Romans 9:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. ”

Romans 9:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For he saith to Moses - Exodus 33:19 . I will have mercy - This is said by God when he declared expressly that he would make all his goodness pass before Moses Exodus 33:19 , and when, ther...
Romans 9:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(11) For he saith to Moses, I will (o) have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have (p) compassion on whom I will have compassion. (11) He answers first with regard to those who are chosen...
Romans 9:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

God's Free Election. Romans 9:6-9 . We must distinguish: to be of Israel, is not to be Israel. Mere physical heredity counts for nothing: Isaac was the proper seed of Abraham, designated as the c...
Romans 9:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have mercy . pity. will . Omit. have compassion on . compassionate. Greek. oikteiro. Only here. Compare Romans 12:1 . See Exodus 33:19 .
Romans 9:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. For he saith to Moses, etc. (296) With regard to the elect, God cannot be charged with any unrighteousness; for according to his good pleasure he favors them with mercy: and yet even in...
Romans 9:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy, etc. - The words of God to Mos...
Romans 9:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

What shall we say then?— So far the Apostle, in this chapter, has considered God's choosing or refusing any body of men in general, without supposing them to be corrupt, or to have forfeited the di...
Romans 9:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. For he saith to Moses ( Exodus 33:19 ), I will have mercy on wh...
Romans 9:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rejection of Israel no Disparagement or Disproof of the Gospel The Apostle sorrows over the exclusion of Israel ( Romans 9:1-5 ), but their exclusion does not involve any breach of God's promi...
Romans 9:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(14-18) These verses contain the second part of the vindication. This power of choosing one and refusing another has always been reserved to Himself by God; as is seen by the examples of Moses and Ph...
Romans 9:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 20 THE SORROWFUL PROBLEM: JEWISH UNBELIEF; DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY Romans 9:1-33 WE may well think that again there was silence awhile in that Corinthian chamber, when Tertius had duly insc...
Romans 9:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Righteousness of God's Choices Romans 9:14-24 God desires to do His best for every man. But, as in the case of Esau, who wantonly sold his birthright, and of Pharaoh, who turned all God's r...
Romans 9:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The connection between this very remarkable passage and the preceding climax is close. The great certainty of "no separation" is the experience of one in close communion with the Lord experimentally....
Romans 9:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. (15) For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassi...
Romans 9:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For he saith to Moses ,.... That is, God said to Moses. The apostle goes on to answer to the above objections, by producing some testimonies out of the writings of Moses, in favour of both branches...
Romans 9:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Ver. 15. I will have mercy, &c. ] Dei voluntas est ratio ration...
Romans 9:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What shall we say then? To this. The apostle now introduces and refutes an objection. Is there unrighteousness , or injustice, with God? In the distribution of his providential blessings, in thi...
Romans 9:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

What of God's Promises to Israel? Now, such being the case - that God had purposed in eternal counsel the blessing of Gentiles on an equal basis with Jews, as it is this day - what is to become of...
Romans 9:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Sovereignty. A. D. 58. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with...
Romans 9:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

q.d. God is not chargeable with any injustice in electing some, and not others; for this is an act of mere mercy and compassion, and that can be no violation of justice. To prove this, he cites a tes...
Romans 9:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Messsiah Has Come And Is For All. God Has Not Failed In His Promises To The True Israel. Salvation For All is Through Faith In The Messiah (9:1-11:36) Paul now expands on Chapter s 1-8, in whi...
Romans 9:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 9:13 . As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated —There is no necessity to soften the “hated” into “loved less”; the words in Malachi proceed on the fullest meaning...
Romans 9:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. They thought they had a birth claim. Were they not the children of Abraham? Surely they had some right to it. This chapter battles the question of...
Romans 9:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:1 . I say the truth in Christ, I lie not. These forms of speech are equivalent to a solemn oath, and emanate from a heart deeply imbued with the sentiments of the Saviour, who often wept...
Romans 9:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 11:1-45 2. The present position and prospects of the Jewish nation con-sidereal. Romans 9:1-45 (1) Deep regret expressed for the present exclusion of the Jewish n...
Romans 9:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Divine Sovereignty and Its Result. A serious objection answered:
Romans 9:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 33:19 ; Exodus 34:6 ; Exodus 34:7 ; Isaiah 27:11 ; Micah 7:18 ; Romans 9:16 ; Romans 9:18 ; Romans 9:19
Romans 9:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Hath God Cast Away His People? Romans 9:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. We have the depths of the heart of Paul toward the Jews. How the heart of the Apostle must have throbbed as he wrote, "I say...
Romans 9:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 33:19 .

Romans 9:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 9:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 9:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 9:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 9:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 9:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 9:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 9:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 9:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 9:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 9:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 9:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 9:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 9:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 9:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 9:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 9:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 9:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 9:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 9:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 9:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Romans 9:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes