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Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn`t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
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Paul directly challenges the exclusive mindset that God belonged only to the Jewish people. Commentators explain that this verse is a logical conclusion to the previous argument: since justification by faith is a universal principle for all sinners, God must therefore be the God of all humanity, not just one ethnic group. His favor is open to everyone on the same terms.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Is he the God, etc. The Jews supposed that he was the God of their nation only, that they only were to be admitted to his favour.…
Of Gentiles also (κα εθνων). Jews overlooked it then and some Christians do now.
19th Century
Anglican
Is he not also.—Insert "or." "Or are we to suppose that God is the God of (literally, belongs to) the Jews only?…
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Baptist
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles?
Yes, of the Gentiles also:
He saved Abraham by fait…
The opening words here suggest that this paragraph is designed especially for Jews, for even though boasting is not confined to them, it has alread…
16th Century
Protestant
Is he the God of the Jews only? The second proposition is that this righteousness belongs no more to the Jews than to the Gentiles. And it…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Is he the God of the Jews only ? &c.] The Jews made their boast of him as such, and would not allow the Gentiles any…
God wills that the great work of the justification and salvation of sinners be carried on from first to last in such a way as to exclude boasting. …
13th Century
Catholic
1. After showing that Jews have no advantage over the Gentiles either regarding sin or righteousness, he now presents his intended conclusio…
