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Text -- Romans 11:13 (NET)

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11:13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
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 · Gentile a non-Jewish person


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Zeal | Salvation | Rome | ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE | Paul | OFFICE | MINISTRY | MAGNIFY | Israel | Gentiles | GRAFT | ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V | more
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Robertson: Rom 11:13 - -- To you that are Gentiles ( humin tois ethnesin ). "To you the Gentiles."He has a serious word to say to them.

To you that are Gentiles ( humin tois ethnesin ).

"To you the Gentiles."He has a serious word to say to them.

Robertson: Rom 11:13 - -- Inasmuch then ( Ephesians' hoson men oun ). Not temporal, quamdiu , "so long as"(Mat 9:15), but qualitative quatenus "in so far then as"(Mat 25:...

Inasmuch then ( Ephesians' hoson men oun ).

Not temporal, quamdiu , "so long as"(Mat 9:15), but qualitative quatenus "in so far then as"(Mat 25:40).

Robertson: Rom 11:13 - -- I glorify my ministry ( tēn diakonian mou doxazō ). As apostle to the Gentiles (ethnōn apostolos , objective genitive). Would that every minist...

I glorify my ministry ( tēn diakonian mou doxazō ).

As apostle to the Gentiles (ethnōn apostolos , objective genitive). Would that every minister of Christ glorified his ministry.

Vincent: Rom 11:13 - -- For I speak The best texts read δὲ but instead of γάρ for . The sentence does not state the reason for the prominence of the Gentiles...

For I speak

The best texts read δὲ but instead of γάρ for . The sentence does not state the reason for the prominence of the Gentiles asserted in Rom 11:12, but makes a transition from the statement of the divine plan to the statement of Paul's own course of working on the line of that plan. He labors the more earnestly for the Gentiles with a view to the salvation of his own race.

Vincent: Rom 11:13 - -- Inasmuch as I am The best texts insert οὖν then . So Rev.; thus disconnecting the clause from the preceding, and connecting it with what ...

Inasmuch as I am

The best texts insert οὖν then . So Rev.; thus disconnecting the clause from the preceding, and connecting it with what follows.

Vincent: Rom 11:13 - -- I magnify mine office ( τὴν διακονίαν μου δοξάζω ) Lit., I glorify my ministry , as Rev. Not I praise , but ...

I magnify mine office ( τὴν διακονίαν μου δοξάζω )

Lit., I glorify my ministry , as Rev. Not I praise , but I honor by the faithful discharge of its duties . He implies, however, that the office is a glorious one. The verb, which occurs about sixty times in the New Testament, most frequently in John, is used, with very few exceptions, of glorifying God or Christ. In Rom 8:30, of God's elect. In 1Co 12:26, of the members of the body. In Rev 18:7, of Babylon. For ministry , see on minister , Mat 20:26.

Wesley: Rom 11:13 - -- Far from being ashamed of ministering to the gentiles, I glory therein; the rather, as it may be a means of provoking my brethren to jealousy.

Far from being ashamed of ministering to the gentiles, I glory therein; the rather, as it may be a means of provoking my brethren to jealousy.

JFB: Rom 11:13-14 - -- "am speaking"

"am speaking"

JFB: Rom 11:13-14 - -- Another proof that this Epistle was addressed to Gentile believers. (See on Rom 1:13).

Another proof that this Epistle was addressed to Gentile believers. (See on Rom 1:13).

JFB: Rom 11:13-14 - -- "glorify"

"glorify"

JFB: Rom 11:13-14 - -- The clause beginning with "inasmuch" should be read as a parenthesis.

The clause beginning with "inasmuch" should be read as a parenthesis.

Clarke: Rom 11:13 - -- I magnify mine office - This is a very improper translation of την διακονιαν μου δοξαζω, which is, literally, I honor this my...

I magnify mine office - This is a very improper translation of την διακονιαν μου δοξαζω, which is, literally, I honor this my ministry. Dr. Taylor has justly observed that magnify, except when applied to the most High, carries with it, in our language, the idea of stretching beyond the bounds of truth; whereas the apostle simply means that he does justice to his ministry, by stating the glorious things which he was commissioned to preach among the Gentiles: blessings which the Jews by their obstinacy had forfeited.

