Albert Barnes Commentary Romans 9:24

Albert Barnes Commentary

Romans 9:24

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Romans 9:24

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"[even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?" — Romans 9:24 (ASV)

Even us, and so on. See Romans 1:16; Romans 2:10; Romans 3:29, 30.

To prove that the Gentiles might be called as well as the Jews was a leading design of the epistle.

Us. Christians, selected from both Jews and Gentiles. This proves that he did not refer to nations primarily, but to individuals chosen out of nations. Two things are established here.

  1. That the grace of God was not confined to the Jewish people, as they supposed, so that it could be conferred on no others.
  2. That God was not bound to confer grace on all the descendants of Abraham, as he bestowed it on those selected from the mass, according to his own will, and not of necessity on the mass itself.