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Romans 11:33 “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! . 19-21. I am a descendant of Abraham and I belong to Benjamin's family group. First, as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall--or, according to what seems the true reading, without the "and"--"He shall" turn away ungodliness from Jacob--The apostle, having drawn his illustrations of man's sinfulness chiefly from Psalms 14:1-7 and Isaiah 59:1-21 , now seems to combine the language of the same two places regarding Israel's salvation from it [BENGEL]. Therefore, we shouldn't regard it as spiritual Israel in Romans 11:26. i. The saints in heaven never dispute, but always praise. they also may obtain mercy--Here is an entirely new idea. Let their eyes be darkened . there is--"there obtains," or "hath remained" a remnant according to the election of grace--"As in Elijah's time the apostasy of Israel was not so universal as it seemed to be, and as he in his despondency concluded it to be, so now, the rejection of Christ by Israel is not so appalling in extent as one would be apt to think: There is now, as there was then, a faithful remnant; not however of persons naturally better than the unbelieving mass, but of persons graciously chosen to salvation." the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness!--that is, their full recovery "If an event so untoward as Israel's fall was the occasion of such unspeakable good to the Gentile world, of how much greater good may we expect an event so blessed as their full recovery to be productive?". Certainly it is not "all mankind individually" [MEYER, ALFORD]; for the apostle is not here dealing with individuals, but with those great divisions of mankind, Jew and Gentile. . lest ye should be wise in your own conceits--as if ye alone were in all time coming to be the family of God. There was a chosen remnant of believing Jews, who had righteousness and life by faith in Jesus Christ. If we stand at all, it is by faith; we are guilty and helpless in ourselves, and are to be humble, watchful, afraid of self-deception, or of being overcome by temptation. 34, 35. God glorifies his grace by changing the hearts and tempers of the rebellious. 36. . (22-32) A solemn adoring of the wisdom, goodness, and justice of God. Conversion is as the grafting in of wild branches into the good olive. (4) God has so ordered His dealings with the great divisions of mankind, "that no flesh should glory in His presence." As concerning the Gospel they are enemies for your sakes--that is, they are regarded and treated as enemies (in a state of exclusion through unbelief, from the family of God) for the benefit of you Gentiles; in the sense of Romans 11:11 Romans 11:15 . The sense, however, is substantially the same in both. Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for--better, "What Israel is in search of (that is, Justification, or acceptance with this he found not; but the election (the elect remnant of Israel) found it, and the rest were hardened," or judicially given over to the "hardness of their own hearts. 14. Romans 10 Romans 12 Chapter 11 The apostle, having reconciled that great truth of the rejection of the Jews with the promise made unto the fathers, is, in this chapter, further labouring to mollify the harshness of it, and to reconcile it to the divine goodness in general. But how forced this is, we shall presently see. A cursory reading of Romans might lead one to think that chapters 9-11 are a tangent or insertion unrelated to the rest of the letter.1 A more careful reading, however, leads to a different conclusion. You must not relinquish this to a commentator. It can only mean the ultimate ingathering of Israel as a nation, in contrast with the present "remnant." of the tribe of Benjamin--( Philippians 3:5 ), that tribe which, on the revolt of the ten tribes, constituted, with Judah, the one faithful kingdom of God ( 1 Kings 12:21 ), and after the captivity was, along with Judah, the kernel of the Jewish nation ( Ezra 4:1 , 10:9 ). The Jews continued branches of this tree till, as a nation, they rejected the Messiah; after that, their relation to Abraham and to God was, as it were, cut off. Romans 11:6, KJV: "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. These include all God's relations to his creatures; if all are of Him, and through Him, all should be to Him, and for Him. John Calvin comments on today’s passage, “The nation had not fallen [so far], so that he who is a Jew must necessarily perish or be alienated from God.” Though the Israel according to the flesh has been resistant to believing in Christ, this will not last forever. What then?