Calvin: Rom 11:13 - -- 13.For to you Gentiles I speak, etc He confirms by a strong reason, that nothing shall be lost by the Gentiles, were the Jews to return again to favo...

13.For to you Gentiles I speak, etc He confirms by a strong reason, that nothing shall be lost by the Gentiles, were the Jews to return again to favor with God; for he shows, that the salvation of both is so connected, that it can by the same means be promoted. For he thus addresses the Gentiles, — “Though I am peculiarly destined to be your Apostle, and ought therefore with special care to seek your salvation, with which I am charged, and to omit as it were all other things, and to labor for that only, I shall yet be faithfully discharging my office, by gaining to Christ any of my own nation; and this will be for the glory of my ministry, and so for your good.” 352 For whatever served to render Paul’s ministry illustrious, was advantageous to the Gentiles, whose salvation was its object.

And here also he uses the verb παραζηλῶσαι, to provoke to emulation, and for this purpose, that the Gentiles might seek the accomplishment of Moses’ prophecy, such as he describes, when they understood that it would be for their benefit.

TSK: Rom 11:13 - -- the apostle : Rom 15:16-19; Act 9:15, Act 13:2, Act 22:21, Act 26:17, Act 26:18; Gal 1:16, Gal 2:2, Gal 2:7-9; Eph 3:8; 1Ti 2:7; 2Ti 1:11, 2Ti 1:12; I...

the apostle : Rom 15:16-19; Act 9:15, Act 13:2, Act 22:21, Act 26:17, Act 26:18; Gal 1:16, Gal 2:2, Gal 2:7-9; Eph 3:8; 1Ti 2:7; 2Ti 1:11, 2Ti 1:12; I magnify mine office. Rather, ""I honour my ministry,"" την διακονιαν [Strong’ s G1248], μου [Strong’ s G3450], δοξαζω [Strong’ s G1392].

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Barnes: Rom 11:13 - -- For I speak to you Gentiles - What I am saying respecting the Jews, I say with reference to you who are Gentiles, to show you in what manner yo...

For I speak to you Gentiles - What I am saying respecting the Jews, I say with reference to you who are Gentiles, to show you in what manner you have been admitted to the privileges of the people of God; to excite your gratitude; to warn you against abusing those mercies. etc. As Paul also was appointed to preach to them, he had a right to speak to them with authority.

I am the apostle of the Gentiles - The apostle of the Gentiles, not because other apostles did not preach to Gentiles, for they all did, except perhaps James; nor because Paul did not himself preach occasionally among the Jews; but because he was especially called to carry the gospel to the Gentiles, and that this was his original commission Act 9:15; because he was principally employed in collecting and organizing churches in pagan lands; and because the charge of the Gentile churches was especially intrusted to him, while that of the Jewish churches was especially intrusted to Peter; see Gal 1:16; Eph 3:8; Gal 2:7-8. As Paul was especially appointed to this function, he claimed special authority to address those who were gathered into the Christian church from pagan lands.

I magnify mine office - I honor δοξάζω doxazō my ministry. I esteem it of great importance; and by thus showing that the gospel is to be preached to the Gentiles, that the barrier between them and the Jews is to be broken down, that the gospel may be preached to all people, I show that the office which proclaims this is one of signal honor. A minister may not magnify himself, but he may magnify his office. He may esteem himself as less than the least of all saints, and unworthy to be called a servant of God Eph 3:8, yet he may feel that he is an ambassador of Christ, intrusted with a message of salvation, entitled to the respect due to an ambassador, and to the honor which is appropriate to a messenger of God To unite these two things constitutes the dignity of the Christian ministry.

Poole: Rom 11:13 - -- i.e. I speak to you of being rich in the faith above the Jews, because I challenge a special interest in you, inasmuch as I am appointed to be ...

i.e. I speak to you of being rich in the faith above the Jews, because I challenge a special interest in you, inasmuch as

I am appointed to be the apostle of the Gentiles and am sent chiefly unto them: see Rom 15:16 Act 9:15 13:2 22:21 26:17 Gal 1:16 2:7 Eph 3:8 2Ti 1:11 . And therefore, in thus setting forth your privileges and blessings:

I magnify mine office

Haydock: Rom 11:11-15 - -- Have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. That is, their fall is not irreparable, or so as never to rise again: but by their offendi...

