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Romans 9 — Sermon Preparation
Paul addresses Israel's covenantal privileges, God's sovereign election, and the paradox of Gentiles attaining righteousness while Israel stumbled. Below is a research summary for Romans 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 26
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Romans 9 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| εἶπον | eréō | G2046 | 6 | call, say, speak, tell |
| Ἰσραήλ | Israḗl | G2474 | 5 | Israel |
| καλέω | kaléō | G2564 | 5 | bid, call, name ) |
| σπέρμα | spérma | G4690 | 4 | issue, seed |
| δικαιοσύνη | dikaiosýnē | G1343 | 4 | righteousness |
| τέκνον | téknon | G5043 | 4 | child, daughter, son |
| σκεῦος | skeûos | G4632 | 3 | goods, sail, stuff, vessel |
How preachers through history handled this text
26 public-domain excerpts on Romans 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Whatever God does, must be just. Wherein the holy, happy people of God differ from others, God's grace alone makes them differ. In this preventing, effectual, distinguishing grace, he acts as a benefactor, whose grace is his own. None have deserved it; so that those who are saved, must thank God only; and those who perish, must blame themselves only, Hos 13:9. God is bound no further than he has been pleased to bind himself by his own covenant and promise, which is his revealed will. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Romans 9:14–24 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gomorrah— Rom 9:29
- Sodom— Rom 9:29
- Zion— Rom 9:33
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