--How stands the fact? If then this election was of grace, it could not be of works, either performed or foreseen. now not believed--or, "now been disobedient" that through your mercy--the mercy shown to you. (11-21) The Gentiles cautioned against pride and unbelief, The Jews shall be called as a nation, and brought into God's visible covenant again. The "knowledge," then, points probably to the vast sweep of divine comprehension herein displayed; the "wisdom" to that fitness to accomplish the ends intended, which is stamped on all this procedure. Benson Commentary Romans 11:7-10. Whatever begins, let God's glory be the end: especially let us adore him when we talk of the Divine counsels and actings. WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD. The "fall" of Israel is the "riches of the world. (3) When individuals and communities, after many fruitless warnings, are abandoned of God, they go from bad to worse ( Romans 11:7-10 ). how he maketh intercession--"pleadeth" against Israel--(The word "saying," which follows, as also the particle "and" before "digged down," should be omitted, as without manuscript authority). Of God, as the Spring and Fountain of all; through Christ, to God, as the end. . And if--rather, "But if"; that is, "If notwithstanding this consecration of Abraham's race to God. You, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit are priority in interpretation. and thou, being a wild olive, wert--"wast" grafted in among them--Though it is more usual to graft the superior cutting upon the inferior stem, the opposite method, which is intended here, is not without example. The Jewish nation were as in a deep sleep, without knowledge of their danger, or concern about it; having no sense of their need of the Saviour, or of their being upon the borders of eternal ruin. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Romans 5:1-11 EXEGESIS: ROMANS 5:1-2. Grace (5485) (charis) is God's unmerited favor and supernatural enablement and empowerment for salvation and for daily sanctification. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. (6) God's covenant with Abraham and his natural seed is a perpetual covenant, in equal force under the Gospel as before it. Abraham was as the root of the church. By rejecting the gospel, and by their indignation at its being preached to the Gentiles, the Jews were become enemies to God; yet they are still to be favoured for the sake of their pious fathers. (8) Those who think that in all the evangelical prophecies of the Old Testament the terms "Jacob," "Israel," &c., are to be understood solely of the Christian Church, would appear to read the Old Testament differently from the apostle, who, from the use of those very terms in Old Testament prophecy, draws arguments to prove that God has mercy in store for the natural Israel ( Romans 11:26 Romans 11:27 ). Divine curses will work long; and we have our eyes darkened, if we are bowed down in worldly-mindedness. 22, 23. At the beginning of the letter, Paul states that the gospel is “the power of God for salvation to everyone … Continue reading "Commentary on Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32" It might be said, "Hath God then cast away his people?" And they also--"Yea, and they" if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again--This appeal to the power of God to effect the recovery of His ancient people implies the vast difficulty of it--which all who have ever labored for the conversion of the Jews are made depressingly to feel. In other words, the natural Israel--not "the remnant of them according to the election of grace," but THE NATION, sprung from Abraham according to the flesh--are still an elect people, and as such, "beloved." God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Not merely from ancestral recollections, as one looks with fond interest on the child of a dear friend for that friend's sake [DR. ARNOLD]--a beautiful thought, and not foreign to Scripture, in this very matter (see 2 Chronicles 20:7 , Isaiah 41:8 )--but it is from ancestral connections and obligations, or their lineal descent from and oneness in covenant with the fathers with whom God originally established it. For if God spared not the natural branches--sprung from the parent stem. This conflict is that of the theology of grace and how it relates to God’s relationship with both Jews and Gentiles who had converted to Christianity. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. of the root and fatness of the olive tree--the rich grace secured by covenant to the true seed of Abraham. These things are so directly contrary to each other that they cannot be blended together. 9. The apostle has hitherto dwelt upon the unbelief of the Jews as making way for the faith of the Gentiles--the exclusion of the one occasioning the reception of the other; a truth yielding to generous, believing Gentiles but mingled satisfaction. For--rather, "and" (again); introducing a new quotation. [11] C. K. Barrett, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Harper’s New Testament Commentaries (New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1957), p, 180. 