“ Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? ”
Or who hath ... - The sentiment in this verse is found substantially in Job 41:11 . “Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him.” The Hebrew word “prevented” means to anticipate, to go befor...
Or who hath (i) first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? (i) This saying overthrows the doctrine of foreseen works and merits.
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 first given . gave first. Greek. prodidomi. Only here. recompensed... again . repaid. Greek. antapodidomi. Here, Romans 12:19 ; Luke 14:14 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:6...
35. Who has first given to him, etc. Another reason, by which God’s righteousness is most effectually defended against all the accusations of the ungodly: for if no one retains him bound to...
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?...
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? Or, who hath first given to him - Who can pretend to have any demands upon God? To whom is he indebted? Have either Jews or...
Or who hath first given to him, &c.— This has a manifest respect to the Jews, who claimed a right to be the people of God so far, that St. Paul (chap. Romans 9:14 .) finds it necessary to vi...
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? - `and shall have recompense made to hi...
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...
Or who hath first given to him ,.... See Job 41:11 ; no man can give God anything, which he has not first given him, or which he has not a prior right to, or a claim upon him for; Adam, in innocenc...
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? Ver. 35. Who hath first given to himJ Do we not owe him all that we have and are? And can a man merit by paying his debt...
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...
q.d. If any man hath obliged God, by any thing he hath done for him, he shall have an ample reward: alluding (as some think) to Job 41:11 . But seeing this cannot be, and that God is indebted unto...
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 4:7 ; Job 35:7 ; Job 41:11 ; Matthew 20:15
Given to him — Either wisdom or power?