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who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;
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Israel's Unparalleled Privileges
Commentators unanimously explain that Paul is listing Israel's unique, God-given privileges. These include national "adoption" as God's chosen people, the "glory" of God's visible presence (the Shekinah), the "covenants" with the patriarchs, the divine "giving of the law" at Sinai, the prescribed temple "service" (worship), and the Messianic "promises."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Who are Israelites. Descended from Israel, or Jacob; honored by having such an ancestor, and by bearing a name so distinguished as that of…
Who (οιτινες). The very ones who, inasmuch as they.
Israelites (Ισραηλειτα). Covenant name of the chosen p…
19th Century
Anglican
The adoption.—They are the theocratic people, the people whom God had, as it were, adopted to Himself, and taken into the special …
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Baptist
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and t…
Paul goes on to cite the spiritual heritage of his nation that he shares with them. He avoids the term “Jews” in v.4, for that term ordinarily stre…
16th Century
Protestant
Who are Israelites, etc. Here the reason is now more plainly given why the destruction of that people caused him so much anguish that he w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Who are Israelites Which were their national name, as descended from Jacob, whose name was Israel; and it was accoun…
Being about to discuss the rejection of the Jews and the calling of the Gentiles, and to show that this all aligns with the sovereign electing love…
13th Century
Catholic
Having shown the need and power of grace, the Apostle begins to discuss the origin of grace, asking whether it is conferred solely by God…