4. seven thousand, that have not bowed the knee to Baal--not "the image of Baal," according to the supplement of our version. There is a distinction between national or ethnic Israel and spiritual Israel. But both are true; they were cast away, though neither totally nor finally, and it is of this partial and temporary rejection that the apostle here speaks. Not that the Jews will be restored to have their priesthood, and temple, and ceremonies again; an end is put to all these; but they are to be brought to believe in Christ, the true become one sheep-fold with the Gentiles, under Christ the Great Shepherd. 18. There is a distinction between national or ethnic Israel and spiritual Israel. Simon (Peter) has described to us how God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself. For if thou wert cut--"wert cut off" from the olive tree, which is wild by nature, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, &c.--This is just the converse of Romans 11:21 : "As the excision of the merely engrafted Gentiles through unbelief is a thing much more to be expected than was the excision of the natural Israel, before it happened; so the restoration of Israel, when they shall be brought to believe in Jesus, is a thing far more in the line of what we should expect, than the admission of the Gentiles to a standing which they never before enjoyed.". 27. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. 1. 5. The former might, beforehand, have been thought very improbable; but, after that, no one can wonder at the latter. But if thou--"do" boast--remember that thou bearest not--"it is not thou that bearest" the root, but the root thee--"If the branches may not boast over the root that bears them, then may not the Gentile boast over the seed of Abraham; for what is thy standing, O Gentile, in relation to Israel, but that of a branch in relation to the root? salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy--Here, as also in Romans 10:19 (quoted from Deuteronomy 32:21 ), we see that emulation is a legitimate stimulus to what is good. (1a) Has God cast away (rejected) His people Israel? ... A Textual Commentary on … What then — What is the conclusion from the whole? All Rights Reserved. Scripture: Romans 11:33–36. Those who know most in this imperfect state, feel their own weakness most. These were kept according to the election of grace. The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. Therefore, we shouldn’t regard it as spiritual Israel in Romans 11:26. i. In a sense believers are called to be both God's family (NT) and servants (OT). The wild olive was often ingrafted into the fruitful one when it began to decay, and this not only brought forth fruit, but caused the decaying olive to revive and flourish. Romans 11 – The Restoration of Israel A. Israel and the remnant of grace. Even so have these--the Jews. 1 So, I ask this: ‘Has God turned away from his people?’ No, certainly, he has not done that! Mar 28, 2004. The Divine counsels are complete; they have not only depth and height, but breadth and length, Ephesians 3:18, and that passing knowledge. Although philosophical overtures of theodicy are disclaimed by Nygren and Gaugler, 9-11 from this perspective is a vindication of God’s ways in dealing with men through the gospel. The apostle Paul knew the mysteries of the kingdom of God as well as ever any man; yet he confesses himself at a loss; and despairing to find the bottom, he humbly sits down at the brink, and adores the depth. This is the "remnant, even at this present time, according to the election of grace," of which the apostle, in the first part of the chapter, had cited himself as one. Romans 11 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is one of the most respected interdenominational commentaries ever written. The captivities of Israel, their dispersion, and their being shut out from the church, are emblems of the believer's corrections for doing wrong; and the continued care of the Lord towards that people, and the final mercy and blessed restoration intended for them, show the patience and love of God. they are beloved--even in their state of exclusion for the fathers' sakes. All rights reserved. if thou continue in his goodness--in believing dependence on that pure goodness which made thee what thou art. Each of us must walk in the light we have. © 2020 Christianity.com. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? … And whereas the prophet announces that He "shall come to (or, 'for') them that turn from transgression in Jacob," while the apostle makes Him say that He shall come "to turn away ungodliness from Jacob," this is taken from the Septuagint version, and seems to indicate a different reading of the original text. And lest any should say that though Israel, as a nation, has no destiny at all under the Gospel, but as a people disappeared from the stage when the middle wall of partition was broken down, yet the Abrahamic covenant still endures in the spiritual seed of Abraham, made up of Jews and Gentiles in one undistinguished mass of redeemed men under the Gospel--the apostle, as if to preclude that supposition, expressly states that the very Israel who, as concerning the Gospel, are regarded as "enemies for the Gentiles' sakes," are "beloved for the fathers' sakes"; and it is in proof of this that he adds, "For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance." From Israel hath come all that thou art and hast in the family of God; for "salvation is of the Jews" ( John 4:22 ). but toward thee, goodness--"God's goodness" is the true reading, that is, His sovereign goodness in admitting thee to a covenant standing who before wert a "stranger to the covenants of promise" ( Ephesians 2:12-20 ). What man shall teach God how to govern the world? Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them that fell, severity--in rejecting the chosen seed. I consider myself to be a slave of *Christ Jesus. In Romans Chapter 11, Paul describes a conflict that began with the early Christian church and is still at work today. 33. when I shall take away their sins--This, we believe, is rather a brief summary of Jeremiah 31:31-34 than the express words of any prediction, Those who believe that there are no predictions regarding the literal Israel in the Old Testament, that stretch beyond the end of the Jewish economy, are obliged to view these quotations by the apostle as mere adaptations of Old Testament language to express his own predictions [ALEXANDER on Isaiah, &c.]. I say then, has God cast away His people? of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God--Many able expositors render this, "of the riches and wisdom and knowledge," &c. [ERASMUS, GROTIUS, BENGEL, MEYER, DE WETTE, THOLUCK, OLSHAUSEN, FRITZSCHE, PHILIPPI, ALFORD, Revised Version]. 1. All things in heaven and earth, especially those which relate to our salvation, that belong to our peace, are all of him by way of creation, through him by way of providence, that they may be to him in their end. Romans 11 Commentary - The Gospel and Israel's Salvation Romans 11:18 Future Israel (433 pages) - Why Christian Anti-Judaism Must Be Challenged INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TESTAMENT Romans 11 Commentary - Sanday and Headlam Greeting 1:1-7. v1 From Paul. BIBLE STUDY COMMENTARY ON ROMANS - CHAPTER 11 < 451101 > ROMANS 11:1-36 IN this chapter the Apostle first denies that the whole of the nation of Israel was indiscriminately rejected, for, as he had already intimated, there was to be a remnant saved, and of that remnant he holds himself forth as a noted example. I myself belong to Israel's people. 30, 31. Paul makes this clear in Galatians 3:7 and other passages. Gentile and Jew have each in turn been "shut up to unbelief," that each in turn may experience the "mercy" which saves the chief of sinners ( Romans 11:11-32 ). of And David saith--( Psalms 69:23 ), which in such a Messianic psalm must be meant of the rejecters of Christ. SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED--THE ULTIMATE INBRINGING OF ALL ISRAEL, TO BE, WITH THE GENTILES, ONE KINGDOM OF GOD ON THE EARTH. 7-10. Every truly good disposition in a fallen creature must be the effect, therefore it cannot be the cause, of the grace of God bestowed on him. this is my covenant with them--literally, "this is the covenant from me unto them." God forbid. Be not high-minded, but fear--( Proverbs 28:14 , Philippians 2:12 ): 21. for I also am an Israelite--See Philippians 3:5 , and so a living witness to the contrary. The very same love which chose the fathers, and rested on the fathers as a parent stem of the nation, still rests on their descendants at large, and will yet recover them from unbelief, and reinstate them in the family of God. Both these, says the apostle, are irrevocable; and as the point for which he refers to this at all is the final destiny of the Israelitish nation, it is clear that the perpetuity through all time of the Abrahamic covenant is the thing here affirmed. How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!” Explanation and Commentary of Romans 11:33. Oh, the depth, &c.--The apostle now yields himself up to the admiring contemplation of the grandeur of that divine plan which he had sketched out. . Yet here the apostle teaches that, in two respects, Israel was not "cast away"; First, Not totally; Second, Not finally. And as believing Gentiles will be honored to be the instruments of this stupendous change, so shall the vast Gentile world reap such benefit from it, that it shall be like the communication of life to them from the dead. But here he manifestly speaks of something not then existing, but to be looked forward to as a great future event in the economy of God, the reingrafting of the nation as such, when they "abide not in unbelief." David, having by the Spirit foretold the sufferings of Christ from his own people, the Jews, foretells the dreadful judgments of God upon them for it, Psalm 69. Introduction 1:1-17. Romans 11:5 "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace." 24. I may provoke, &c. my flesh--Compare Isaiah 58:7 . John Piper Mar 21, 2004 318 Shares Sermon. 2-4. Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him--"and shall have recompense made to him" again--see Job 35:7 , 41:11 . He has not turned against them now. … And what he here says is that God's purpose was to shut each of these divisions of men to the experience first of an humbled, condemned state, without Christ, and then to the experience of His mercy in Christ. so the branches--The Israelites were required to offer to God the first-fruits of the earth--both in their raw state, in a sheaf of newly reaped grain ( Leviticus 23:10 Leviticus 23:11 ), and in their prepared state, made into cakes of dough ( Numbers 15:19-21 )--by which the whole produce of that season was regarded as hallowed. 10. For I would not . God hath given--"gave" them the spirit of slumber--"stupor" unto this day--"this present day.". 26, 27. (So THOLUCK, MEYER, DE WETTE, PHILIPPI, ALFORD, HODGE). This establishes our view of the argument on Election in Romans 9:1-29 , as not being an election of Gentiles in the place of Jews, and merely to religious advantages, but a sovereign choice of some of Israel itself, from among others, to believe and be saved. Salem Media Group. ", 8. as it is written--( Isaiah 29:10 , Deuteronomy 29:4 ). The restoration of the Jews is, in the course of things, far less improbable than the call of the Gentiles to be the children of Abraham; and though others now possess these privileges, it will not hinder their being admitted again. It isn't "spiritual Israel" in Romans 11:25, because that Israel is spiritually blind. And so all Israel shall be saved--To understand this great statement, as some still do, merely of such a gradual inbringing of individual Jews, that there shall at length remain none in unbelief, is to do manifest violence both to it and to the whole context. Commentary on Romans 11:11-21 (Read Romans 11:11-21) The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. This is a worshipful moment in the letter of Paul to the Romans. Amen--Thus worthily--with a brevity only equalled by its sublimity--does the apostle here sum up this whole matter. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. For--"But" if the first-fruit be holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root . through their fall--literally, "trespass," but here best rendered "false step" [DE WETTE]; not "fall," as in our version. There is not only depth in the Divine counsels, but riches; abundance of that which is precious and valuable. 23. 1 Being therefore justified (Greek: dikaiothentes—from dikaioo) by faith, we have peace (Greek: eirenen) with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; 2 through whom we also have our access (Greek: prosagogen) by faith into this grace in which we stand. Well--"Be it so, but remember that" because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest--not as a Gentile, but solely by faith--But as faith cannot live in those "whose soul is lifted up" ( Habakkuk 2:4 ). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 11:11-21 The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. but as touching, the election--of Abraham and his seed. Individual Jews have been at all times admissible, and have been admitted, to the Church through the gate of faith in the Lord Jesus. Romans 11:12. These questions, it will thus be seen, are just quotations from the Old Testament, as if to show how familiar to God's ancient people was the great truth which the apostle himself had just uttered, that God's plans and methods in the dispensation of His Grace have a reach of comprehension and wisdom stamped upon them which finite mortals cannot fathom, much less could ever have imagined, before they were disclosed. 13, 14. 25. The general position here laid down is of vital importance: That there are but two possible sources of salvation--men's works, and God's grace; and that these are so essentially distinct and opposite, that salvation cannot be of any combination or mixture of both, but must be wholly either of the one or of the other. Multitudes were made heirs of Abraham's faith, holiness and blessedness. 