romans-9:19-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:19-33

Vessels of wrath and vessels of mercy. We have already seen that God's hatred of Esau was after a millennium of patience. This fact of God's long-suffering with Esau's seed carries the light we need into the difficult section now before us. It is a specious objection that the Divine will is resistless, and so, as each one finds he cannot resist God successfully, what reason has the Most High to find fault with his helpless creatures? But a little fair thinking on the whole subject of God's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:20-21

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? ( Isaiah 29:16 ; Isaiah 45:9 ). Hath not the potter power (rather, authority ) over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? ( Jeremiah 18:1-10 ). The figure of the clay, first introduced from Isaiah, is carried out at length in the passage from Jeremiah which is referred to. It is important, for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:21

The sovereign right of God. Some aspects of the Deity may be less pleasing to contemplate than others. The pride of man rejoices not at first in the thought of the majesty which overawes his littleness and compels him to submission. Yet as a hard flint forcibly struck emits a bright spark, and as a rough husk often covers a sweet kernel, so these stern views of the Almighty may, if reverently faced and meditated upon, yield salutary, ennobling, and even comforting reflections. I. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:22-24

What if (literally, but if, involving an anacoluthon ) God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels (not, as in the Authorized Version, the vessels ) of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy which he afore prepared unto glory; whom he also called, even us, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles . "And" at the beginning of Romans 9:23 is omitted in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:25-26

As he saith also in Osee, I will call my people that which was not my people, and beloved her who was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God . The quotation in Romans 9:26 is from Hosea 1:10 , and is correctly cited; that in verse 25 is from Hosea 2:23 , and varies from both the Hebrew and the LXX ., but not so as to affect the meaning. Both refer to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:25-26

A great reversal Whether the original reference of the prophet here quoted was to the "ten tribes" or to the Gentile world is, for our purposes, immaterial, since it is unquestionable that the Apostle Paul employs the quotation to illustrate and, in a sense, to prove his contention—that it is the purpose of him, who is Eternal Wisdom and Unchanging Righteousness, to transfer privilege and blessing from those who considered themselves to possess an ancestral claim to them, unto those who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:25-29

( c ) The inheritance of the promises by the Gentiles, with a remnant only of the Jews, shown to be in accordance with prophecy. This is really a new section of the argument, though the writer, in a way usual with him, does not mark it as such, Romans 9:25 being in logical connection with the preceding one, suggested by the concluding expression, "Not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles." So far nothing has been adduced to support the idea of Gentiles, to whom no original... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:27-28

Esaias also crieth ( κράζει , denoting loud and earnest utterance; cf. John 1:15 ; John 7:28 , John 7:37 ; John 12:44 ; Acts 23:1-35 . 6; Acts 24:21 ) concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant (not, as in the Authorized Version, "a remnant." The idea seems to be, as it is in the original, that it is the remnant only that ) shall be saved: for he will finish a word (not the work, as in the Authorized Version) and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:29

And as Esaias hath said before ( i.e. in an earlier chapter), Except the Lord of sabaoth had left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrah . This quotation is from Isaiah 1:9 , and, though it seems to have no obvious reference to the Messianic age, it expresses the same idea as the other, of a remnant only being saved; and it is quoted suitably, occurring as it does at the beginning of the Book of Isaiah, and being a sort of key-note of the prevailing... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:19

Thou wilt say then unto me - The apostle here refers to an objection that might be made to his argument. If the position which he had been endeavoring to establish were true; if God had a purpose in all his dealings with people; if all the revolutions among people happened according to his decree, so that he was not disappointed, or his plan frustrated; and if his own glory was secured in all this, why could he blame people?Why doth he yet find fault? - Why does he blame people, since their... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:19-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:20-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:22-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:25-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:25-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:25-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:27-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 9:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 9:19

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