Commentary on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, Volume 2
Overview
Frédéric Louis Godet brings thoughtful Christian scholarship to bear on the book of Romans. In his Commentary on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, Godet’s exposition is as exegetical as it is theological. He not only critically examines the original text, but also discusses the key doctrines in relation to both the entire book of Romans and the rest of Scripture. He approaches Romans from the perspective of a theologian, and with the eye of a textual critic.
Top Highlights
“The object of predestination is glory: ‘I see thee believing …, I will therefore that thou be glorified like my Son.’ Such is the meaning of the decree. The predestination of which Paul speaks is not a predestination to faith, but a predestination to glory, founded on the prevision of faith.” (Page 110)
“This faith does not exist because God sees it; He sees it, on the contrary, because it will come into being at a given moment, in time. We thus get at the thought of the apostle: Whom God knew beforehand as certain to believe, whose faith He beheld eternally, He designated predestined (προώρισεν), as the objects of a grand decree, to wit, that He will not abandon them till He has brought them to the perfect likeness of His own Son.” (Page 109)
“All are alike seriously called. Only it happens that some consent to yield to the call and others refuse.” (Page 106)
“The idea of God’s purpose is developed in the two verses, 29 and 30. Ver. 29 indicates its final aim; ver. 30 marks off, as it were, the path along which it reaches its realization.” (Page 107)
“Paul evidently returns to the special subject of this whole dissertation on the divine government: the rejection of the Jews.” (Page 268)
- Title: Commentary on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, Volume 2
- Authors: Alexander. Cusin, Frédéric Louis Godet
- Series: Godet Commentary Collection
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Print Publication Date: 1881
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. Romans › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:GODETCOMRO2
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T08:24:23Z