Romans 11:27 Meaning

“For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.”

Romans 11:27, KJV

““and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.””

Romans 11:27, ESV

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1. Romans 11:27 Meaning – For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins

Romans 11:27 Meaning – For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins

Paul, in the last prophecy quoted from Isaiah, had briefly touched on the duty of the Messiah, for the purpose of instructing the Jews concerning the great advantages which might chiefly be expected to flow from the establishment of his kingdom; yet he intentionally added, with the same design, these few words from Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 31:33,34. See Hebrews 8:8-12; 10:16,17.)

Paul designedly subjoined, in his quotation from Isaiah, “shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob,” because it afforded a confirmation of the point he was discussing.

His declaration concerning the conversion of the Israelites might appear to be unworthy of credit, during the confirmed obstinacy displayed by that nation.

This obstacle is removed by stating that the new covenant consisted in the gratuitous remission of sin.

For it follows, as a conclusion, from the words of the prophet, that God would have only to forgive the crime of perfidy and other sins, in his treatment of an apostate people.

Calvin, John – Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans tr. Francis Sibson (1834)