...of these lands, the " people of the earth") In the same sense Paul says ; " For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy ; " and if the root be holy, so are the branches ;"k that is, If the fathers were in covenant with God, their posterity are also to be regarded as in...

...Lord will come, the apostle continues, and still more clearly, to assure us. " For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy ; and if the root be holy, so are the branches.'' The gospel was, at first, preached to the Jews only ; and the manner in which the first converts among...

...of the world, what shall the receiving of them he but life from the dead ? 16 For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy : and if the root be holy, so arc the branches. PARAPHRASE. tion for refnsing the h Gospel, the privilege of becoming the people...

...renown," Ezek. xxxiv. 29.) by the operation of grafting. Rom xi. 16 — 24. " For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy : and if the root be holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olivetree, wert graffed in among...

...flesh, and might save some of them. For if the casting sway of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? for if the firstfruit be hoi}-, the lump is also holy : and if, the root be holy, so are the branches. And if some otthe branches...

...11 * That this is the meaning of " fall " here, see Acts xiil. 46. NOTES. 16 For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy : and if the root be holy, so arc the branches. 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree,...

...them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 16 For if the first-fruit be holy, the lump is also holy : and if the root be holy, so are the branches. § 43. ROM. xi. 17—24. St. Paul exhorts the Gentiles not to contemn or despise the Jews, because...

...be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead ? 1 6 For if the first-fruit be holy, the lump is also holy : and if the root be holy, so are the branches. § 43. ROM. xi. 17 — 24. St. Paul exhorts the Gentiles not to contemn or despise the Jews, because...

...apaltlt of tke Ocntlles—tt expressly deputed to preach the gospel to Ihem. Si* AcU ix. 16, (to. 16 IT 7/ 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a \vild olive tree, wert grafted in among...

...gentiles ; how much more their fulness ? For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead ? For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, that blindness, in part, is happened...