KwabaseRoma 3:3

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

3 Kuyini na khona, ukuba abathile abakholwanga? Ukungakholwa kwabo kokuphuthisa na ukuthembeka kukaThixo?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if some: Romans 9:6, Romans 10:16, Romans 11:1-7, Hebrews 4:2

shall: Romans 11:29, Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29, Isaiah 54:9, Isaiah 54:10, Isaiah 55:11, Isaiah 65:15, Isaiah 65:16, Jeremiah 33:24-26, Matthew 24:35, 2 Timothy 2:13, Hebrews 6:13-18

faith: Psalms 84:7, John 1:16, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, Titus 1:1, Titus 1:2

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 7:2 - thou shalt see it Ezekiel 2:5 - whether Mark 15:32 - that Luke 1:20 - which John 3:33 - hath set John 5:34 - that Acts 28:24 - General Romans 1:17 - from faith Romans 3:2 - Much Romans 11:20 - because Romans 15:8 - for the 1 Corinthians 6:15 - God Galatians 3:17 - none Hebrews 4:1 - a promise

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For what if some did not believe?.... It is suggested, that though the Jews enjoyed such a privilege, some of them did not believe; which is an aggravation of their sin, that they should have such means of light, knowledge, and faith, such clear and full evidences of things, and yet be incredulous: though it should be observed that this was the case only of some, not of all; and must be understood, not of their disbelief of the Scriptures being the word of God, for these were always received as such by them all, and were constantly read, heard, and attended to; but either of their disobedience to the commands of God required in the law, or of their disregard to the promises of God, and prophecies of the Messiah, and of their disbelief in the Messiah himself when he came; but now this was no objection to the advantage they had of the Gentiles, since this was not owing to want of evidence in the word of God, but to the darkness and unbelief of their minds: and,

shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? no, their unbelief could not, and did not make void the veracity and faithfulness of God in his promises concerning the Messiah, recorded in the oracles of God, which they had committed to them; for notwithstanding this, God raised up the Messiah from among them, which is another advantage the Jews had of, the Gentiles; inasmuch as "of" them, "as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God over all, blessed for evermore", Romans 9:5, and he sent him to them, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, as a prophet and minister; he sent his Gospel to them first, and called out by it from among them his elect, nor did he take it from them until he had done this: and he took it away only; until "the fulness of the Gentiles", Romans 11:25, is brought in; and then the Gospel shall come to them again with power, and "all Israel shall be saved" (#Ro 11:26).

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For what if some did not believe? - This is to be regarded as another objection of a Jew. “What then? or what follows? if it be admitted that some of the nation did not believe, does it not follow that the faithfulness of God in his promises will fail?” The points of the objection are these:

1. The apostle had maintained that the nation was sinful Romans 2:0; that is, that they had not obeyed or believed God.
2. This, the objector for the time admits or supposes in relation to some of them. But,

(3)He asks whether this does not involve a consequence which is not admissible, that God is unfaithful.

Did not the fact that God chose them as his people, and entered into covenant with them, imply that the Jews should be kept from perdition? It was evidently their belief that all Jews would be saved, and this belief they grounded on his covenant with their fathers. The doctrine of the apostle Romans 2:0 would seem to imply that in certain respects they were on a level with the Gentile nations; that if they sinned, they would be treated just like the pagan; and hence, they asked of what value was the promise of God? Had it not become vain and nugatory?

Make the faith - The word “faith” here evidently means the “faithfulness” or “fidelity of God to his promises.” Compare Matthew 13:23; 2 Timothy 3:10; Hosea 2:20.

Of none effect - Destroy it; or prevent him from fulfilling his promises. The meaning of the objection is, that the fact supposed, that the Jews would become unfaithful and be lost, would imply that God had failed to keep his promises to the nation; or that he had made promises which the result showed he was not able to perform.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 3:3. JEW. For what — τιγαρ, What then, if some did not believe, &c. If some of the Jewish nation have abused their privileges, and acted contrary to their obligations, shall their wickedness annul the PROMISE which God made to Abraham, that he would, by an everlasting covenant, be a God to him and to his seed after him? Genesis 17:7. Shall God, therefore, by stripping the Jews of their peculiar honour, as you intimate he will, falsify his promise to the nation, because some of the Jews are bad men?