“ For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? ”
For who hath known? ... - This verse is a quotation, with a slight change, from Isaiah 40:13 , “Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?” It is designed...
(18) For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? (18) He bridles the wicked boldness of man in three ways: firstly, because God is above all most wise, and therefore it...
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 )...
hath known . knew. App-132. hath been . became. counsellor . fellow-counsellor. Greek. sumboulos. Only here.
34. Who has known the mind of the Lord? He begins here to extend as it were his hand to restrain the audacity of men, lest they should clamor against God’s judgments, and this he does by sta...
DISCOURSE: 1903 GOD ALL IN ALL Romans 11:34-36 . Who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?...
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller? For who hath known the mind of the Lord? - Who can pretend to penetrate the counsels of God, or fathom the reasons of his con...
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? For who hath known the mind of the Lord? (see Job 15:8 ; Jeremiah 23:18 ) Or who hath been his counselor? (see...
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...
(33-36) This grand and comprehensive view of the divine purposes makes so deep an impression upon the Apostle that he breaks out into an impassioned ascription of praise, with which the first (doctri...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Ver. 34. Who hath been his counsellor ] Alphonso the wise (the fool rather) was heard blasphemously to say, that if he ha...
O the depth The unsearchable, inconceivable abundance; of the riches , &c. In the ninth chapter, Paul had sailed but in a narrow sea, now he is in the immense ocean: of the wisdom and knowled...
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...
The Divine Sovereignty. A. D. 58. 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowle...
i.e. Who knoweth what God is about to do? Or who hath given his advice about the doing of it? This is taken out of Isaiah 40:13,14 .
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...
CRITICAL NOTES Romans 11:33 .— Judgments are God’s decrees; and His ways are His ways of bringing them to pass. How just is Paul’s reflection upon the whole of his preceding remarks! God’s wor...
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...
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...
A concluding doxology:
1 Corinthians 2:16 ; Isaiah 40:13 ; Jeremiah 23:18 ; Job 15:8 ; Job 36:22
Who hath known the mind of the Lord — Before or any farther than he has revealed it. Isaiah 40:13 .