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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Romans 9 The apostle having discoursed of justification and sanctification, and of the privileges of justified and sanctified ones, proceeds to treat of predestination, the source and spring of all the blessings of grace; and to observe how this distinguishing act of God's sovereign will has taken place, both among Jews and Gentiles; in treating of which, he knew he should go...
John Gill
Whose are the fathers,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for, according to the (a) Jewish writers, "they call none in Israel אבות, "fathers", but three, and they are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and they call none "mothers" but four, and they are, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah:'' their descent from these fathers was a privilege, though they valued themselves too highly upon it; but what was the...
Matthew Henry
The apostle, having plainly asserted and largely proved that justification and salvation are to had by faith only, and not by the works of the law, by Christ and not by Moses, comes in this and the following chapters to anticipate an objection which might be made against this. If this be so, then what becomes of the Jews, of them all as a complex body, especially those of them that do not embrace...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises: Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. The apostle never omits an opportunity of magnifying his Master. Though it did not seem to be called for by the immediate...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. What dignity has God put upon ancient Israel! How favored far beyond any of us in these particulars! They had the light, when...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; Wwhose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. This was what troubled the apostle so much concerning the Jews, that they should have such extraordinary privileges, and yet...