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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Romans 11

Chapter 11

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Hath God

1 Samuel 12:22 2 Kings 23:27 Psalms 77:7 89:31-37 94:14 Jeremiah 31:36,37 Jeremiah 33:24-26 Hosea 9:17 Amos 9:8,9

God forbid

3:4

For I also

9:3 Acts 22:3 26:4 2 Corinthians 11:22 Philippians 3:5

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

which he foreknew

8:29,30 9:6,23 Acts 13:48 15:18 1 Peter 1:2

Wot

Genesis 44:15 Exodus 32:1 Acts 3:17 7:40 Philippians 1:22

of Elias? Gr

in Elias? Or, by Elias; [en (eÕn)] corresponding to the Hebrew [bet] not infrequently having this signification.

Nehemiah 9:30 Luke 4:1 1 Corinthians 6:2 Hebrews 1:1

how he maketh

Or "how he addresses God respecting Israel;" having frequently this meaning. (See 1 Co 15:15.)

Numbers 16:15 Jeremiah 18:19-23 John 4:1-3,11

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

Lord

1 Kings 18:4,13 19:10-18 Nehemiah 9:26 Jeremiah 2:30

digged

1 Kings 18:30,31

But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

I have reserved

1 Kings 19:18

Baal

Numbers 25:3 Deuteronomy 4:3 Judges 2:13 1 Kings 16:31 2 Kings 10:19,20 Jeremiah 19:5 Hosea 2:8 Hosea 13:1 Zephaniah 1:4

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

at this present

6,7 9:27

election of grace

The election which proceeds from the mercy and goodness of God.

28 9:11 Ephesians 1:5,6

And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

And if

3:27,28 4:4,5 5:20,21 Deuteronomy 9:4-6 1 Corinthians 15:10 Galatians 2:21 5:4 Ephesians 2:4-9 2 Timothy 1:9 Titus 3:5

otherwise work

That is, it loses its character, or nature,--that of claiming reward as a matter of right.

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

3:9 6:15 1 Corinthians 10:19 Philippians 1:18

Israel

9:31,32 10:3 Proverbs 1:28 Luke 13:24 Hebrews 12:17

but the election

That is, the elect, the abstract being used for the concrete. So the Jews or the circumcised people, are called Israel, or the circumcision.

5 8:28-30 9:23 Ephesians 1:4 2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 1 Peter 1:2

and the rest

Isaiah 6:10 44:18 Matthew 13:14,15 John 12:40 2 Corinthians 3:14 4:4 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

blinded

or, hardened.

9:18

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

God

Isaiah 29:10

slumber

or, remorse. eyes.

Deuteronomy 29:4 Isaiah 6:9 Jeremiah 5:21 Ezekiel 12:2 Mark 4:11,12 Luke 8:10 Acts 28:26

unto this day

2 Kings 17:34,41 2 Corinthians 3:14,15

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

David saith

Psalms 69:22,23

their table

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 32:13-15 1 Samuel 25:36-38 Job 20:20-23 Proverbs 1:32 Isaiah 8:13,14 Luke 12:20 16:19-25 1 Timothy 6:17-19

a recompence

Deuteronomy 32:35 Psalms 28:4 Isaiah 59:18 66:9 Hebrews 2:2

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

their eyes

8 1:21 Psalms 69:23 Zechariah 11:17 Ephesians 4:18 2 Peter 2:4,17 Jude 1:6,13

and bow

Deuteronomy 28:64-68 Isaiah 51:23 65:12

I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

Have they stumbled

Ezekiel 18:23,32 33:11

but rather

12,31 Acts 13:42,46-48 18:6 22:18-21 28:24-28

for

14 10:19

to provoke them to jealousy

Rather "to provoke (or excite) them to emulation," [parazeloo (parazhlo/w)] as it is rendered.

Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

the world

15,33 9:23 Ephesians 3:8 Colossians 1:27

diminishing

decay, or, loss. their.

