Romans 11:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For as ye in times past have not believedf God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: ”

• Romans 11:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For as ye - You who were Gentiles. In times past - Before the gospel was preached. This refers to the former idolatrous and sinful state of the pagan world; compare Ephesians 2:2 ; Acts 14:...

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• Romans 11:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (16) For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: (16) Another reason: because even though they who are hardened are worthily punished, yet this...

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• Romans 11:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Mystery of Israel's Future. Romans 11:25-26 a . It may save Gentile believers from a dangerous self-conceit ( cf. Romans 12:16 ) to learn the secret that the hardening (see Romans 11:7 )...

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• Romans 11:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  in times past . at one time ( pote ). have not believed . disobeyed. See Romans 2:8 . obtained mercy . Literally were pitied. through . No preposition. unbelief . disobedience. Greek. apei...

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• Romans 11:30 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1901 THE GOSPEL GIVEN TO US AS A DEPOSIT FOR THE JEWS Romans 11:30-31 . As ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: even so have the...

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• Romans 11:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: For as ye in times past - The apostle pursues his argument in favor of the restoration of the Jews....

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• Romans 11:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  For as ye in times past, &c.— When the promise was made to Abraham, the calling of the Gentiles was not a secondary design,to take effect in case the Jew rejected the Gospel, but an absolute pu...

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• Romans 11:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: For as ye in times past have not believed (or, 'obeyed') God - that is, yielded not to God "...

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• Romans 11:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Israel's Rejection not final. A Warning to the Gentiles In this chapter St. Paul brings to an end his great exposition of God's dealings with the Jews. He has shown in Romans 9 that God is free...

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• Romans 11:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (25-32) There was a deep meaning underlying the temporary rejection of Israel, of which he has been speaking — a meaning which has hitherto been kept secret, but now to be revealed as a corrective to...

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• Romans 11:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 24 THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL DIRECTLY FORETOLD: ALL IS OF AND FOR GOD Romans 11:25-36 THUS far St. Paul has rather reasoned than predicted. He has shown his Gentile friends the natural...

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• Romans 11:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  That God “Might Have Mercy upon All” Romans 11:25-36 “Mysteries” are the reasons and principles of the divine procedure which are hidden from ordinary minds, but revealed to the children of God...

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• Romans 11:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This discussion now gives rise to a new question, "Did God cast off His people?" They were created a nation in order that through them all the nations should be blessed. Failing to realize the divine...

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• Romans 11:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. (12) Now if the fall of them be t...

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• Romans 11:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For as ye in times past have not believed God ,.... The times referred to, are the times of ignorance, idolatry, and superstition; when God suffered the Gentiles, for many hundreds of years, to walk...

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• Romans 11:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: Ver. 30. Through their ] By occasion of their unbelief. Pungit Iudaeos et humiliat Gentes, sa...

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• Romans 11:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  For as ye Believing Gentiles; in times past Before Christ was preached to you; have not believed God Did not believe in the living and true God: or rather, as the words ποτε ηπειθησατε τω θεω s...

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• Romans 11:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  Israel Yet to be Restored We have seen in Romans 9:1-33 that there is an election according to the grace of God in Israel: in Romans 10:1-21 this is shown to be on the basis of faith in contra...

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• Romans 11:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. A. D.  58....

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• Romans 11:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 30,31. This is the last argument, to prove the conversion and calling of the Jews, which is further confirmed, Romans 11:32 . The argument is taken from the like dealing of God with the Genti...

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• Romans 11:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  God's Purpose With Regard Both To The Jews and The Gentiles (11:1-36). Paul now carries forward the doctrine of the Israel within Israel, and evidences it again from Scripture, making clear that t...

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• Romans 11:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Romans 11:29-32 The unchangeableness of God’s attitude towards men.—It is difficult to comprehend that, while change and decay are recognised everywhere in men...

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• Romans 11:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Romans 11:1 . Hath God cast away his people? The jews would say, what else can we infer? If the gentiles are now become the Israel of God, and if we are rejected for not embracing what Paul calls...

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• Romans 11:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

  For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy. The memory of the past should 1. Promote humility. 2. Awaken gratitude. 3. Soften our censures. 4. Strengthe...

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• Romans 11:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Romans 11:1-45 (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 f...

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• Romans 11:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  God's mercy upon all:

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• Romans 11:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ; 1 Corinthians 7:25 ; 1 Peter 2:10 ; 1 Timothy 1:18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:1 ; Colossians 3:7 ; Romans 11:11-19 ; Romans 11:31 ; Titus 3:3-7

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