If by any means. If even by stating unpleasant truths, if by bringing out all the counsel of God—even that which threatens their destructi…

This paragraph follows naturally from the preceding, because Paul now applies to his own position and ministry the truth he has stated. He wants th…

And save, etc. Observe here that the minister of the word is said in some way to save those whom he leads to the obedience of faith.

If by any means I may provoke to emulation
What he had in view, even in discharging his office among the Gentiles wi…

The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is present. Therefore, as the righteous rejection of the unbelieving Jews was the occasio…

1. After showing that the fall of the Jews is not universal, the Apostle now begins to show that their fall was neither usele nor irreparabl…