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A Call to Humility
Commentators emphasize that Paul's first response isn't a detailed explanation but a powerful rebuke: "O man, who are you...?" This question is designed to humble the reader, reminding us of our status as finite, created beings before an infinite Creator. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill note that it's inappropriate and arrogant for us, with our limited understanding, to sit in judgment of God's sovereign plans. The proper response is reverence, not argument.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 9:20
18th Century
Theologian
Nay but, O man, etc. To this objection the apostle replies in two ways: first, by asserting the sovereignty of God and affirming that He h…
AT Robertson
On Romans 9:20
Nay, but, O man, who art thou? (Ο ανθρωπε, μεν ουν γε συ τις ει?). "O man, but surely thou who art thou?" Unusual and emphatic ord…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 9:20
19th Century
Bishop
Nay but, O man.—The answer is not so much a solution to the intellectual difficulty, as an appeal to the religious sense…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 9:20–25
19th Century
Preacher
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 9:20
As he continues the review of God’s sovereign activity, Paul presents another problem. If God acts unilaterally, according to his own will and purp…
John Calvin
On Romans 9:20
16th Century
Theologian
But, O man, who are you? etc. As it is a participle in Greek, we may read what follows in the present tense, who disputes, or con…
John Gill
On Romans 9:20
17th Century
Pastor
Nay, but O man, who are you that repliest against God ? &c.] Or "answerest again to God": some have been so weak and wick…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 9:14–24
17th Century
Minister
Whatever God does, must be just. The way in which the holy, happy people of God differ from others, God's grace alone makes them differ. In this pr…