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Romans 11:28 KJV
Romans · chapter 11 · verse 28
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.Romans 11:28 · King James Version
Romans 11:28 in context
26And 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:
27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- concerningkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- concerningmentruly, certainly, surely, indeedG3303 →
- electioneklogēthe act of picking out, choosing, of the act of God s free will by which before the…G1589 →
- fathers'patērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- enemiesechthroshated, odious, hateful, hostile, hating, and opposing another, used of men as at enmity…G2190 →
- belovedagapētosbeloved, esteemed, dear, favourite, worthy of loveG27 →
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The apostle proposes here a plausible objection, which might be urged against the divine conduct in casting off the Jewish nation (Rom 11:1): "Hath God cast away his people? Is the rejection total and final? Are they all abandoned to wrath and ruin, and that eternal? Is the extent of the sentence so large as to be…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-32