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I ask then, Did God reject his people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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God's Promise Has Not Failed
Paul begins by asking a rhetorical question that would be on the mind of his Jewish readers: Has God completely abandoned His covenant people, Israel? Commentators stress that his answer, "God forbid," is the strongest possible negative. This reassures readers that despite Israel's widespread unbelief, God's promises have not failed and He has not totally cast off His people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
ROMANS Chapter 11
I say then. This expression is to be regarded as conveying the sense of an objection. Paul, in the previous chapt…
I say then (λεγω ουν). As in verse 11. Ουν looks back to 9:16-33 and 10:19-21. Did God cast off? (μη απωσατο ο θε…
19th Century
Anglican
I say then.—Are we to infer from the language of Isaiah just quoted that God has cast away his people? G…
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Preparation for this section has been made, especially in 9:27–29, where the OT teaching concerning the remnant is summarized by quotations from Is…
16th Century
Protestant
I say then, etc. What he has until now said about the blindness and obstinacy of the Jews might seem to imply that Christ, at His coming, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I say then, has God cast away his people? &c.] The Alexandrian copy adds here, "whom he foreknew", as in (Romans 11:2).…
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There was a chosen remnant of believing Jews, who had righteousness and life by faith in Jesus Christ. These were kept according to the election of…
13th Century
Catholic
1. After showing that the fall of the Jews is deplorable, though not entirely excusable, the Apostle now shows that it is not universal.
