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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 11:19-21

Romans 11:19-21. 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 once did over us. Well; take this thought at least along with thee, Because of unbelief they were broken off It was not undeservedly, by an act of absolute sovereignty and prerogative, but because of unbelief: by which it appears, it is possible for whole churches, as well as... 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 11:20

unbelief . See Romans 11:30 with Romans 3:3 . faith App-150 . highminded = arrogant. Greek. hupselophroneo . Only here and 1 Timothy 6:17 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 11:21

natural = according to ( App-104 .) nature. lest . The texts read "that". also spare not = neither (Greek. oude) spare. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:19

Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.This was the Gentile's way of saying, "God prefers me to the Jews; he broke them off and put me in their place." Oddly enough, that is exactly what some would make Paul say in Romans 11:17; but the Gentile boast was an arrogant lie, as proved by Paul's reply. Barrett discerned that in Paul's reply (Romans 11:20), the apostle,While admitting that branches were broken off, refused to admit that any preference was... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:20

Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear.How instructive! Admitting, of course, that branches had been broken off, as the Gentile indicated in his boasting, Paul would not emphasize the fact that God broke them off, but shifted the emphasis to the fact that it was Israel's unbelief which had been the provocative cause.And thou standest by faith ... means that the Gentile had not been accepted in place of anyone, and that it was not... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 11:21

For if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.In the event that Gentiles should manifest the same qualities of unbelief and obduracy which marred the life of fleshly Israel, the consequences for them will be the same, there being here another hint of the superiority of the Jews, as represented in the degree of preference pertaining to the natural branch over the wild branch. This verse shouts the conditional nature of God's favor. Far from there being any such thing as... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:20

Romans 11:20. 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. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 11:19

19-21. Thou wilt say then—as a plea for boasting. The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. read more

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