35. For the gifts and calling--"and the calling" of God are without repentance--"not to be," or "cannot be repented of." yet now have obtained mercy through--by occasion of their. Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. 11. of the seed of Abraham--of pure descent from the father of the faithful. “I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy,” He said, “And I will have compassion upon whom I will have compassion.” (Exodus 33:19).When they finished, James spoke up: “Brothers, listen to me. FIRST, Israel is not wholly cast away. It isn’t “spiritual Israel” in Romans 11:25, because that Israel is spiritually blind. How then should they wonder and praise him! I say then, Hath--"Did" God cast away his people? Romans 11:7-8 “What then? In the one place the Psalmist longs to see the "salvation of Israel coming out of Zion" ( Psalms 14:7 ); in the other, the prophet announces that "the Redeemer (or, 'Deliverer') shall come to (or 'for') Zion" ( Isaiah 59:20 ). Romans 11:31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. take heed lest he also spare not thee--a mere wild graft. Thou wilt say then--as a plea for boasting. Now, opening a more cheering prospect, he speaks of the mercy shown to the Gentiles as a means of Israel's recovery; which seems to mean that it will be by the instrumentality of believing Gentiles that Israel as a nation is at length to "look on Him whom they have pierced and mourn for Him," and so to "obtain mercy." Boast not against the--rejected branches. But this is to confound the two things which the apostle carefully distinguishes. The rejection of the Jews is not universal. It is the natural state of every one of us, to be wild by nature. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom--"to Him" be glory for ever. God hath--"did" not cast away his people--that is, wholly which he foreknew--On the word "foreknew," Wot--that is, "Know" ye not that the scripture saith of--literally, "in," that is, in the section which relates to Elias? But as all the glorious manifestations of Israel's God were regarded as issuing out of Zion, as the seat of His manifested glory ( Psalms 20:2 , 110:2 , Isaiah 31:9 ), the turn which the apostle gives to the words merely adds to them that familiar idea. That intelligent expositors should think that this was meant of individual Jews, reintroduced from time to time into the family of God on their believing on the Lord Jesus, is surprising; and yet those who deny the national recovery of Israel must and do so interpret the apostle. (33-36). . Romans 11:6, ESV: "But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace." The words will certainly bear this sense, "the depth of God's riches." Compiled & Edited by BibleStudyTools Staff, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The Gentiles, of free grace, had been grafted in to share advantages. Romans 11:1 “I say then, Hath God cast away his people? Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 31. The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. Now if the fall of them--"But if their trespass," or "false step" be the riches of the--Gentile world--as being the occasion of their accession to Christ. and bow down their back alway--expressive either of the decrepitude, or of the servile condition, to come on the nation through the just judgment of God. For if the casting away of them--The apostle had denied that they were east away ( Romans 11:1 ); here he affirms it. Romans 11:1-36 . From God, to God, Through God. 2 God chose who would be his people from the beginning. Not only are we at first justified by faith, but kept to the end in that justified state by faith only; yet, by a faith which is not alone, but which worketh by love to God and man. that blindness--"hardness" in part is happened to--"hath come upon" Israel--that is, hath come partially, or upon a portion of Israel. Israel’s Rejection Not Total. "OF Him are all things," as their eternal Source: "THROUGH HIM are all things," inasmuch as He brings all to pass which in His eternal counsels He purposed: "To Him are all things," as being His own last End; the manifestation of the glory of His own perfections being the ultimate, because the highest possible, design of all His procedure from first to last. Though at present they are enemies to the gospel, for their hatred to the Gentiles; yet, when God's time is come, that will no longer exist, and God's love to their fathers will be remembered. OT election was for service, while NT election is for salvation (check your concordance!). . God forbid--Our Lord did indeed announce that … (So LUTHER, CALVIN, BEZA, HODGE, &c.). A parenthesis called to be both God romans 11 commentary favour `` beloved for the fathers '?. 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