John Bengel Commentary - Romans 11:22 - 11:22

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John Bengel Commentary - Romans 11:22 - 11:22


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Rom 11:22. Χρηστότητα 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 [ἐπιμείνωσιν, abide in unbelief]. The one is described on the part of God, the other on the part of man comp. Rom 11:28; Rom 11:30, etc. The Roman [Church] has not remained in goodness, since the righteousness of works has been introduced.-ἐπεὶ, otherwise) Believers may utterly fall away.-ἑκκοπήοῃ, thou shalt be cut off) by the sword; not merely, shalt be broken off [ἑκκλασθήσῃ], as they were, by the hand. כרת, LXX., ἐκκόπτω, I cut off, Jer 44:8, not however generally in that sense, in which, I utterly destroy, (ἐξολοθρεύω), is used.