Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 10]
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10:1 {Desire} (\eudokia\). No papyri examples of this word,
though \eudok•sis\ occurs, only in LXX and N.T., but no example
for "desire" unless this is one, though the verb \eudoke•\ is
common in Polybius, Diodorus, Dion, Hal. It means will, pleasure,
satisfaction (Mt 11:26; 2Th 1:11; Php 1:15; 2:13; Eph 1:5,9).
{Supplication} (\de•sis\). Late word from \deomai\, to want, to
beg, to pray. In the papyri. See Lu 1:13. It is noteworthy
that, immediately after the discussion of the rejection of Christ
by the Jews, Paul prays so earnestly for the Jews "that they may
be saved" (\eis s•t•rian\), literally "unto salvation." Clearly
Paul did not feel that the case was hopeless for them in spite of
their conduct. Bengel says: _Non orasset Paul si absolute
reprobati essent_ (Paul would not have prayed if they had been
absolutely reprobate). Paul leaves God's problem to him and pours
out his prayer for the Jews in accordance with his strong words
in 9:1-5.
10:2 {A zeal for God} (\z•lon theou\). Objective genitive like
Php 3:9, "through faith in Christ" (\dia piste•s Christou\).
{But not according to knowledge} (\all' ou kat' epign•sin\). They
had knowledge of God and so were superior to the Gentiles in
privilege (2:9-11), but they sought God in an external way by
rules and rites and missed him (9:30-33). They became zealous
for the letter and the form instead of for God himself.
10:3 {Being ignorant of God's righteousness} (\agnoountes t•n tou
theou dikaiosun•n\). A blunt thing to say, but true as Paul has
shown in 2:1-3:20. They did not understand the God-kind of
righteousness by faith (1:17). They misconceived it (2:4).
{They did not subject themselves} (\ouch hupetag•san\). Second
aorist passive indicative of \hupotass•\, common _Koin•_ verb, to
put oneself under orders, to obey, here the passive in sense of
the middle (Jas 4:7) like \apekrith•n\, I answered.
10:4 {The end of the law} (\telos nomou\). Christ put a stop to
the law as a means of salvation (6:14; 9:31; Eph 2:15; Col
2:14) as in Lu 16:16. Christ is the goal or aim of the law
(Gal 3:24). Christ is the fulfilment of the law (Mt 5:17; Ro
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Romans: Chapter 10)