Romanos 9
Gennadius of Constantinople · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Romanos 9:1
The Jews who opposed the apostles and their message said that one or another of the following propositions must be true. Either the gospel is a lie, or God is a liar.… For God promised Abraham that he would bless his offspring, but now he has shown favor to impure and foreign people, i.e., the Gentiles, instead of us. Now if your preaching is a way out of these promises, as you claim, then it is clear that God lied to our ancestors. On the other hand, if it is wrong to speak of God in this way, then you and your message are a lie.It was to answer this kind of charge that the apostle Paul wanted to work out an alternative position and demonstrate both that the message of the gospel was true and that God was not lying. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 9:13
It was many years after the event that Scripture testified to this in the words of the prophet Haggai [Malachi]. Paul added this quotation because he wanted to show that God's judgment is just, for while it was in accordance with his foreknowledge, the lives of both men later followed these different paths. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH
Romanos 9:32
Paul calls the Lord Christ a stumbling stone because those who did not accept the new covenant in him stumbled over him and by their unbelief fell from the grace of justification which was given to men through him. — PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH