Romans 11:35

And, ◄No one has given anything to God that he did not previously receive from God!/Has anyone given anything to God that he did not previously receive from God?► [RHQ] So God ◄is not obligated to/does not have to► pay back anything to anyone!

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

In Context

34I remember the Scriptures that say, ◄No one has known what the Lord thinks./Who has known what the Lord thinks?► [RHQ] ◄Absolutely no one has given him advice about what he should do!/Who has advised him about what he should do?► [RHQ]

36God is the one who created all things. He is also the one who sustains all things. The reason that he created them was that everything he created might praise him. May all people honor him forever! ◄May it be so!/Amen!►

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Cross References

Job 35:7And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].

Matthew 20:15I certainly have a right to spend my money as I desire [RHQ], including paying those laborers what I desire to pay them. ◄You should not be envious about my being generous!/Are you angry [MET] because I am generous?► [RHQ]’”

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:34-36

The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. The apostle having insisted so largely, through the greatest part of this chapter, upon… Read the whole commentary →

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