Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 9].
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9:1 {In Christ} (\en Christ•i\). Paul really takes a triple oath
here so strongly is he stirred. He makes a positive affirmation
in Christ, a negative one (not lying), the appeal to his
conscience as co-witness (\sunmarturous•s\, genitive absolute as
in 2:15 which see) "in the Holy Spirit."
9:2 {Sorrow} (\lup•\). Because the Jews were rejecting Christ the
Messiah. "We may compare the grief of a Jew writing after the
fall of Jerusalem" (Sanday and Headlam). {Unceasing pain in my
heart} (\adialeiptos odun• t•i kardi•i\). Like _angina pectoris_.
\Odun•\ is old word for consuming grief, in N.T. only here and
and 1Ti 6:10. {Unceasing} (\adialeiptos\). Late and rare
adjective (in an inscription 1 cent. B.C.), in N.T. only here and
2Ti 1:3. Two rare words together and both here only in N.T. and
I and II Timothy (some small argument for the Pauline authorship
of the Pastoral Epistles).
9:3 {I could wish} (\•uchom•n\). Idiomatic imperfect, "I was on
the point of wishing." We can see that \euchomai\ (I do wish)
would be wrong to say. \An •uchom•n\ would mean that he does not
wish (conclusion of second class condition). \An •uchom•n\ would
be conclusion of fourth class condition and too remote. He is
shut up to the imperfect indicative (Robertson, _Grammar_, p.
886). {Anathema} (\anathema\). See for this word as distinct from
\anath•ma\ (offering) 1Co 12:3; Ga 1:8f. {I myself} (\autos
eg•\). Nominative with the infinitive \einai\ and agreeing with
subject of \•uchom•n\. {According to the flesh} (\kata sarka\).
As distinguished from Paul's Christian brethren.
9:4 {Who} (\hoitines\). The very ones who, inasmuch as they.
{Israelites} (\Isra•leitai\). Covenant name of the chosen people.
{Whose} (\h•n\). Predicate genitive of the relative, used also
again with \hoi pateres\. For "the adoption" (\h• huiothesia\)
see 8:15. {The glory} (\h• doxa\). The Shekinah Glory of God
(3:23) and used of Jesus in Jas 2:1. {The covenants} (\hai
diath•kai\). Plural because renewed often (Ge 6:18; 9:9; 15:18;
17:2,7,9; Ex 2:24). {The giving of the law} (\h• nomothesia\).
Old word, here only in N.T., from \nomos\ and \tith•mi\. {The
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Romans: Chapter 9)