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Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
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God's Patience Has a Purpose
Commentators unanimously explain that God's 'goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering' are not signs of His approval of sin or His weakness. Instead, these attributes have a clear purpose: to lead people to repentance. Scholars note the Greek implies God's goodness is actively trying to guide a person toward a change of heart and mind, away from self-satisfaction and sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or despisest. This word properly means to treat with contempt, or to treat with neglect. It does not mean here that they prof…
Or despiseth thou? (η καταφρονεισ?). Another alternative, that of scorn of God's kindness (χρηστοτητος, [Reference 2 Corinthians 6…
19th Century
Anglican
Riches.—In this metaphorical sense, with reference to the divine attributes, this word is peculiar to and characteristic of Saint …
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Paul changes his style here as he enters into dialogue with an imagined questioner who has absorbed what was said up to this point and who shows by…
16th Century
Protestant
Do you despise the riches? and so on. It does not seem to me, as some think, that this is an argument conclusive on two grounds (…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness The apostle anticipates an objection against what he had said, taken fr…
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The Jews thought themselves a holy people, entitled to their privileges by right, while they were unthankful, rebellious, and unrighteous. But all …
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that the Gentiles did not become justified from the knowledge of the truth they had, the Apostle now shows that neither wer…
