Romans 11:36 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 11:33-36

The apostle having insisted so largely, through the greatest part of this chapter, upon reconciling the rejection of the Jews with the divine goodness, he concludes here with the acknowledgment and admiration of the divine wisdom and sovereignty in all this. Here the apostle does with great affection and awe adore, I. The secrecy of the divine counsels: O the depth! in these proceedings towards the Jews and Gentiles; or, in general, the whole mystery of the gospel, which we cannot fully... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 11:33-36

11:33-36 O the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How his decisions are beyond the mind of man to trace! How mysterious are his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or, who has become his counsellor? Who has first given anything to him, so that he is due any repayment from God? For all things come from him, and exist through him, and end in him. To him be glory for ever! Amen. Paul never wrote a more characteristic passage than this. Here theology turns... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 11:36

For of him, and through him, and to him are all things ,.... Not only all things in nature and providence, he being the Maker and efficient cause of things, and the preserver and supporter of them their beings, and to whose glory they are all designed and directed; but all things in grace owe their original to him, as their first cause; they are produced by him, and make for his glory; they all spring from his sovereign will, are brought about by his almighty power, and tend to the glory of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:36

For of him, etc. - This is so far from being the case, for εξ αυτου , of him, as the original designer and author; and δι ' αυτου , By him, as the prime and efficient cause; and εις αυτον , To him, as the ultimate end for the manifestation of his eternal glory and goodness, are all things in universal nature, through the whole compass of time and eternity. The Emperor Marcus Antoninus ( εις ἑαυτον , lib. iv.) has a saying very much like this of St. Paul, which it is very... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 36 36.For from him and through him, etc. A confirmation of the last verse. He shows, that it is very far from being the case, that we can glory in any good thing of our own against God, since we have been created by him from nothing, and now exist through him. He hence infers, that our being should be employed for his glory: for how unreasonable would it be for creatures, whom he has formed and whom he sustains, to live for any other purpose than for making his glory known? It has not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:1-36

(4) The Jews are not finally rejected, but, through the calling of the Gentiles, will be brought into the Church at last. St. Paul, painfully recognizing the fact of the present exclusion of Israel as a nation from the inheritance of the promises made to their fathers, and having in Romans 9:1-33 . and 10. accounted for and justified such exclusion, proceeds now to the question—But is Israel as a nation finally rejected after all? He answers—No; impossible! God's ancient covenant... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:33-36

The unsearchable things of God. These words may be taken as a fitting conclusion to the doctrinal or argumentative part of the Epistle. As we see how the apostle shows first of all, in the condition of both the heathen and the Jewish world, that all have sinned, and that all needed a Divine Saviour; and how he then unfolds the great doctrine of justification by faith and its results; as we see also the great privileges for time and eternity which are bestowed upon the Children of God; may... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:33-36

A hymn of praise. The apostle has reached the height of his great argument, and now he will take one eagle glance at the whole way by which he has led his readers—nay, at an the ways of God. We may not coldly dissect such glowing words as these, but pause with reverence to listen to his adoring wonder, his challenge, and his ascription of praise. I. He has shown forth the belief and unbelief of man, and the marvellous way in which God, foreknowing all, has yet woven the web of history... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:33-36

God, his own last End in everything. The apostle has been throwing a very clear providential light upon God's dealings with his ancient people. He has shown how their unbelief and fall were permitted in order to the gathering in of the Gentiles; and that the Gentiles thus brought in are to gird themselves for the ingathering of the Jews. But he does not profess to have sounded the depths of the Divine wisdom and knowledge by these suggestions. Before that mighty ocean he stands in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:36

For of him; and through him, and unto him, are all things . The view advanced by some, that we have here an intimation of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, cannot fairly be maintained. But it is strikingly significant of the apostle's view of the essential Deity of Christ, that in 1 Corinthians 8:6 and Colossians 1:16 , Colossians 1:17 , similar language is applied to him. In the first of these texts it is said of the Father, ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα , and of the "Lord Jesus Christ," ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 11:33-36

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 11:33-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 11:36

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:36

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:1-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:33-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:33-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:33-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 11:36

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