Whether in life with nature or in spiritual life, exhaustion and its results follow on a straining of our powers. BibliographyBengel, Johann Albrecht. The same was true of the doctrine requiring faith in Christ. BibliographyTrapp, John. The passage does not, however, stop by explaining salvation. The word is the whole subject-matter of the Gospel. the word or doctrine of faith is thus easy and familiar.' 1801-1803. The words, which we preach, are added, that no one might have the suspicion that Paul differed from Moses; for he testifies, that in the ministration of the gospel there was complete consent between him and Moses; inasmuch as even Moses placed our felicity in nothing else but in the gratuitous promise of divine favor. is easily understood and attained" MacKnight. "Commentary on Romans 10:8". ... the Word is the truth of the Bible understood and explained in its plain and obvious meaning. The word is nigh thee -, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, that is, the word of faith, which we preach, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary, But what says it? "Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament". It is not wrong—nay, it is right, for such is our nature, to speculate on these high matters; but if we do nothing else, then we injure our religious life, and lose the use of lofty speculation. Pride or despair follows, but chiefly exhaustion of the spiritual faculty, and oftentimes its death. BibliographyHaydock, George Leo. What is remote, with difficulty. Which we preach - Which is proclaimed by the apostles, and made known to Jews and Gentiles. The whole quotation in the Hebrew is as follows: “It (the commandment) is not in heaven, that ye should say, Who will ascend for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and make us hear it that we may do it? But what does the righteousness which is of faith say? Romans 10:8Amplified Bible (AMP) 8 But what does it say? BibliographyVincent, Marvin R. DD. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. 8.What does it say? https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bul/romans-10.html. He died as a ransom for you so that you would not be held accountable for your sins ( Hebrews 9:15 ). In this place the meaning seems to be, the affair is nigh thee, (that is, is rendered easy and feasible,) even in thy mouth, and in thy heart; that is, the affair of faith, which we preach. In fact, to his utter shock his wife had informed him a few hours before his flight that she was filing for divorce and leaving. Romans 11:8. The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart. 1896. The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/romans-10.html. IN the previous sermon we saw that Paul was proving that salvation is not achieved by hard labour and completing tasks like the labours of Hercules, but that it is within the grasp of all who will receive the word of truth and believe it. Romans 10:8. It becomes in Christ absolute truth. American Tract Society. Compare Exodus 13:9; Deuteronomy 6:6-9. These terms explain how the word is nigh. Piper answers in this lab. Who can count the dust of thoughts which fly around the question of immortality? "The Bible Study New Testament". BibliographyConstable, Thomas. This verse has been explained in dealing with Romans 10:6-7. But what saith it? BibliographyCoke, Thomas. S. A. Brooke, The Spirit of the Christian Life, p. 177. add καὶ ἐν ταῖς χερσί σου τοῦτʼ ἔστι) The word, that is, the word of faith is nigh thee. College Press, Joplin, MO. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfb/romans-10.html. Faith is easy compared to a lifetime of slavish obedience to the Law. BibliographyBeza, Theodore. 1871-8. All rights reserved. 1840-57. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. 1599-1645. But what saith it? For while faith is beginning to believe, Christ dwells in the heart. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/rwp/romans-10.html. Romans 10:8 But what saith it? or what saith the righteousness of faith? https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsb/romans-10.html. For while faith is beginning to believe, Christ dwells in the heart. Paul himself, and all other preachers of the gospel. BibliographyRobertson, A.T. "Commentary on Romans 10:8". Christ has accomplished the two great things necessary for salvation. It must be further observed, that lest the minds of men, being led away by crafts, should wander from the way of salvation, the limits of the word are prescribed to them, within which they are to keep themselves: for it is the same as though he had bidden them to be satisfied with the word only, and reminded them, that in this mirror those secrets of heaven are to be seen, which would otherwise by their brightness dazzle their eyes, and would also stun their ears and overpower the mind itself. That is, the word of faith, which we preach: Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges, William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament. Even though we’ve been saved by Jesus, we all still die. The Word is near us because the Bible is available. Acts 26:25. 1879-90. For the subj. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 1897-1910. Moses had so often inculcated it, that it was understood and talked about by the people, so that there was no need to search in distant climes to obtain it. The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 1863-1878. This phrase, מלה דמהימנותא, "the word of faith", may be seen in the Jewish writingsF26Zohar. But we shall lose, we say, in this humbler life, the beauty and sublimity which in pursuing high things we found in youth, and we cannot do without beauty, nor aspire without sublimity. As used by Moses in this place, it evidently means that his doctrines were in their mind, or were a subject of meditation and reflection. As the expressions to be hidden, to be far off, imply that the thing to which they refer is inaccessible or difficult, so to be near, to be in the mouth and in the heart, mean to be accessible, easy and familiar. And it is not beyond the sea, that ye should say, Who will go over for us beyond the sea, and bring it to us, and make us hear it that we may do it? Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament. "Mark Dunagan Commentaries on the Bible". “But what saith the Scripture? For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. "Commentary on Romans 10:8". John Piper … ÏÏÏμαÏί ÏÎ¿Ï ÎºÎ±á½¶ á¼Î½ ÏῠκαÏδίᾳ ÏοÏ, καὶ á¼Î½ Ïαá¿Ï ÏεÏÏί ÏÎ¿Ï ÏοῦÏʼ á¼ÏÏι, The word, that is, the word of faith is nigh thee. The actual ῥῆμα is Κύριος Ἰησοῦς: it is the expression of a faith which believes with the whole heart that GOD raised Him from death. which we preach; being sent, commissioned, qualified, and assisted by Christ thereunto; which shows the agreement between Moses and the apostles of Christ; for the word which he spoke of, they preached, and indeed said no other things than what the prophets and Moses said should come, that Christ should suffer in the stead of his people, and rise again for their justification; the sum of which is delivered in Romans 10:9. Romans 10:8, CSB: "On the contrary, what does it say? https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/sbc/romans-10.html. "Commentary on Romans 10:8". Christ died to defeat the power that sin held over you ( Romans 6:4, Colossians 2:13-15 ). "Commentary on Romans 10:8". It’s problem is that between the first and last verse, the passage appears to contradict the very gospel referred to in those two verses. The meaning of this passage then is, ‘The gospel, instead of directing us to ascend into heaven, or to go down to the abyss, tells us the thing required is simple and easy. God's message is near you. Deuteronomy 30:14. In verse 8,` Paul referred to “ The word of faith which we preach ”. The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". "Commentary on Romans 10:8". To seek, by earning, God"s righteousness is to act as though Christ had not obtained for us the righteousness of God. To make matters worse, after Bob arrived at his destination he discovered that his most substantial client h… 1832. 2 Corinthians 12:4; 2 Corinthians 13:1. 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