Have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. That is, their fall is not irreparable, or so as never to rise again: but by their offending, salvation (through the liberal mercy of God) is come to the Gentiles, that they, the Jews, may be emulous of the Gentiles, and of their happiness, and so may be converted. (Witham) ---

The nation of the Jews is not absolutely and without remedy cast off for ever; but in part only (many thousands of them having been at first converted) and for a time: which fall of theirs God has been pleased to turn to the good of the Gentiles. (Challoner) ---

How much more the fulness of them? As if he should say, if the obstinacy of so many Jews seem to be an occasion upon which God, whose mercy calls whom he pleaseth, hath bestowed the riches of his grace on other nations; and while the glory of the Jews, the elect people of God, has been diminished, the Gentiles have been made happy: how much more glorious will be the fulness of them? that is, according to the common interpretation, will be the re-establishment and conversion of the Jews hereafter, before the end of the world? See St. John Chrysostom, Greek: om. ith. p. 164; St. Hilary, in Ps. lviii; St. Jerome, in chap. iii. Osee. Habacuc iii.; St. Augustine, lib. xx. de Civ. Dei. chap. xxix. ---

Then (ver. 15.) the receiving of them into the Church, and their conversion to Christ, shall be like life from the dead, when the Jewish nation in general, shall rise from the death of sin, and their hardened infidelity, to the life of faith and grace. These things I speak to you, Gentiles, to honour and comply with my ministry of being your apostle: yet endeavouring at the same time, if by a pious emulation, or by any other way, I may be able to bring any of my flesh, or of my brethren, the Jews, to be saved by the faith of Christ. (Witham)

Gill: Rom 11:13 - -- For I speak to you Gentiles,.... The church at Rome, as the primitive churches for the most part did, consisted of Jews and Gentiles; hence the apostl...

For I speak to you Gentiles,.... The church at Rome, as the primitive churches for the most part did, consisted of Jews and Gentiles; hence the apostle sometimes addresses the one, as in Rom 2:17, and sometimes the other, as here; and this he does to observe unto them the grace and goodness of God, in enriching them with the Gospel of salvation; and that they might not despise the Jews, from whom it first came out, and through whose fall it came to them, and was preached among them by some of that nation:

in as much as I am the apostle of the Gentiles. He was ordained and set apart by God, in his eternal purposes, to be a teacher of the Gentiles; he was sent immediately by Christ to bear his name among them, though not among them only, to the exclusion of the people of Israel; he chiefly preached the Gospel to them, though sometimes to the Jews also; and the success of his ministry was mostly among the uncircumcision, though he sought by all ways and means to gain both Jews and Gentiles: hence he addresses the Gentiles with greater freedom and boldness, because he was their apostle, and had been so useful among them; and is a reason why we Gentiles should have a special regard to his writings; for though every word of God is pure, and all Scripture is divinely inspired, and is profitable on one account or other; nor is any part of it to be slighted and neglected; yet as Paul's epistles are written chiefly to the Gentile churches, excepting that to the Hebrews, and which some question whether it is his, they ought especially to be attended to by us; though, alas, of all the inspired writings they are had in the least esteem:

I magnify mine office: not himself, for he was not of a self-exalting spirit, but humble and lowly minded, ready at all times to own himself to be less than the least of saints and the chief of sinners; but his office, which he had received from Christ, as an instance of his grace and favour. This was magnified partly by the miracles, signs, and wonders done by him, in proof, and for the confirmation of his apostleship; and partly by his constant, diligent, and faithful preaching of the Gospel: as also by the unwearied pains he took to spread it far and near; and likewise by the numbers of souls he was the means of bringing to the knowledge of Christ; and it was no small accession of glory to his office, as an apostle of the Gentiles, that he was an instrument of the conversion of many among the Jews.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

Geneva Bible: Rom 11:13 ( 8 ) For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, ( m ) I magnify mine office: ( 8 ) He witnesses by his own example, ...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Rom 11:1-36 - --1 God has not cast off all Israel.7 Some were elected, though the rest were hardened.16 There is hope of their conversion.18 The Gentiles may not exul...

MHCC: Rom 11:11-21 - --The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. As therefore the righteous rejection of the unbelieving Jews, was the occasion of so lar...

Matthew Henry: Rom 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...

