Romans 9:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. ”

Romans 9:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So then - It follows as a consequence from this statement of God to Moses. Or it is a doctrine established by that statement. Not of him that willeth - This does not mean that he that becomes...
Romans 9:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(12) So then [it is] not of him that (q) willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. (12) The conclusion of the answer: therefore God is not unjust in choosing and saving from h...
Romans 9:16 - 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 9:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

willeth . Greek. thelo . App-102. Isaac willed, Esau ran.
Romans 9:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. It is not then of him who wills, etc. From the testimony adduced he draws this inference, that beyond all controversy our election is not to be ascribed to our diligence, nor to our stri...
Romans 9:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1885 GOD’S SOVEREIGN MERCY THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR BLESSINGS Romans 9:16 . So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy . THE Apostle,...
Romans 9:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. So then it is not of him that willeth, etc. - I conclude, therefore, from these several instances, tha...
Romans 9:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God that sheweth mercy— Shewing mercy, and obtaining mercy, are applied to the donation of extraordinary favours and privileges upon a people, chap. Romans 11:30 . 1 Peter 2:10 .; and that it...
Romans 9:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. So then it is not of him that willeth (or hath the inward intention), Nor of him that runneth...
Romans 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

PREDESTINATION AND FREE WILL ‘So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.’ Romans 9:16 Viewing things on the side of God’s absolute soverei...
Romans 9:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So then it is not of him that willeth ,.... This is not a consequence drawn by an adversary, showing that if this be the case, it signifies nothing for men to will or do, they may even sit still and...
Romans 9:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Ver. 16. So then it is not, &c. ] Nec volentis, nec volantis (as a nobleman gave it for his...
Romans 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Sovereignty. A. D. 58. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with...
Romans 9:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

q.d. God's election is not of Jacob s, or of any other man s, willing or running; i.e. it is not from his good desires or deeds, his good inclinations or actions, or from the foresight thereof; but i...
Romans 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - 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 9:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Divine Sovereignty and Its Result. A serious objection answered:
Romans 9:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 ; 1 Peter 2:10 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:14 ; Ephesians 2:4 ; Ephesians 2:5 ; Genesis 27:1-4 ; Genesis 27:9-14 ; Isaiah 65:1 ; James 1:...
Romans 9:16 - 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 9:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

It — The blessing. Therefore is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth — It is not the effect either of the will or the works of man, but of the grace and power of God. The will of man is...

Romans 9:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 9:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 9:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 9:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Romans 9:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 9:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 9:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 9:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 9:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 9:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 9:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 9:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 9:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Romans 9:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 9:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 9:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 9:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 9:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 9:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 9:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 9:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 9:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 9:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Romans 9:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes