Or call 1-800-MY-APPLE. Greek. 1897. The reader will observe that this term belongs to engrafting: often, in this operation, a part of a branch is cut off; in that part which remains in connection with the tree a little slit is made, and then a small twig or branch taken from another tree is, at its lower end, shaved thin, wedge-like, and then inserted in the cleft, after which the whole is tied together, clayed round, etc., and the bark unites to bark; and the stock and the scion become thus one tree, the juices of the whole stock circulating through the tubes of the newly-inserted twig; and thus both live, though the branch inserted bears a very different fruit from that which the parent stock bore. Charles Schribner's Sons. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/romans-11.html. Christians do not merit the favor of God by their faith and good works; but their obedience is an indispensable condition on which that favor is to be continued. If thou continue in his goodness - in believing dependence on that pure goodness which made thee what thou art: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 29For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 8 (70), p. 140 P., understands χρηστότης, in ἐὰν ἐπιμείνῃς τῇ χρηστότητι, of the χρηστότης of men ( τουτέστι τῇ εἰς χριστὸν πίστει), θεοῦ may have been a marginal gloss to guard against this mistake, and may have found its way into the text, misplaced. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ice/romans-11.html. "Commentary on Romans 11:22". Ἁποτομία severityonly here in the New Testament. 1835. 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. The moral idea is that of peremptoriness, inexorableness; in Greek writers it is contrasted with ἡμερότης, τὸ ἐπιεικές, πρᾳότης. Then other buds from bearing trees we take; Inserted thus, the wounded rind we close. Romans 11:22. BibliographyClarke, Adam. God's attribute of invariable righteousness undergirds the blunt warning here; and that warning is: all of the Father's promises to sinners saved by grace are conditioned upon their continuation in his loving service. With dat., Romans 6:1; Philippians 1:24; Colossians 1:23; 1 Timothy 4:16 only. 22. ἴδε οὖν. [Romans 3:21-28, 4:3-11, 5:1,12-19, 8:3,4, 10:4, Galatians 2:16, 3:24, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 3:8,9, Titus 3:5-7] BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on Romans 11:22". Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. The greatest obstacle in the way of the Jews' conversion to Christianity, it is to be feared, lies in the wicked and scandalous lives of those that call themselves Christians. Follow Desiring God on Twitter. As, therefore, the continuance of the Gentiles as the Church and people of God depends upon their interest in the Abrahamic covenant, the blessings of which they derive through the medium of the Jews, they should be grateful to God, and tolerant to those through whom they have received such blessings. The word is a strong one, as if the branch were taken off with a sudden stroke of the axe. The next argument is taken from the condition upon which the Gentiles hold their present standing in the favour and grace of God; namely, If they continue in his goodness; that is, if they walk worthy of this favour from God, and suitably to such a kind and gracious dispensation; otherwise they, the Gentiles, shall be cut off and cast away, as well as the stubborn and unbelieving Jews. To get what Romans 11:22 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. and, oh, the obstinace and misery of this hard hearted people! Behold then God’s goodness and severity, sc., in the case of the Gentiles and Jews as now before us. The one is according to the order of nature, but the other is against and contrary to nature.". The Jewish tree does not bring forth proper fruit; but it will answer well to ingraft a proper fruit-bearing tree on. Romans 11:22. 1897-1910. The Jews lost their standing because they had come to believe that it was indefectible, and independent of moral conditions; and if the Gentiles commit the same mistake they will incur the same doom. "Behold"-"fix your gaze" (Mon); "Consider both" (Mof). In relation to them the favor of God was dependent on their fidelity. "The Bible Study New Testament". And as, in the case of grafting, the prosperity of the engrafted scion depends on the existence of the parent stock, so the continuance of the Gentiles in this state of favor, (following the metaphor), in a certain way depends on the continuance of the Jewish people: and they are preserved, as so many scions which are in process of time to be engrafted on the Gentiles; and thus the Gentiles shall become the means of salvation to the Jews, as the Jews have been the means of salvation to the Gentiles. It is, besides, sufficiently supported. Preeminent among all of the attributes God has revealed concerning himself, the quality of his everlasting goodness stands out, not in the sense of being more than other qualities of God, but in the sense of being most frequently stressed and emphasized in the word of God. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.BibliographyBarnes, Albert. Well, these verses were written to a local congregation. The divine goodness is not a weak and vacillating namby-pambyism, which is as revolting and disgusting as it is untrue of that divinity which gave us birth. The goodness and the severity of God (χρηστοτητα και αποτομιαν τεου — chrēstotēta kai apotomian theou). BibliographyHaldane, Robert. Romans 11:22-23 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. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus —Romans 3:23-24 Man was created as God’s image-bearer to reflect His glory. 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. On them that fell; the unbelieving Jews, the figure of the branches being dropped for the moment. 1874-1909. The word “goodness” properly denotes benignity or benevolence. The statement . Should judgment come on what is termed Christendom for its failure to abide in God’s goodness, the cutting off will be final; no promise remains as in the case of the Jewish nation; see next verse. And on this principle, God has acted in numberless cases. And the word “goodness” may denote integrity, probity, uprightness, as well as favor; Romans 3:12, “There is none that doeth good.” The Septuagint often thus uses the word; Psalm 13:1, Psalm 13:3, etc. C. Often withdrawn from members, or their relatives argue that God is a lot more merciful than the local congregation. It is but too clear to any one who has eyes to see, that our Gentile Christendom has now reached the point here foreseen by St. Paul. fut. Okay Meets His Maker (Romans 2:1-16) God Plays No Favorites (Romans 3:27-31) Where Grace and Wrath Meet: What the Cross Meant to God (Romans 3:24-26) The Only Way to Be Right With God (Romans 3:21-26) The Man in the Mirror (Romans 3:9-20) Where Grace and Wrath Meet (Romans 3:24-26) I Object! The argument runs thus: "If the Gentiles, which were a kind of wild scion into a good stock; how much more shall the Jews, which are the natural branches of the good olive, be graffed again into their own olive-tree, to which they formerly did belong! John Piper Feb 15, 2004 43 Shares Sermon. The Gentiles, however, are to take care that the restoration of the Jews be not at their expense; as their calling and election were at the expense of the Jews: the latter being cut off, that the former might be grafted in, Romans 11:19. If they became disobedient and unbelieving, then the same principle which led him to withdraw his mercy from the Jewish people would lead also to their rejection and exclusion. ; Fausset, A. R.; Brown, David. Behold therefore (posito, that thou enterest into the feeling prompted by the last verse) the goodness and the severity (no allusion to ἀποτέμνω in its literal sense) of God:—towards those who fell (see on Romans 11:11). In John Piper’s longest and most memorable sermon series, he tracks the magisterial epistle of the apostle Paul to the Romans — the greatest letter ever written. The effect which the consideration of these dispensations of God should produce, is gratitude and fear. The first is taken from the example of God’s, severity to the Jews; they falling into apostacy and unbelief, are generally cut off and cast away. Instead of the accusatives ἀποτομίαν and χρηστότητα, Lachmann and Tischendorf read ἀποτομία and χρηστότης. Goodness and severity ( χρηστότητα καὶ ἀποτομίαν ). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tcc/romans-11.html. 1905. Scripture: Romans 11:17–24. 1870. In relation to them the favor of God was dependent on their fidelity. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity - in rejecting the chosen seed [ apotomia (Greek #663) appears to be the true reading, not - apotomian (Greek #663)]. Which he foreknew - The word "foreknew" is expressive not merely of foreseeing a thing, but implies in this place a previous purpose or plan; see the note at Romans 8:29.The meaning of the passage is simply, God has not cast off those whom he had before purposed or designed to be his people. For whence comes so great licentiousness on curious questions, except that we almost neglect to consider those things which ought to have duly taught us humility? Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures. ἐπιμένῃς. The consideration of both the grace and kindness of God to some, and his severity or strict justice towards others, is recommended by the apostle as very proper to abate pride, vain glory, and haughtiness of spirit; and to engage to humility, fear, care, and caution; on them which fell, severity: the Jews who stumbled at Christ and his Gospel, and fell by unbelief, God in strict justice and righteous judgment not only destroyed, as afterwards their nation, city, and temple, and scattered them abroad in the world to be a reproach, a proverb, a taunt, and a curse in all places; but cast them off as his people, broke his covenant with them, took away his Gospel from them, left them out of a Gospel church state, except a few, and gave up the generality of them to blindness and hardness of heart; so that wrath is come upon them to the uttermost, both with respect to things civil and religious, and they continue as living standing monuments of God's severity and justice, to be beheld by us Gentiles with pity and concern, and to excite in us the fear of God, and caution as to our conduct and behaviour in the world, and in the church: but towards thee, goodness; the Gentiles, who not only share in the goodness and grace of God, displayed in the election of many of them to eternal life, in their redemption by Christ, and the effectual calling of them by the grace of God; but in their church state, they being made fellow citizens with the saints, fellow heirs, and of the same body, and having a place and a name in God's house, better than that of sons and daughters; and therefore under great obligation to fear the Lord, and his goodness, and to walk worthy of the calling wherein they are called, in all humility and lowliness of mind: if thou continue in his goodness; meaning not the love, grace, and free favour of God, or the grace of the Spirit, a continuance in which no "if" is to be put upon; for such who are interested in the love of God always continue in it, and nothing can separate them from it; and such as have the graces of the Spirit implanted in them, as faith, hope, and love, can never lose them; these always remain in them, and they in the possession of them, though not always in the exercise of them; but the goodness of God in a church state is here meant, as the means of grace and comfort, the ministration of the word and ordinances; and the sense is, if thou dost not despise the riches of divine goodness in a church relation, if thou dost not abuse it, or walk unworthy of it, if thou abidest by it, and retainest a value for it, thou wilt still share the advantages of it: otherwise thou also shall be cut off; from the good olive tree, the Gospel church state, into which the Gentiles were taken; and which, with respect to particular persons, may intend the act of excommunication by the church, expressed in Scripture by purging the old leaven, putting away the wicked person, withdrawing from such that are disorderly, and rejecting heretics, that is, from the communion of the church; and with respect to whole bodies and societies, an entire unchurching of them by removing the Gospel, and the ordinances of it; which threatening has been awfully fulfilled in many