Barclay: Rom 11:13-24 - --It is to the Jews that Paul has been talking up to this time, and now he turns to the Gentiles. He is the apostle to the Gentiles, but he cannot ev...

Constable: Rom 9:1--11:36 - --V. THE VINDICATION OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS chs. 9--11 A major problem concerning God's righteousness arises out o...

Constable: Rom 11:1-36 - --C. Israel's future salvation ch. 11 In chapter 9 Paul glorified God's past grace in sovereignly electing...

Constable: Rom 11:11-24 - --2. Israel's rejection not final 11:11-24 Now Paul put the remnant aside and dealt with Israel as a whole. Even while Israel resists God's plan centere...

College: Rom 11:1-36 - --IV. THE SALVATION OF GOD'S TRUE ISRAEL (11:1-32) Thus far in chs. 9-10 Paul has painted a very dark picture of Israel. He has implied that they are ...

McGarvey: Rom 11:13 - --But [A note of correction. At Rom 7:1 ; Rom 7:4 Paul began to address the Jews, and all that he has said since then has had specific reference to that...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Romans (Book Introduction) The Epistle to the Romans Spring of a.d. 57 By Way of Introduction Integrity of the Epistle The genuineness of the Epistle is so generally adm...

JFB: Romans (Book Introduction) THE GENUINENESS of the Epistle to the Romans has never been questioned. It has the unbroken testimony of all antiquity, up to CLEMENT OF ROME, the apo...

JFB: Romans (Outline) INTRODUCTION. (Rom. 1:1-17) THE JEW UNDER LIKE CONDEMNATION WITH THE GENTILE. (Rom. 2:1-29) JEWISH OBJECTIONS ANSWERED. (Rom 3:1-8) THAT THE JEW IS S...

TSK: Romans (Book Introduction) The Epistle to the Romans is " a writing," says Dr. Macknight, " which, for sublimity and truth of sentiment, for brevity and strength of expression,...

TSK: Romans 11 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Rom 11:1, God has not cast off all Israel; Rom 11:7, Some were elected, though the rest were hardened; Rom 11:16, There is hope of their ...

Poole: Romans 11 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 11

MHCC: Romans (Book Introduction) The scope or design of the apostle in writing to the Romans appears to have been, to answer the unbelieving, and to teach the believing Jew; to confir...

MHCC: Romans 11 (Chapter Introduction) (Rom 11:1-10) The rejection of the Jews is not universal. (Rom 11:11-21) God overruled their unbelief for making the Gentiles partakers of gospel pri...

Matthew Henry: Romans (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans If we may compare scripture with scripture, and take the opinion ...

Matthew Henry: Romans 11 (Chapter Introduction) The apostle, having reconciled that great truth of the rejection of the Jews with the promise made unto the fathers, is, in this chapter, further l...

Barclay: Romans (Book Introduction) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS OF PAUL The Letters Of Paul There is no more interesting body of documents in the New Testament than the letter...

Barclay: Romans 11 (Chapter Introduction) The Callus On The Heart (Rom_11:1-12) The Wild Olive--Privilege And Warning (Rom_11:13-24) That All May Be Of Mercy (Rom_11:25-32) The Cry Of The ...

Constable: Romans (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical Background Throughout the history of the church, from postapos...

Constable: Romans (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-17 A. Salutation 1:1-7 1. The writer 1:1 ...

Constable: Romans Romans Bibliography Alford, Henry. The Greek Testament. 4 vols. New ed. Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1881. ...

Haydock: Romans (Book Introduction) THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE ROMANS. INTRODUCTION. After the Gospels, which contain the history of Christ, and the Acts of...

Gill: Romans (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS Though this epistle is in order placed the first of the epistles, yet it was not first written: there were several epistles ...

Gill: Romans 11 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS 11 The apostle having spoken of the calling of the Gentiles, and given a hint of the perverseness of the Jews in slighting t...

College: Romans (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION I. ROMANS: ITS INFLUENCE AND IMPORTANCE God's Word is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path (Ps 119:105), and no part of it shine...

College: Romans (Outline) VIII. OUTLINE PROLOGUE - 1:1-17 I. EPISTOLARY GREETING - 1:1-7 A. The Author Introduces Himself - 1:1 1. A Slave of Christ Jesus 2. Call...

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