Romans 11:29

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For	γὰρ gar	G1063	properly · conjunction
gifts	χαρίσματα charismata	G5486	a (divine) gratuity · noun — nominative plural neuter
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
calling	κλῆσις klēsis	G2821	an invitation (figuratively) · noun — nominative singular feminine
God	θεοῦ. theou	G2316	figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
repentance	ἀμεταμέλητα ametamelēta	G278	irrevocable · adjective — nominative plural neuter

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Cross-references

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken…
Hebrews 7:21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art…
Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destru…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:1-32

The apostle proposes here a plausible objection, which might be urged against the divine conduct in casting off the Jewish nation (Rom 11:1): "Hath God cast away his people? Is the rejection total and final? Are they all abandoned to wrath and ruin, and that eternal? Is the extent of the sentence so large as to be without reserve, or the continuance of it so long as to be without repeal? Will he have no more a peculiar people to himself?" In opposition to this, he shows that there was a great deal of goodness and mercy expressed along with this seeming severity, particularly he insists upon three things: - 1. That, though some of the Jews were cast off, yet they were not all so. 2. That, tho…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 11:29

For the gifts and calling--"and the calling" of God are without repentance--"not to be," or "cannot be repented of." By the "calling of God," in this case, is meant that sovereign act by which God, in the exercise of His free choice, "called" Abraham to be the father of a peculiar people; while "the gifts of God" here denote the articles of the covenant which God made with Abraham, and which constituted the real distinction between his and all other families of the earth. Both these, says the apostle, are irrevocable; and as the point for which he refers to this at all is the final destiny of the Israelitish nation, it is clear that the perpetuity through all time of the Abrahamic covenant…

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Adam Clarke on Romans 11:29

For the gifts and calling of God, etc. - The gifts which God has bestowed upon them, and the calling - the invitation, with which he has favored them he will never revoke. In reference to this point there is no change of mind in him; and therefore the possibility and certainty of their restoration to their original privileges, of being the people of God, of enjoying every spiritual blessing with the fullness of the Gentiles, may be both reasonably and safely inferred. Repentance, when applied to God, signifies simply change of purpose relative to some declarations made subject to certain conditions. See this fully explained and illustrated by himself, Jer 18:7-9.

The Church Fathers

If they believe, their sins will not be counted against them, because God does not repent that he made a promise with Abraham's descendants. Or it may mean if they believe they will be saved without the anguish of penance.
— Pelagius, PELAGIUS'S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS

"For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." And even this is not all he says to solace them, for he uses what had already come about. And what came in of consequence, that he states as chiefly intended.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Romans 19

It is usually thought that those who have sinned badly by not accepting the promise of God cannot receive mercy if they do not demonstrate their sorrow, because those who have sinned badly cannot be forgiven without tears and wailing. But Paul shows that these things are not required at the start, because God's gift freely pardons sins in baptism.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

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Dictionary and topics

Goodness of God — A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various circumstances and relations (Ps. 145:8, 9; 103:8; 1 John 4:8). Viewed generally, it is benevolence;…
Perseverance of the saints — Their certain continuance in a state of grace. Once justified and regenerated, the believer can neither totally nor finally fall away from grace, but will certainly persevere therein and attain…
Gifts From God · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO BOTH TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO BOTH TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL
Gifts Of God, The · Spiritual: Not repented of by him — Spiritual: Not repented of by him
Perseverance · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Romans 11:29

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:1-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 11:29

Adam Clarke on Romans 11:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Romans 11:29

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:1-32

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 11:29

Adam Clarke on Romans 11:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Romans 11:29

John Calvin on Romans 11:28-32

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Romans 11:26-27