Gentile churches, in Asia, Africa, and Europe; and therefore may serve to awaken our fear, care, and caution, lest we should be treated in like manner. "Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges". Used by Permission. Bible Verse; Newest; Oldest; Most Viewed; Most Shared; ... Aug 22, 2017. … endured. See Romans 2:2 for χρηστοτης — chrēstotēs kindness of God. 22 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. A. How kind and how severe God is. As if the apostle had said, "The same God that rejected them, is able to restore them, and re-ingraff them; the only obstacle is their unbelief, and this God is also able to remove.". "Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity;but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in this goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.". Broadman Press 1932,33. The same God is merciful and severe, with respect to different persons and different qualifications. BibliographyGodet, Frédéric Louis. David said in Psalm 19:9-10 9The decrees of the Lord are firm, and all of them are righteous. τα καὶ ἀποτομίαν, goodness and severity) An important disjunction.— ἐπιμείνῃς, thou shalt have continued) To continue is in respect to what is good, in this verse; in respect to what is evil in the next [ … King James Version (KJV) Public Domain. As far then as Christians are illuminated by faith, they hear, for their assurance, that the calling of God is without repentance; but as far as they carry about them the flesh, which wantonly resists the grace of God, they are taught humility by this warning, “Take heed lest thou be cut off.” Secondly, we must bear in mind the solution which I have before mentioned, — that Paul speaks not here of the special election of individuals, but sets the Gentiles and Jews in opposition the one to the other; and that therefore the elect are not so much addressed in these words, as those who falsely gloried that they had obtained the place of the Jews: nay, he speaks to the Gentiles generally, and addresses the whole body in common, among whom there were many who were faithful, and those who were members of Christ in name only. Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but on thee, goodness. God forbid: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy." 32For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy … The χρηστότης spoken of, is the goodness or love of God. This is the common language of warning to Christians; the passage should not be used for or against the doctrines of perseverance, irresistible grace, etc. 1865-1868. –Romans 12:11-13. College Press, Joplin, MO. Of this there is no kind of necessity, for the original stock, the Abrahamic covenant, is sufficient to receive them all; and so Jews and Gentiles become one eternal flock, under one Bishop and Shepherd of all their souls. rigor: -severity. Feb 8, 2004. "Mark Dunagan Commentaries on the Bible". These words were addressed to people who had just been encouraged with the marvelous sentiments of Paul's 8th chapter, hence, the conclusion that these words are addressed to Christians, Spirit-filled, bona fide sons of the Highest; but this verse thunders a condition, "if thou continue in his goodness"! Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary. "Commentary on Romans 11:22". 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. "Commentary on Romans 11:22". He is severe toward those who disobeyed, but kind to you if you continue to trust in his kindness. BibliographyEdwards, Justin. 4-11). God justifies that is, He declares righteous the ungodly by faith alone apart from works of any kind. Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. Rückert thinks that because Clem(108) Alex. Some observe the change of the word; the Jews are said to be broken off, but the Gentiles would be cut off; they would, as it were, be stocked up by the roots: but that seems too critical and curious. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/romans-11.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hdg/romans-11.html. "Commentary on Romans 11:22". The readers have just been contemplating two examples, the one of severity, the other of grace; the first, in the person of the Jews; the second, in their own. But he addresses not each of the godly apart, as we have already said, but he makes a comparison between the Gentiles and the Jews. All rights reserved. Here it refers to the act of God in cutting off or rejecting the Jews as useless branches; and conveys no idea of injustice, cruelty, or harshness. But nothing of this kind is conveyed in the original word here. Thou also shalt be out off. Includunt, udoque docent inolescere libro. It is thus that the grace of God is magnified, at the same time that the highest good is done to man himself. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/romans-11.html. "severity"-663. apotomia {ap-ot-om-ee"-ah}; from the base of 664; (figuratively) decisiveness, i.e. Ver. Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dun/romans-11.html. 1870. return to 'Jump List'. ἀποτομία: here only in N.T. 22.See then, etc. But with regard to the present passage, it is enough for us to know, that the vengeance which God had executed on the Jews, is pronounced on the Gentiles, in case they become like them. Follow Desiring God on Twitter. For he would have the Gentiles to depend on the eternal covenant of God, so as to connect their own with the salvation of the elect people, and then, lest the rejection of the Jews should produce offense, as though their ancient adoption were void, he would have them to be terrified by this example of punishment, so as reverently to regard the judgment of God. We now understand in what sense Paul threatens them with excision, whom he has already allowed to have been grafted into the hope of life through God’s election. This is probably the meaning here; though it may mean “if thou dost continue in a state of favor;” that is, if your faith and good conduct shall be such as to make it proper for God to continue his kindness toward you. If this reading be adopted, ἐστίν must be supplied. “Israel (as a corporate whole) failed to obtain what it sought. "Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament". 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