ACC ~ Romans 11 v22

FORGIVENESS AND REJECTION. AMBROSIASTER: Paul testifies that God is good to the Gentiles because, although they followed idols and deserved to die, he waited for them in his patience, and even though they did not seek him, he called them and forgave their sins. But God is severe toward the Jews and has even blinded them because they rejected God’s gift. Here Paul is referring to those Jews who because of their wickedness have been permanently blinded. For this reason he says that they have fallen, whereas the others whom I mentioned above have not fallen, even though they have sinned, because Paul shows that they have been blinded for a time. But God has been severe to these, because they have become eternally blind and apostate. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

SALVATION COMES FROM GRACE. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul does not point to human works but to the goodness of God as a reminder to us that our salvation comes from God’s grace and to make us tremble. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 19.

MERCIFULLY GRAFTED IN. PELAGIUS: “Severity” is shown against those who assert that there are two Gods, one righteous and another good; and against those who deny that God punishes sinners. … But you were mercifully grafted in, through faith which has been bestowed upon you by the kindness of God. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

COUNTED WORTHY THROUGH FAITH. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Paul is telling us that we ought to learn from both these things and consider how great God’s love for us is, that we should have been counted worthy through faith. We ought to become ever more eager to live a godly life bearing in mind how God rejected them because of their unbelief and do everything in our power not to fall in the same way. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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