Romans 9:1--11:36
I am telling <3004> [I say.]
my conscience <3450 4893> [my conscience.]
I ... wish <1473 2172> [I could.]
<1511> [were.]
accursed <331> [accursed. or, separated. my kinsmen.]
Israelites <1526 2475> [are Israelites.]
adoption as sons <5206> [the adoption.]
glory ............ and <2532 1391> [and the glory.]
covenants <1242> [covenants. or, testaments.]
giving of the law <3548> [the giving.]
worship <2999> [the service.]
promises <1860> [promises.]
patriarchs <3962> [are the fathers.]
from them <1537 3739> [of whom.]
blessed <2128> [blessed.]
Amen <281> [Amen.]
as though <3634 1161> [as though.]
not ........... not <3756> [they are not.]
<3754> [because.]
through Isaac <1722 2464> [In Isaac.]
children ........ children ...... children <5043> [They which.]
are counted <3049> [are counted.]
this ....... About a year from now <3778 2596 5126 2540> [At this time.]
[Sarah.]
Not only <3756 3440> [not only.]
but ... Rebekah <235 4479> [but when.]
[Rebekah.]
were born <1080> [the children.]
so .... purpose <2443 4286> [that the.]
in <2596> [according.]
not by works ... by <3756 1537 2041> [not of works.]
by ... but by <1537 235> [but of.]
older <3187> [The elder. or, The greater.]
younger <1640> [younger. or, lesser.]
Jacob <2384> [Jacob.]
I hated <3404> [hated.]
shall we say <2046> [shall.]
injustice <93> [Is there unrighteousness.]
I will have mercy .... I have mercy ... I will have compassion .... I have compassion <1653 3627> [I will have.]
For ....... For <1063 3754> [For.]
For <3754> [Even.]
I have raised ... up <1825> [I raised.]
that .......... that <3704> [that.]
that ..... my ...... that my <3704 3450> [that my.]
has mercy <1653> [hath.]
he chooses ...... he hardens ... he chooses <2309 4645> [will he.]
You will say <2046> [Thou.]
Why .... still ..... who <5101 2089> [Why doth.]
mere human being <5599 444> [O man.]
who ...................... Why <5101 1488> [who art.]
talk back <470> [repliest. or, answerest again.]
[or, disputes with God?]
say <2046> [Shall.]
potter <2763> [the potter.]
one vessel <4632> [one vessel.]
willing <2309> [willing.]
has endured <5342> [endured.]
objects <4632> [the vessels.]
The Apostle, by employing the appellation of the vessels of wrath, carries on the similitude of the potter, by which he had illustrated the sovereignty of God.
prepared <2675> [fitted. or, made up.]
to make known <1107> [might.]
he has prepared beforehand <4282> [he had afore.]
whom <3739> [whom.]
whom ..... not ... from ... Jews .... from <3739 3756 1537 2453> [not of the Jews.]
in Hosea <1722 5617> [in Osee.]
[Hosea. I will call.]
unloved ... beloved <25> [beloved.]
there they will be called <1563 2564> [there shall.]
Isaiah <2268> [Esaias.]
[Isaiah. though.]
remnant <2640> [a remnant.]
sentence <3056> [work. or, account. and cut.]
<1722 1343> [in righteousness.]
<1508> [Except.]
of armies <4519> [Sabaoth.]
would <302> [we had been.]
[Sodom, Gomorrah.]
shall we say <2046> [shall.]
Gentiles <1484> [the Gentiles.]
did ... pursue <1377> [followed.]
righteousness ....... righteousness <1161 1343> [even the righteousness.]
pursuing <1377> [followed.]
did ... attain <5348> [hath.]
Because <3754> [Because.]
They stumbled over <4350> [they stumbled.]
Look <2400> [Behold.]
and <2532 3956> [and whosoever.]
will ... be put to shame <2617> [ashamed. or, confounded.]
my heart's <1699 2588> [my heart's.]
I can testify <3140 846> [I bear them.]
By this fine apology for the Jews, the Apostle prepares them for the harsher truths which he was about to deliver.
that they are <3754 2192> [that they.]
but ..... not <235 3756> [but not.]
righteousness ..... God ......... righteousness ....... God's <1343 2316> [God's righteousness.]
"God's method of justification," says Abp. Newcome: God's method of saving sinners.
to establish <2476> [to establish.]
they did ... submit <5293> [submitted.]
Christ <5547> [Christ.]
end <5056> [the end.]
[Telos <\\See definition 5056\\>,] the object, scope, or final cause; the end proposed and intended. In this sense Eisner observes that [telos <\\See definition 5056\\>] is used by Arrian.
one <3754 444> [That the man.]
righteousness <1343> [righteousness.]
Do not say <2036 3361> [Say not.]
The Apostle here takes the general sentiment, and expresses it in his own language; beautifully accommodating what Moses says of the law to his present purpose.
down <2609> [to bring.]
to bring ... up <321> [to bring up.]
word ............... word <4487> [The word.]
word ............... word ... faith <4487 4102> [the word of faith.]
because if ....... that .......... that <3754 1437> [That if.]
and believe <2532 4100> [and shalt.]
For .... heart <1063 2588> [For with.]
has righteousness <1519 1343> [unto righteousness.]
and .... mouth <1161 4750> [and with.]
Everyone <3956> [Whosoever.]
Lord <2962> [Lord.]
[river.]
same ............ call on him <846 1941> [call upon him.]
who <3739> [whosoever.]
are they to call on ... they have ... believed in .... are they to believe in ... they have ... heard of .... are they to hear <1941 4100 191> [shall they.]
How ............. And how ............. And how <4459 1161> [and how shall.]
