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1. *Ade \<pol, brethren) Now that he has got over, so to speak, the severity of the preceding discussion, he kindly addresses them as brethren. — /asv, indeed) ds usually follows this particle, but d&, ver. 2, is absorbed in aXXa, but. — sudoxi a, well-wishing , desire) I would most gladly hear of the salvation of Israel. — bsriGis, prayer) Paul would not have prayed, if they had been utterly reprobates [cast away.]
2. 1Zrj\ou ©sou, a zeal of God) Acts xxii. 3, note. Zeal of God , if it is not against Christ , is good. — ob xar emyvuffiv, not accord- ing to knowledge) An example of Litotes [expressing in less strong terms a strong truth] i.e. with great blindness ; it agrees with the word, ignorant , in the next verse. Flacius says : The Jews had and now have a zeal without knowledge ; we on the con- trary, alas! to our shame , have knowledge without zeal. Zeal and ignorance are referred to at ver. 19.
3. Zqrovvrsg, seeking) by all means. — obf vtferdyqtiav, have not been subject ) and have not obeyed ,” ( uKyjxovtuv ) ver. 16. 'T norayri, submits itself to the Divine will, r& 8&\siv, the will of God.
4. T s?.o$, the end) bestowing righteousness and life, which the law points out, but cannot give. T sXog, the end , and
the fulfilment, are synonymous ; comp. 1 Tim. i. 5, with Rom. xiii. 10, therefore comp, with this passage Matt. v. 17. The law presses upon a man, till he flies to Christ ; then even the law itself says, thou hast found-a refuge. I cease to persecute thee , thou art wise , thou art safe. — Xpurrog, Christ) the subject is, the end of the law. [Not as Engl. Vers. “ Christ is the end of the law”]. The predicate is, Christ (viz. d)v, who is) in [every one. that believeth; not as Engl. Vers., “the end of the law to every one”] etc. [ver. 6, 7, 9.] — ^ram rti vr/ffnbovri, in every one that believeth) The words, in the believer , are treated at ver. 5, etc. : and the words, every one , at ver. 11, etc. vuvrl, in every one , namely, of the Jews and Gentiles. The ix. chap, must not be
1 Tap, for.) Therefore even in those, who are notin a state of grace, something at least may be found which may induce those, who rejoice in the Divine favour, to intercede for them. — V. g.
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