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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Romans 9:1 - 9:1
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Rom 9:1-33. The bearing of the foregoing truths upon the condition and destiny of the chosen people - Election - The calling of the Gentiles.
Too well aware that he was regarded as a traitor to the dearest interests of his people (Act 21:33; Act 22:22; Act 25:24), the apostle opens this division of his subject by giving vent to his real feelings with extraordinary vehemence of protestation.
I say the truth in Christ - as if steeped in the spirit of Him who wept over impenitent and doomed Jerusalem (compare Rom 1:9; 2Co 12:19; Phi 1:8).
my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost - “my conscience as quickened, illuminated, and even now under the direct operation of the Holy Ghost.”