The Pulpit Commentary — Romans — Section 60

responsihility (of. Luke xii. 47, 48; also views taken by crltica of repnte, with ex- Ps. 1. 8-8 and I Pet. iv. 17). Then in haustive references to the nHaue of the wor,I ver. 10 a. Jilce priority is assigned to the Jew in the Beptoagint, in the N%w Testament with rospoot to reward, tho grneral e.eeertion generally, e.nd in the writings of St. Paul. of ver. 7 being repeated (with some differ- It he.e not been thought necessary in this ence of expression) in order to complete the Commentary VJ diSCUSB farther what haB viow of his prior position in both respects. been so amply discnssed already. It may For the covenant was with the Jews; the Bllflice to state certain principles for the promises were to them : the Gentiles were reader's gnidance, which appear plainly to as the wild olive tree, graffed in, and made commend themselves to acceptance. (l) ·o partakers of the root and fatness of the olive 116µ.of, with th~ article prefixed, al way~ tree (oh. xi.17). "Judmi partioeps Grmoue" means the MO:lSJ.c Law. (2) N6µm, without (Bengel). the article, may have, and oft.:n hBi!, sr,ecific Vers. 10, 11.-:But glory, honour, and reference to the Mosaic Law ; hut, if so, the peaoe, to every man that worketh good, omission of the article is not arbitrary, but to the J'ew first, and also to the Gentile involves a difference of meaning. The (literally, <heek, as before) : for there is no article in Greek is prefixed to a word when respeot of persone with God (of. Acts x. the latter is intended to conv.,y scme 84). This, with what follows, is important, definite idea already familiarized to the as bringing out in II striking way the clear mind, and " the natural effect of i u presrnce doctrine of the New Testament that the is to divert the thoughts from dwelling on Jews bo.d no monopoly of Divine favour the pecnliar import of the word, and is with respect to fine.I salvation. W!Jatever o.dverse to its inherent notion ste.ndir,g ont advantages certain races of mankind seem e.s a prominent point in the sense of the undoubtedly to have above others in thie pe.sse.ge" (quoted from 'Grammar of the world (and that this has been, and is so, New Testament Dialect,' by T. S. Green, with other races e.s well as the J ewe is in Appendix to Introduction to Romans in obvious), all men are described as standing the • Speaker's Commentary '). Hence the on e.n exactly eq1111l footing at the bar of omission of the article, where it might have eternal equity. been used, before II word has often the effect Ver. 12.-For as many as have sinned of emphasizing and drawing attention t.o without Law ( 0.11&µ.,,,s) shall also perish with- the inherent notion of the word. We mav out Law (0.110µ."'s). Their perdition, if it take as e.n instance ver. 17 in this chapter, ensues, will not be due to transgression where the Terlns Receptus has '1-:r12Va1ra½ of II code they had not, but to sin age.inst 'T'f 11&µ.'f', but where the preferable reading such light as they had ; if without know- omits the article. In either case the Mo::aic ledge of Law they sinned, without reference Law is referred to; but the omission of the to Law their doom will be. And e.e many article brings into prominence the principle 111 have Binned in Law (or, under Law. 'Ev of justification on which the Jew rested- 110µ.'f' denotes the condition in which they viz. Lato, which exacts entire obedience. were ; of. lv .,,.p,.,oµ.ii and iv 01<po/3v<TTlq,, In the following verse (the,cighteenth), in oh. iv. 10) shall be judged by Law. The the phrase, ""T'TIXo{,µ..,,os ,,, Tov 110µ.ov, the requirements of the Law which they knew e.rtiole is inserted, the intention being they will be held e.coollllte.ble for trans- simply to say that the Jew was instructed gressing-1<p16~,ro11Tcu here, instead of l,,.,,o- in the well-known Law of Moses. The same ;\ovl/'Tcu, because II definite standard of difference of meaning is intimated by the judgment is supposed (of. Ps. l.). omission or insertion of the article in ,er. ~3 Ver. 18.-For not the hearers of Law are and elsewhere in other parts of the c!Ja.pt~r juat before God, but the doers of Law shall and of the whole Epistle (see especially be juatifled. In this verse, oa in the previous eh. vii.). The npostle, who, however spon- one, 11&µ.ov is ane.rthrous according to the taneous and unstudied might bu his :;tyle best-supported 1·e11dings, though the Textus of WTiting, by no means used pbmses o.t Receptus bo.s Tov before it. It 1111s, there- rillldom, would not surely ht1,e thus rnried fore, been rendered a.hove simply 11s lato, not his expressions so often in one nud the &I.Ill<l o.s either the lmo, or a lato, 11s the s11mo word sentence without intended significance. (3) will be below, wlienever it st11nds b_v itself Noµ.os without the arti,·lo seews l!'l'idcntly without oither tlie o.rtiole or o.ny modifying in mo.uy passages to bu used by t:ll Paul genitive. Much bas been written by cow- to denote lnw in the abstract, without any mente.tors on tho s,•nses in whioh this word exclusive reforeuce to tho lfos.'\ic Law :\t :ul, 11&µ.os is to be understood, as used by St. or to ouy porticular codo of lnw. D,,ubtle.ss Po.ul with or without tho nrtiolo. In t\ll tho Mosiuo Lnw, in whieh lw h,\d bc,·n Appundix lo tho lutro,luoliuu to thu Epi~tlo cducntcd, l\ncl which h,, lrnd p,\infolly proved to lho Ho11111ns iu tho ' Spo11lcor's Cum- tho impossibility of keeping pc•rfodly, h,\,l lllonte.ry ' will bo found o. smumo.ry of tho boon to him the gmud ewbodiwcnt tU1J  THE ErISTLE OF PA.UI, TO THE ROMANS. [on. II. 1~29.