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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 11:1-32

The apostle proposes here a plausible objection, which might be urged against the divine conduct in casting off the Jewish nation (Rom. 11:1): ?Hath God cast away his people? Isa. the rejection total and final? Are they all abandoned to wrath and ruin, and that eternal? Isa. the extent of the sentence so large as to be without reserve, or the continuance of it so long as to be without repeal? Will he have no more a peculiar people to himself?? In opposition to this, he shows that there was a... read more

Matthew Henry

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 11:25-32

11:25-32 Brothers, I do want you to grasp this secret which only those who know God can understand, because I do not want you to become conceited about your own wisdom. I want you to understand that it is only a partial hardening which has happened to Israel, and it will last only until the full number of the Gentiles shall have come in. And then, in the end, all Israel will be saved, as it stands written: "A Saviour will come forth from Zion; and he will remove all kinds of wickedness from... 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 11:32

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief ,.... Both Jews and Gentiles, particularly God's elect among them: some think the metaphor is taken from the binding up of sheaves in bands; and that Jews and Gentiles are the sheaves, and unbelief the band, in which they are bound together; but the apostle is not speaking of their being together in unbelief, but as separate, first the Gentiles, and now the Jews: rather it seems to be taken from a prison, and Jews and Gentiles are represented as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ,.... These words are the epilogue, or conclusion of the doctrinal part of this epistle, and relate to what is said throughout the whole of it hitherto; particularly to the doctrines of salvation by Christ, justification by his righteousness, predestination, the calling of the Gentiles, the rejection of the Jews, and their restoration in the latter day; upon the whole of which, the apostle breaks forth into this pathetic... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 11:34

For who hath known the mind of the Lord ,.... The intentions of his mind, the thoughts of his heart, and the counsels of his will: these could never have been known, if he had not revealed them; nor can the doctrines relating to them, though externally revealed, be known by the natural man, or by the mere dint of nature, but only by the light of the Spirit of God; who searches them, and makes them known in a spiritual manner to spiritual men, who have a spiritual discerning of them; and yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 11:35

Or who hath first given to him ,.... See Job 41:11 ; no man can give God anything, which he has not first given him, or which he has not a prior right to, or a claim upon him for; Adam, in innocence, was not able to give God anything, nor are the angels in heaven, much less sinful men on earth; their bodies and souls, and all their enjoyments, all that is good in them, or done by them, are from the Lord; men by all their good works, best duties and services, give nothing to God, nor lay... 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 11:32

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief - Συνεκλεισε γαρ ὁ Θεος , God hath shut or locked them all up under unbelief. This refers to the guilty state of both Jews and Gentiles. They had all broken God's law - the Jews, the written law; the Gentiles, the law written in their hearts; see Romans 1:19 , Romans 1:20 ; Romans 2:14 , Romans 2:15 . They are represented here as having been accused if their transgressions; tried at God's bar; found guilty on being tried; condemned to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 11:1-32

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 11:25-32

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 11:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 11:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 11:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 11:35

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 11:32

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