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Romans, Epistle to the - This epistle was probably written at Corinth. Phoebe (Rom. 16:1) of Cenchrea conveyed it to Rome, and Gaius of Corinth entertained the apostle at the time of his writing it (16:23; 1 Cor. 1:14), and Erastus was chamberlain of the city, i.e., of Corinth (2 Tim. 4:20).
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Romans 9:1 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
Romans 9:2 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
Romans 9:3 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Romans 9:4 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] 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 the promises;
Romans 9:5 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Romans 9:6 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Romans 9:7 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Romans 9:8 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Romans 9:9 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
Romans 9:10 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
Romans 9:11 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
Romans 9:12 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
Romans 9:13 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Romans 9:14 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Romans 9:15 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Romans 9:16 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Romans 9:17 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Romans 9:18 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Romans 9:19 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Romans 9:20 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] 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 thus?
Romans 9:21 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Romans 9:22 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Romans 9:23 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
Romans 9:24 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Romans 9:25 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Romans 9:26 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Romans 9:27 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Romans 9:28 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Romans 9:29 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
Romans 9:30 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
Romans 9:31 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Romans 9:32 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Romans 9:33 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
