Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Romans: Chapter 10]
with the orator's instinct and with rhetorical skill (Sanday and
Headlam) applies them to the facts about the gospel message about
the Incarnation and Resurrection of Christ.
10:9 {If thou shalt confess} (\ean homolog•s•is\). Third class
condition (\ean\ and first aorist active subjunctive of
\homologe•\). {With thy mouth Jesus as Lord} (\en t•i stomati sou
Kurion I•soun\). This is the reading of nearly all the MSS. But B
71 Clem of Alex. read \to r•ma en t•i stomati sou hoti Kurios
I•sous\ (the word in thy mouth that Jesus is Lord). The idea is
the same, the confession of Jesus as Lord as in 1Co 12:3; Php
2:11. No Jew would do this who had not really trusted Christ,
for \Kurios\ in the LXX is used of God. No Gentile would do it
who had not ceased worshipping the emperor as \Kurios\. The word
\Kurios\ was and is the touchstone of faith. {And shalt believe}
(\kai pisteus•is\). Same construction. Faith precedes confession,
of course.
10:10 {Man believeth} (\pisteuetai\). Impersonal construction,
"it is believed" (present passive indicative of \pisteu•\). The
order is reversed in this verse and the true order (faith, then
confession). {Confession is made} (\homologeitai\). Impersonal
construction again, "it is confessed," "man confesses." Both
\kardi•i\ (heart) and \stomati\ (mouth) are in the instrumental
case.
10:11 {Every one} (\p•s\). Paul adds this word to the quotation
from Isa 28:16 already made in 9:33.
10:12 {Distinction} (\diastol•\). See on this word 3:22. Here
it is followed by the ablative case \Ioudaiou te kai Hell•nos\
(between Jew and Greek). {Lord of all} (\Kurios pant•n\). See Ga
3:28. {Rich} (\plout•n\). Present active participle of
\ploute•\. See Eph 3:8 "the unsearchable riches of Christ."
10:13 Paul here quotes Joe 3:5 (Joe 2:32 LXX).
10:14 {How then shall they call?} (\p•s oun epikales•ntai?\).
Deliberative subjunctive (first aorist middle) of \epikaleomai\
(see verses 12,13). The antecedent of \eis hon\ (in whom) is
not expressed. {How shall they believe?} (\pos pisteus•sin?\).
Deliberative subjunctive again (first aorist active of \pisteu•\
just used). Each time Paul picks up the preceding verb and
challenges that. Here again the antecedent \eis touton\ before
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