Romans 9:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. ”

Romans 9:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore hath he mercy ... - This is a conclusion stated by the apostle as the result of all the argument. Whom he will he hardeneth - This is not stated in what the Scripture said to Pharao...
Romans 9:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) Therefore hath he mercy on whom he (t) will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth. (15) A conclusion of the full answer to the first objection: therefore seeing that God does not save tho...
Romans 9:18 - 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 9:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hardeneth . See Acts 19:9 . Compare Exodus 4:21 .
Romans 9:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. To whom he wills then he showeth mercy, etc. Here follows the conclusion of both parts; which can by no means be understood as being the language of any other but of the Apostle; for he...
Romans 9:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy , and whom he will he hardeneth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will - This is the apostle's conclusion from the facts already laid down: that...
Romans 9:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Therefore hath he mercy, &c.— "Therefore, that his name and power may be made known, and taken notice of in all the earth, he is kind and bountiful to one nation, and suffers another to go on o...
Romans 9:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Therefore hath he (or, 'So then He hath') - the result is that He hath Mercy on whom he will [have mercy]...
Romans 9:18 - 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 9:18 - 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 9:18 - 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 9:18 - 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 9:18 - 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 9:18 - 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 9:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will ,.... These are the express words of the former testimony: it follows, and whom he will he hardeneth ; which is the just and natural consequence of what is...
Romans 9:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy , and whom he will he hardeneth. Ver. 18. Therefore ] God being a free agent, cannot be unjust; he is bound to none. Whom he will, he harde...
Romans 9:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For Or, moreover , rather, as it seems γαρ ought to be translated, (the passage here quoted being no proof of what immediately goes before,) God has an indisputable right to reject those who will...
Romans 9:18 - 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 9:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Sovereignty. A. D. 58. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with...
Romans 9:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This verse is a short repetition of the foregoing argument. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy: see Romans 9:15 , and the notes there. And whom he will he hardeneth; i.e. in a...
Romans 9:18 - 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 9:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 9:17 .—According to Sir G. Wilkinson, the Pharaoh here meant was Thothmes III., not drowned, but overthrown in the Red Sea. Reigned twenty-five years after that event. So Je...
Romans 9:18 - 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 9:18 - 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 9:18 - 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 9:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Divine Sovereignty and Its Result. A serious objection answered:
Romans 9:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 ; Acts 28:26-28 ; Deuteronomy 2:30 ; Ephesians 1:6 ; Exodus 4:21 ; Exodus 7:13 ; Isaiah 63:17 ; Joshua 11:20 ; Matthew 13:14 ; Matthew 13:15 ; Romans 1:24-28 ; Rom...
Romans 9:18 - 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 9:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So then — That is, accordingly he does show mercy on his own terms, namely, on them that believe. And whom he willeth — Namely, them that believe not. He hardeneth — Leaves to the hardness of their...

Romans 9:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 9:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Romans 9:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 9:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 9:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Romans 9:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 9:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 9:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 9:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 9:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 9:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 9:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 9:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 9:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 9:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 9:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 9:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 9:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 9:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 9:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 9:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 9:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 9:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Romans 9:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes