 14:1... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:4

Who are Israelites - Descended from Israel, or Jacob; honored by having such an ancestor, and by bearing a name so distinguished as that of his descendants. It was formerly the honorable appellation of the people of God.To whom pertaineth - To whom it belongs. It was their elevated external privilege.The adoption - Of the nation into the family of God, or to be regarded as His special people; Deuteronomy 7:6.And the glory - The symbol of the divine presence that attended them from Egypt, and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:5

Whose are the fathers - Who have been honored with so illustrious an ancestry. Who are descended from Abraham, Isaac, etc. On this they highly valued themselves, and in a certain sense not unjustly; compare Matthew 3:9.Of whom - Of whose nation. This is placed as the crowning and most exalted privilege, that their nation had given birth to the long-expected Messiah, the hope of the world.As concerning the flesh - So far as his human nature was concerned. The use of this language supposes that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 9:4

Romans 9:4. Who are Israelites The seed of Jacob, that eminent patriarch, who, as a prince, had power with God and prevailed. The apostle, with great address, enumerates these privileges of the Jews, both that he might show how honourably he thought of them, and that he might awaken their solicitude, not to sacrifice that divine favour, by which they had been so eminently and so long distinguished. To whom pertaineth the adoption That is whom God hath taken into a special covenant with... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 9:5

Romans 9:5. Whose, &c. To the preceding the apostle now adds two more prerogatives: theirs are the fathers They are the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the ancient patriarchs, and other holy men, who were great in the sight of God, and to whom he made many great and precious promises, in which their children also and children’s children were interested. And of whom Of which Israelites; as concerning the flesh That is, in respect of his human nature; Christ The expected... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

9:1-11:36 A PROBLEM CONCERNING ISRAELThe problem stated (9:1-5)As Paul thinks about the greatness of the salvation God has provided, he is filled with sorrow, because his own people, the Jews, have rejected it. He would do anything to see them repent and believe (9:1-3). God chose Israel to be his own special people and prepared them in many ways to receive the gospel. He gave them, among other things, the privileges of sonship, the security of the covenant, a form of worship, a law-code to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:4-5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 9:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 9:5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 9:1-5

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