ACC ~ Romans 11 v14

MY FELLOW JEWS. ORIGEN: By his attentive care and close attention to the teaching of the Gentiles and by making their behavior worthy of eternal life, Paul is inviting and provoking the Jews who see these things and who are his kinsmen according to the flesh to imitate those who are progressing in the faith of God. It is the glory of his ministry that he can use the teaching of the Gentiles to reach some of his own people as well. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

CHRYSOSTOM: Paul appears to be blaming the Gentiles and to be humbling their conceits, but he gives a gentle provocation to the Jews as well. He tries to veil their great ruin, but he cannot do so because the facts are too clear. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 19.

PELAGIUS: Paul will always present himself to the Jews in such a way that they will want to imitate him. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

SO AS TO MAKE ISRAEL JEALOUS. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul evangelized the Gentiles of necessity, addressing himself to them and showing that the prophets had predicted this many centuries before.His aim was to make the Jews jealous and thus encourage some of them to come to salvation also. INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS.

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