Contrary to nature (παρα φυσιν). This is the gist of the argument, the power of God to do what is contrary to natural processes. H…

For if you. If you who are Gentiles.

Were cut out of. Or, if you were of the cutting of the wild olive tree.

Wh…

Paul now expands the figures of root and branches by setting forth the allegory of the olive tree. Actually, there are two trees, the cultivated ol…

For if you were cut out of the olive tree
As the apostle argues the possibility of bringing the Jews into a Gospel church stat…

Of all judgments, spiritual judgments are the most severe; of these the apostle is here speaking. The restoration of the Jews is, in the natural or…

1. After showing that the fall of the Jews was both useful and reversible, the Apostle now forbids the Gentiles to boast against the Jews.