The Pulpit Commentary — Romans — Section 296

from the dead to be ta.bn M me!lning belief Joel in which 1ras does ooour, so as to of this one article of the Creed &lone; it iutimate that the" calling on the Name of C1Lrriee with it belief in the gospel generally, the Lord," spoken of by Joel, implies the the dootrine of the Resurrection being here, 88 t1lsewhere, regarded as the central doctrine "believing" spoken of by ls&iah, and hence on whicli all the rest depends (cf. I Cor. xv. that the two texts must be equally universal 17; 1 Pet. i. 21). "HlllC eumma Evangelii in their &pplioe.tion. est. Nam.cnmoredimnsChristum ei.citatum est0e e mortnis,,credimns enm pro pecoatis Vere. 11, 12.-l!'or the Scripture aaith, satisfoois..<:e, et in C<Blis regnare, nt nos ad Whosoever believeth on him shall not be imaginem suam perficia.t ·• (Bacer). In ashamed (see a.hove, on oh, ix. 88). For ver. 10, where the offioos of the heart and there is no difference (rather, distinction) of the month are denoted in genera.I terms, between the J"ew and the Greek: for the the distinction between " unto riirhteone- ea.me is Lord of all, being rioh unto all that n8Sll" with respect to the one, and "unto oall upon him. Here, in ver. 12, the apostle salvation" with re.spect to the other, is comments on the text from Isaiah, so 11.8 to signifie&nt.. By faith alone we a.re jnstified; show the universality of its application (see but bv confession in actual life, which is previous note). It is (he would say) in itself the fruit of faith, onr sa.lvation is eecnred. applicable to Jew and Gentile alike, and it must needs be so, since the one God is the Vem. 11-21.-What follows to the end same to all that ce.lJ upon him, even as the of the ch&pter is abruptly expressed, in Prophet Joel also testified. The thought snch wise as to render difficult a. clear thus expressed was one deeply fixed in St. Paul's mind. He elsewhere speaks of the exposition of the intended argument. It very unity of God as implying of necessity seems ( as in other parts of the Epistle) a.a that he is the se.me alike to Jews aud if St. Paul had dictated rapidly, and without Gentiles (see above, on eh. iii. 29). paueing to consider whether readerg would Ver. 13.-l!'or whosoever shall oall upon easily follow the thoughts of which his own the Ne.me of the Lord shall be saved (Joel ii. 32). The text from Joel is in a pa.sse.ge mind was fnll Fust, having done with which is distinctly Messianic; the same that hie illustrations from the Pentateuch (which is quoted by St. Peter (Acts ii. 16) e.s may be regarded 88 parenthetical), he re- fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost. Hence, l!IIIIll!S the line of thought expressed at the and from the fact of 1ras &s &.v being emphatic end of ver. 4, by Tt1:FTl -r,; -,,u-rdiov-r&. For, in the original, it is well quoted by the apostle as Bllpplementing the previous one though ver. 11 is logically connected (in from Isaiah, and as conclusive for hie a way nsmi.l with St. Paul) with the pre- argument. ceding one-the quotation from Isaiah being Vere. H:, 15.-How then shall they oall adduced in proof of -,,cr-r£6erru •ls Pi,1t.tuoO"Wflll on him in whom they have not believed t in ver. 10-yet what follows is ree.lly a con- Thie question may be taken, in the first pie.ea, as serving to connect the two passages tinuation of the thought of ver. 4, viz. the.t from Joel and from Isiiiah (see previoUB the "righteousness of God," spoken of in note). But it is further the beginniug of a ver. 3, is of faiO,,, and also for all. In eorites, suggested by a new thought, whioh evidenc.e of this he retnrns to the text from is carried out to the end of the ohapter. The Isa. :u:viii 16, already cited in eh. ix. 33, course of this new thought through the rest of the chapter mo,y be expounded as follows: and himBelf Bllpplies Tas at the beginning It might be pleaded, in bebalfofthe unbeliev• of it, so as to bring ont itB universal appli- ing Jews, that they had never realJy heard, cation. It may be that, quoting from through preachers duly sent to them, the memory, he had forgotten that this word gospel message; and hence that they were we.a not in the original, or he may have not to be blamed for rejecting it. With this idea before him, the apostle first (vers.14, 15) purpoeely added it in order to express more 11llows generally, in the form of a series of clearly what the original-in which there is questions, that, as before calling on the Lord no J.i.mit.&tion of 6 TUT-r•w-rea.lly implied. there must be faith, ao before faith there The latter Bllpposition ill probable, inasmuch must be hearing, before hearing there must 11B (eccording to the beswupported readings) be preaching, and for preaching there must he authorizing misaion; and he q\lotes, in Le had previoualy (oh. iL 33) quoted the illustration, a passage from J1!8,iab, which text without this addition, and now follows describes beautifully the prcacldug of good out the idea of ra, by giving a reason for tidings of peace by commissioned mcssongore it, and then. in ver. 13, adds a text fr<Jm to oll the world. Dut he is co.reful to 11dd cm. x. 1-21.] TTIE EPISTLE OF PAUT, TO THE ROMANS. 2'1/5