25 Isaiah 11:11-16 12:1-6 60:1-22 66:8-20 Micah 4:1,2 5:7 Zechariah 2:11 Zechariah 8:20-23 Revelation 11:15-19

For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

the apostle

15:16-19 Acts 9:15 13:2 22:21 26:17,18 Galatians 1:16 2:2,7-9 Ephesians 3:8 1 Timothy 2:7 2 Timothy 1:11,12 I magnify mine office. Rather, "I honour my ministry," [diakonia (1248) mou (3450) doxazo (1392).]

If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

by

1 Corinthians 7:16 9:20-22 2 Timothy 2:10

provoke

my

9:3 Philemon 1:12

might

1 Corinthians 7:16 1 Timothy 4:16 James 5:20

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

the casting

1,2,11,12

the reconciling

5:10 Daniel 9:24 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 Ephesians 1:10 Colossians 1:20,21

but

Ezekiel 37:1-14 Revelation 11:11 20:4-6

For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

if the first-fruit

Exodus 22:29 23:16,19 Leviticus 23:10 Numbers 15:17-21 Deuteronomy 18:4 26:10 Nehemiah 10:35-37 Proverbs 3:9 Ezekiel 44:30 James 1:18 Revelation 14:4

and if

17 Genesis 17:7 Jeremiah 2:21 1 Corinthians 7:14

And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

some

Psalms 80:11-16 Isaiah 6:13 27:11 Jeremiah 11:16 Ezekiel 15:6-8 Matthew 8:11,12 Matthew 21:43 John 15:6

being

Acts 2:39 Galatians 2:15 Ephesians 2:11-13 3:6 Colossians 2:13

among them

or, for them. and with.

Deuteronomy 8:8 Judges 9:8,9 Psalms 52:8 Zechariah 4:3 Jonah 1:16 Revelation 11:4

Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

Boast not

20 3:27 1 Kings 20:11 Proverbs 16:18 Matthew 26:33 Luke 18:9-11 1 Corinthians 10:12

thou bearest

4:16 Zechariah 8:20-23 John 10:16 Galatians 3:29 Ephesians 2:19,20

Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

that

11,12,17,23,24

Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

Well

John 4:17,18 James 2:19

because

3:3 Acts 13:46,47 18:6 Hebrews 3:12,19 4:6,11

and

5:1,2 2 Chronicles 20:20 Isaiah 7:9 1 Corinthians 16:13 2 Corinthians 1:24 Colossians 2:7 1 Peter 5:9,12

Be

18 12:16 Psalms 138:6 Proverbs 28:26 Isaiah 2:11,17 Habakkuk 2:4 Zephaniah 3:11 Luke 18:14 2 Corinthians 10:5 2 Thessalonians 2:4 2 Timothy 3:3-5 James 4:6 1 Peter 5:5,6 Revelation 3:17 Revelation 18:7

but

Proverbs 28:14 Isaiah 66:2 1 Corinthians 10:12 Philippians 2:12 Hebrews 4:1 1 Peter 1:17

For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

if God

17,19 8:32 Jeremiah 25:29 49:12 1 Corinthians 10:1-12 2 Peter 2:4-9 Jude 1:5

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

therefore

2:4,5 9:22,23 Numbers 14:18-22 Deuteronomy 32:39-43 Joshua 23:15,16 Psalms 58:10,11 Psalms 78:49-52 136:15-22 Isaiah 66:14

severity

The term severity [apotomia (a)potomiða)] from [apo (a)po/)] from, and [temno] to cut off, properly denotes excision, cutting off, as the gardener cuts off, with a pruning knife, dead boughs, or luxuriant stems.

if thou

2:7 Luke 8:15 John 8:31 15:4-10 Acts 11:23 14:22 1 Corinthians 15:2 Galatians 6:9 1 Thessalonians 3:5,8 Hebrews 3:6,14 10:23,35-39 1 John 2:19 Jude 1:20,21

otherwise

Ezekiel 3:20 18:24 33:17-19 Matthew 3:9,10 John 15:2 Revelation 2:5

And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

Zechariah 12:10 Matthew 23:39 2 Corinthians 3:16

For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?

