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Let us persevere in the shadows of the dawn, receiving grace to help us in every time of need until the Son shines in his fullness.
Romans 7:25–8:30
The law of God is holy and good, but I can't fulfill it. When I recognize this, I am either driven to despair or to the cross of Christ.
Romans 7:7–25
Since we are no longer slaves to sin, let us pursue righteousness with all of our might, even as we once pursued sin with all of our might.
Romans 6:1–7:6
Far greater will be the life-giving effects of the free gift of God's grace in Christ than the death-bringing effects of Adam's sin.
Romans 5:1–21
Abraham was justified by faith in order that the promise might be fulfilled for all of his offspring
Romans 4:1–25
True Jews are Jews inwardly, and the truly circumcised are those whose hearts and spirits have been circumcised.
Romans 2:2–29
There is no room for boasting, for those who are righteous are made righteous only by grace through faith in Christ.
Romans 3:1–31
The gospel of Jesus Christ was promised beforehand in the holy Scriptures and has been fulfilled for the sake of all who are called.
Romans 1:1–2:1
Those who are hardened and remain in unbelief will be rejected, but those whose sins have been forgiven will dwell securely.
Romans 11:23-32
Do not boast over another as if you have done anything to deserve the glorious position in which you stand, lest you forfeit the prize.
Romans 11:16-22
God uses even the exceeding sinfulness of sin to bring about ends that resound to his glory and the good of his people.
Romans 11:11-16
There remains a remnant of true Israelites, for the Lord has not rejected any of his people whom he foreknew.
Romans 11:1-10
Those who are sent to proclaim the good news are those who have heard it and obey it.
Romans 10:14-21
The only option we have to attain to the righteousness of God is to renounce all attempts to do the works of the law unto salvation.
Romans 10:5-13
The One who has accomplished all of the law's demands offers righteousness and life to all who believe.
Romans 9:30-10:5
Everyone whom the Lord saves, whether Jew or Gentile, he sovereignly calls when they were not his people.
Romans 9:24-29
God's sovereign freedom to have mercy on whomever he wills and to harden whomever he wills further establishes his purpose of election.
Romans 9:18-23
The justification of God is the justification of God.
Romans 9:14-18
The Word of God has not failed, for he has been faithful to those whom he has called according to his purpose.
Romans 9:6-13
Paul is concerned that the glories of Romans 8 will not produce assurance in the heart of his hearers.
Romans 8:31–9:5
When we yearn with an affectionate longing for those who have become beloved to us, we overflow in joyfully steadfast, sacrificial ministry.
1 Thessalonians 2:8
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Depth of Wisdom, Can It Be?
Romans 11:33-36
The depth of God's riches, wisdom, and knowledge are decisively revealed in his unfathomable judgments and unsearchable ways.
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Published December 13th, 2016; Updated December 15th, 2016
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The depth of God's riches, wisdom, and knowledge are decisively revealed in his unfathomable judgments and unsearchable ways. Because God's judgments and ways are from God and through God and to God, he is the only one worthy of glory forever and ever, amen.
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῏Ω βάθος πλούτου καὶ σοφίας καὶ γνώσεως θεοῦ•
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God
ὡς ἀνεξεραύνητα τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ
is like his unfathomable judgments
καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστοι αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ.
and his unsearchable ways,
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τίς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν κυρίου;
for who knew the mind of the Lord,
ἢ τίς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο;
or who became his advisor,
ἢ τίς προέδωκεν αὐτῷ,
or who gave to him beforehand
καὶ ἀνταποδοθήσεται αὐτῷ;
and it will be repaid to him?
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[No one]
ὅτι ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ διʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα•
because from him and through him and unto him are all things.
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αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ἀμήν.
The glory is to him into the ages, amen.
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Translation Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God is like his unfathomable judgments and his unsearchable ways, for who knew the mind of the Lord, or who became his advisor, or who gave to him beforehand and it will be repaid to him? Because from him and through him and to him are all things. The glory is to him into the ages, amen. Grammar & Exegetical Notes -I take the three genitives in v. 33 to be separate things in contrast to taking the wisdom and knowledge to be epexegetical to the riches. Questions 1. How is οτι functioning in v. 36? --> Paul seems to most frequently use οτι for content. Could this be the content of God's mind? Seems forced. --> Most likely, this gives the reason underlying the implied answer to the string of rhetorical questions, "No one!" 2. How is ως functioning in v. 33? - BDAG 7. a relatively high point on a scale involving exclamation, how! (X., Cyr. 1, 3, 2 ὦ μῆτερ, ὡς καλός μοι ὁ πάππος ! Himerius, Or. 54 [=Or. 15], 1 ὡς ἡδύ μοι τὸ θέατρον =how pleasant . . . ! Ps 8:2 ; 72:1 ; TestJob 7:12 ) ὡς ὡραῖοι οἱ πόδες τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων ἀγαθά Ro 10:15 (cp. Is 52:7 ). Cp. 11:33 . ὡς μεγάλη μοι ἡ σήμερον ἡμέρα GJs 19:2. --> This use of ως remains unconvincing as it strips it of its most common and basic function, which is to subordinate by comparison. -The passage seems to still make sense if ως is kept as a comparative subordinating conjunction, and that also seems to do the most justice to the word itself. --> The depth of God's riches and wisdom and knowledge is further explained by the preceding discourse which reveals his unfathomable judgments and unsearchable ways. Doxological Response -Praise God that he cannot be bought, coerced, or manipulated. He is not in debt to anyone, nor is anyone entitled to a gift from him. As deep as his unsearchable judgments and his mysterious ways, so also are the riches of his grace in kindness and wisdom and knowledge!
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