And how <1161 4459 5613> [And how.]
how ............... timely <4459 5613 5611> [How beautiful.]
proclaim the good news <2097> [the gospel.]
proclaim the good news <2097> [and bring.]
But .... have obeyed <235 5219> [But they.]
have obeyed <5219> [obeyed.]
Lord <2962> [Lord.]
[our report. Gr. the hearing of us, or, our preaching.]
faith <4102> [faith.]
heard ..... heard <189 1161> [and hearing.]
have they ... heard <191 3378> [Have they.]
Their voice .......... their <846 5353> [their sound.]
Similar to this elegant accommodation of these words, is the application of them in a passage of Zohar, Genes. f. 9. "These words are the servants of the Messiah, and measure out both the things above, and the things beneath."
to ........ to ... ends <1519 4009> [unto the ends.]
I ask ....... says <3004> [I say.]
First <4413> [First.]
a senseless <801> [foolish.]
bold enough <662> [very bold.]
I was found <2147> [I was found.]
I became <1096> [I was made.]
All day <3650 2250> [All day long.]
disobedient <544> [a disobedient.]
God has not rejected <683 2316> [Hath God.]
not <3361> [God forbid.]
For I <1063 1473 2532> [For I also.]
whom he foreknew <3739 4267> [which he foreknew.]
Do you ... know <1492> [Wot.]
about Elijah <1722 2243> [of Elias? Gr. in Elias?]
Or, by Elias; [en <\\See definition 1722\\>,] corresponding to the Hebrew [bet,] not infrequently having this signification.
how he pleads <5613 1793> [how he maketh.]
Or "how he addresses God respecting Israel;" [kata <\\See definition 2596\\>] having frequently this meaning. (See 1 Co 15:15.)
Lord <2962> [Lord.]
they have demolished <2679> [digged.]
I have kept <2641> [I have reserved.]
Baal <896> [Baal.]
at ... present <1722 3568> [at this present.]
chosen ... grace <5485 1589> [election of grace.]
The election which proceeds from the mercy and goodness of God.
works otherwise <1893 2041> [otherwise work.]
That is, it loses its character, or nature,--that of claiming reward as a matter of right.
What then <5101 3767> [What then?]
Israel <2474> [Israel.]
but ... elect <1161 1589> [but the election.]
That is, the elect, the abstract being used for the concrete. So the Jews or the circumcised people, are called Israel, or the circumcision.
but ....... rest <1161 3062> [and the rest.]
were hardened <4456> [blinded. or, hardened.]
God <2316> [God.]
of stupor <2659> [slumber. or, remorse. eyes.]
to this very day <2193 4594 2250> [unto this day.]
David says <1138 3004> [David saith.]
their table ............. for them <846 5132> [their table.]
<1519> [a recompence.]
their eyes ............ their <846 3788> [their eyes.]
and ..... bend <2532 4781> [and bow.]
they did ... stumble <4417> [Have they stumbled.]
But ... their ........... Israel <235 846> [but rather.]
to <1519> [for.]
their ......... to make Israel jealous <3863 846 1519> [to provoke them to jealousy.]
Rather "to provoke (or excite) them to emulation," [parazeloo <\\See definition 3863\\>,] as it is rendered.
world <2889> [the world.]
defeat <2275> [diminishing. decay, or, loss. their.]
an apostle <652> [the apostle.]
I magnify mine office. Rather, "I honour my ministry," [diakonia <\\See definition 1248\\> mou <\\See definition 3450\\> doxazo <\\See definition 1392\\>.]
<1513> [by.]
I could provoke .... to jealousy <3863> [provoke.]
my <3450> [my.]
save <4982> [might.]
rejection <580> [the casting.]
reconciliation <2643> [the reconciling.]
<1508> [but.]
If ... first portion of the dough offered ........... if <1487 536> [if the first-fruit.]
If ........... then ....... and if ....... too <1487 2532> [and if.]
<1536> [some.]
<5607> [being.]
[among them. or, for them. and with.]
do not boast over ...... you boast ...... not <2620 3361 3756> [Boast not.]
you .... support <4771 941> [thou bearest.]
so that <2443> [that.]
Granted <2573> [Well.]
unbelief <570> [because.]
<1161> [and.]
<5309> [Be.]
but <235> [but.]
therefore <3767> [therefore.]
harshness .... harshness <663> [severity.]
The term severity [apotomia <\\See definition 663\\>,] from [apo <\\See definition 575\\>,] from, and [temno,] to cut off, properly denotes excision, cutting off, as the gardener cuts off, with a pruning knife, dead boughs, or luxuriant stems.
you continue ...... you <1437 4771 1961> [if thou.]
otherwise <1893> [otherwise.]
I do ... want <2309> [I would.]
this <5124> [this.]
<3363> [lest.]
hardening <4457> [blindness. or, hardness.]
until <891> [until.]
all <3956> [all.]
will come out <2240> [There.]
And ................... he will remove <2532 654> [and shall.]
this <3778> [this.]
when <3752> [when.]
enemies <2190> [are enemies.]
but <1161> [but.]
dearly loved <27> [are beloved.]
Just as you <5618 5210> [as ye.]
were ... disobedient <544> [believed. or, obeyed. obtained.]
their <5130> [through.]
have ... been disobedient <544> [believed. or, obeyed.]
God <2316> [God.]
has consigned all people ........... them all <3956 4788> [concluded them all. or, shut them all up together.]
depth <899> [the depth.]
riches <4149> [riches.]
<5613> [how.]
from him .... him .... him ..... To him <1537 846> [of him.]
him .... him .... him ..... To him <846> [to whom. Gr. to him.]