17,18,30

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

I would

Psalms 107:43 Hosea 14:9 1 Corinthians 10:1 12:1 2 Peter 3:8

this

16:25 Ephesians 3:3,4,9 Revelation 10:7

lest

12:16 Proverbs 3:5-7 26:12,16 Isaiah 5:21

blindness

or, hardness.

7,8 2 Corinthians 3:14-16

until

Psalms 22:27 72:8-14,17 127:1 Isaiah 2:1-8 60:1-22 66:18-23 Micah 4:1,2 Zechariah 8:20-23 14:9-21 Luke 21:24 Revelation 7:9 11:15 20:2-4

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

all

Isaiah 11:11-16 45:17 54:6-10 Jeremiah 3:17-23 30:17-22 31:31-37 Jeremiah 32:37-41 33:24-26 Ezekiel 34:22-31 37:21-28 39:25-29 Ezekiel 40:1-48 Hosea 3:5 Joel 3:16-21 Amos 9:14,15 Micah 7:15-20 Zephaniah 3:12-20 Zechariah 10:6-12

There

Psalms 14:7 106:47 Isaiah 59:20

and shall

Matthew 1:21 Acts 3:26 Titus 2:14

For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

this

Isaiah 55:3 59:21 Jeremiah 31:31-34 32:38-40 Hebrews 8:8-12 10:16

when

Isaiah 27:9 43:25 Jeremiah 50:20 Ezekiel 36:25-29 Hosea 14:2 John 1:29

As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.

are enemies

11,30 Matthew 21:43 Acts 13:45,46 14:2 18:6 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16

but

7 Isaiah 41:8,9

are beloved

Genesis 26:4 28:14 Leviticus 26:40-42 Deuteronomy 4:31 7:7,8 8:18 9:5 10:15 Psalms 105:8-11 Jeremiah 31:3 Micah 7:20 Luke 1:54,68-75

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

Numbers 23:19 Hosea 13:14 Malachi 3:6

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

as ye

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Ephesians 2:1,2,12,13,19-21 Colossians 3:7 Titus 3:3-7

believed

or, obeyed. obtained.

31 1 Corinthians 7:25 2 Corinthians 4:1 1 Timothy 1:18 1 Peter 2:10

through

Verse 31

Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

believed

or, obeyed.

10:16 11:15,25

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

God

3:9,22 Galatians 3:22

concluded them all

or, shut them all up together.

John 1:7 12:32 1 Timothy 2:4-6

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

the depth

Psalms 107:8-43 Proverbs 25:3 Ephesians 3:18

riches

2:4 9:23 Ephesians 1:7 2:7 3:8,10,16 Colossians 1:27 2:2,3

how

Job 5:9 9:10 11:7-9 26:14 33:13 37:19,23 Psalms 36:6 40:5 77:19 Psalms 92:5 97:2 Ecclesiastes 3:11 Daniel 4:35

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

Job 15:8 36:22 Isaiah 40:13 Jeremiah 23:18 1 Corinthians 2:16

Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

Job 35:7 41:11 Matthew 20:15 1 Corinthians 4:7

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

of him

1 Chronicles 29:11,12 Psalms 33:6 Proverbs 16:4 Daniel 2:20-23 4:3,34 Matthew 6:13 Acts 17:25,26,28 1 Corinthians 8:6 Ephesians 4:6-10 Colossians 1:15-17 Revelation 21:6

to whom

Gr. to him.

16:27 Psalms 29:1,2 96:7,8 115:1 Isaiah 42:12 Luke 2:14 19:38 Galatians 1:5 Ephesians 3:21 Philippians 4:20 1 Timothy 1:17 6:16 2 Timothy 4:18 Hebrews 13:21 1 Peter 5:11 2 Peter 3:18 Jude 1:25 Revelation 1:5,6 4:10,11 5:12-14 7:10 19:1,6,7