Romans 11:29 NASB,NIV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Romans 11:29

These words, considered simply and abstractedly, afford this truth; That the special gifts of God, his election, justification, adoption, and in particular effectual calling, are irrevocable. God never repents of giving, nor we of receiving them. It is otherwise with common gifts and graces, 1 Samuel 15:11. But if you consider these words relatively, as you respect what went before, the sense seems to be this; That the gifts and calling of God, whereby he was pleased to adopt the posterity of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 11:29-32

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Romans 11:29-32The unchangeableness of God’s attitude towards men.—It is difficult to comprehend that, while change and decay are recognised everywhere in men and in nature, these should not have any place with God. Our preconceived notions lead us to expect shifting policies. But in these points natural and spiritual law are unlike, whatever other harmony there may be. One truth is always before us concerning God—He changes not.I. God’s intentions towards men... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 11:28-29

DISCOURSE: 1900THE JEWS STILL BELOVED OF GOD, FOR THEIR FATHERS’ SAKERomans 11:28-29. As concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.IT is strange, that, when so much is spoken in the Holy Scriptures respecting the Jews, they should occupy so little the attention of the Christian world. We see them as monuments of God’s indignation; but never inquire, or but... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 11:1-36

Shall we turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 11.In chapters 9-11 Paul is dealing with a couple of subjects; one the sovereignty of God, but it is the sovereignty of God in setting aside the nation Israel as God's primary target, you might say for work, and beginning to pour out His Spirit and work among the Gentiles. Because Paul is a Jew through and through, his heart, his prayer for Israel is that they might be saved, and yet, he can see in the scriptures those prophecies of God's move... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 11:1-36

Romans 11:1 . Hath God cast away his people? The jews would say, what else can we infer? If the gentiles are now become the Israel of God, and if we are rejected for not embracing what Paul calls the righteousness of God? St. Paul denies this, for he himself, and the thousands which believed in Judea, as well as the thousands dispersed on Stephen’s persecution, were all jews, and afforded proof to the contrary. Though God had denationalized them, and sentenced them to dispersion; and though... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 11:28-29

Romans 11:28-29As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes.Enemies may be unconscious helpersDuring the siege of Sebastopol a Russian shell buried itself in the side of a hill without the city, and opened a spring. A little fountain bubbled forth where the cannon shot had fallen, and during the remainder of the siege afforded to the thirsty troops who were stationed in that vicinity an abundant supply of pure, cold water. Thus the missile of death from an enemy, under the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 11:29

29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. Ver. 29. Are without repentance ] When God is said to repent, it is Mutatio rei non Dei, effectus non affectus, facti non consilii, a change, not of his will, but of his work. Repentance with man is the change of his will; repentance with God is the willing of a change. But what a sweet comfort is this, that God’s favour is so constant that what he hath written he hath written, that there is no blotting out of the book of life ( ... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Romans 11:29

Numbers 23:19, Hosea 13:14, Malachi 3:6 Reciprocal: Genesis 6:6 - repented Genesis 27:33 - yea Exodus 20:6 - showing Leviticus 26:45 - for their Numbers 22:12 - for they Numbers 23:27 - peradventure Deuteronomy 5:9 - visiting 1 Samuel 12:22 - it hath 1 Chronicles 17:27 - blessest Psalms 18:50 - to his Psalms 89:34 - nor Isaiah 44:21 - thou shalt Isaiah 46:4 - even to your Isaiah 49:15 - yet Isaiah 54:10 - the mountains Jeremiah 31:3 - an Hosea 11:9 - for Amos 9:8 - saving Zechariah 1:17 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Romans 11:29

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance — God does not repent of his gifts to the Jews, or his calling of the gentiles. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:29

29. Without repentance On the part, or in the mind, of God. As God foresees the end of all possible courses from the beginning, so he prepares his own plan of conduct as to meet any result. (Introduc. note chap. 9.) He is, therefore, under no liability to retract. Of his gift of mercy to Abraham, and his calling, he will never repent. read more