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us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
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God's Mercy is Personal
Commentators explain that this verse makes the previous discussion about "vessels of mercy" intensely personal. Paul moves from an abstract concept to a concrete group: "us." The recipients of God's glorious mercy are not a theoretical group but the actual believers, the church, whom God has called.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Even us, and so on. See Romans 1:16; Romans 2:10; Romans 3:29, 30.
To prove that the Gentiles might be called…
But also from the Gentiles (αλλα κα εξ εθνων). Paul had already alluded to this fact in 9:6f. (cf. Galatians 3:7–9). No…
19th Century
Anglican
Even us.—So far the form of the sentence had been abstract—“vessels of wrath,” “vessels of glory.” Now the Apostle explains who ar…
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Whom he also called, etc. From the reasoning he has been carrying on until now concerning the freedom of divine election, two things follo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Even us whom he has called From election the apostle proceeds to calling, the fruit and evidence of it, taking the same m…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that God’s grace is given to people as a result of God’s election, through which they are called to grace, the Apostle show…
