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Verse Romans 3:3. JEW. _FOR WHAT_] τιγαρ, _What then, if some
did not_ _believe_, c. If some of the Jewish nation have abused their
privileges, and acted contrary to their obligations, shall their
wi...
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FOR WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE? - This is to be regarded as another
objection of a Jew. “What then? or what follows? if it be admitted
that some of the nation did not believe, does it not follow tha...
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CHAPTER 3:1-20
_ 1. Objections and Their Answers. (Romans 3:1 .)_
2. The Whole World Under Sin. (Romans 3:9 .)
Romans 3:1
A number of objections are next raised and answered. “What advantage
then h...
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JEWISH PROTESTS SILENCED.
Romans 3:1. What then, it is asked, is the advantage of being a Jew,
etc.?
Romans 3:2. Much, Paul replies, in every way: to begin with, they were
entrusted with the oracles...
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What, then, is the something plus which belongs to a Jew? Or what
special advantage belongs to those who have been circumcised? Much in
every way. In the first place, there is this advantage--that the...
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GOD'S FIDELITY AND MAN'S INFIDELITY (Romans 3:1-8)...
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SOME. Greek. _tines_. App-124.
DID NOT BELIEVE. Greek. _apisteo._ See Acts 28:24.
SHALL. The question is introduced by _me_ (App-105).
UNBELIEF. Greek. _apistia._ Occurs twelve times; first Matthew...
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_For what_ Here a formula of argument, introducing an objection.
_if some_ A euphemism, most natural in the words of a supposed _Jewish
Opponent_. As a fact, it was the "some" who believed, the many...
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The Divine Judge will not connive at sin
3 8. _For what if some_, &c. Romans 3:3-8 form a passage of much
difficulty in detail, though clear as a whole. The difficulty results
partly from a doubt as t...
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17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through
ignoring the one condition of righteousness.
1–20. A brief statement of the true nature of the Jew’s position,
to be fully dealt wi...
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ΤΊ ΓΆΡ; Philippians 1:18 only. Introduces an objection which must
be met. The passage is closely condensed.
ΕἸ ἨΠΊΣΤΗΣΑΝ. ἀπιστεῖν always = to disbelieve
(from ἄπιστος = unbelieving), even prob. 2 Tim...
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ΉΠΊΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (MOD не
верить, отказываться верить; или со
_знач._ быть неверным (SH). О префиксе в
качестве отр. _см._ Romans 1:20.
ΑΠΙΣΤΊΑ теог> неверие, неверность,
ΚΑΤΑΡΓ...
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DISCOURSE: 1829
THE FOLLY OF UNBELIEF
Romans 3:3. _What if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make
the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but
every man a liar_.
IN...
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FOR WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE? &C.— This and the following verse
are generally understood as a continuation and explication of the
Apostle's answer in the second verse; whereby the sense of the thi...
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_TEXT_
Romans 3:1-9 a. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the
profit of circumcision? Romans 3:2 Much every way: first of all, that
they were intrusted with the oracles of God. Romans 3:3 Fo...
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_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_
16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and
oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But
in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
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3:3 faith (a-13) Or 'faithfulness.'...
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THE NEW WAY OF ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD
In Romans 1:2 St. Paul has shown that both Gentile and Jew have sinned
wilfully, and are under God's condemnation. He now digresses to Jewish
objections against the...
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DID NOT BELIEVE] RV 'were without faith.' UNBELIEF] RV 'want of
faith.' FAITH] RV 'faithfulness.'...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 3
SOME *JEWISH PROTESTS AGAINST PAUL’S THOUGHTS 3:1-8
V1 Someone might ask whether the *Jews received any real advanta...
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III.
(1-8) Continuing the subject, but with a long digression in Romans 3:3
_et seq._ The Apostle asks, What is the real value of these apparent
advantages? He is about to answer the question fully, a...
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For what if.-What (follows) if, &c. Or we may take the first two words
by themselves, and throw the next two clauses together. How stands the
case? If some rejected the faith, shall their rejection ma...
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CHAPTER 8
JEWISH CLAIMS: NO HOPE IN HUMAN MERIT
Romans 3:1
As the Apostle dictates, there rises before his mind a figure often
seen by his eyes, the Rabbinic disputant. Keen, subtle, unscrupulous,
a...
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f. τί γάρ; For how? _i.e._, Well then, how stands the case? _Cf._
Philippians 1:18. εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες = if some _did_
disbelieve. It is not necessary to render this, with reference to
ἐπιστεύθησαν in...
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It might easily seem, at this point, as if the Apostle's argument had
proved too much. He has shown that the mere possession of the law does
not exempt the Jew from judgment, but that God requires its...
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GOD FAITHFUL THOUGH MEN BE FAITHLESS
Romans 3:1
The Jewish people had a great treasure entrusted to them for the
benefit of the whole world. This position as stewards for mankind
conferred upon them...
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Paul here turned to a brief discussion of certain objections. First,
"What advantage, then, hath the Jew?" He replied, "Much, every way."
He then mentioned only one, which he spoke of as being "first...
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For what if some did not (c) believe? shall their unbelief make the
(d) faith of God without effect?
(c) Break the covenant.
(d) The faith that God gave....
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“ _For what shall we say? If some did not believe, shall their
unbelief make void the faithfulness of God? Let it not be: yea, let
God be found true, and every man a liar; as it is written: That Thou...
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SIXTH PASSAGE (3:1-8). JEWISH PREROGATIVE DOES NOT IMPLY EXEMPTION
FROM JUDGMENT.
The order of thought in this piece, one of the most difficult,
perhaps, in the Epistle, is as follows:
1. If the Jew...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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3._What indeed if some, etc. _As before, while regarding the Jews as
exulting in the naked sign, he allowed them no not even a spark of
glory; so now, while considering the nature of the sign, he test...
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Having established the great truth that God required real moral
goodness, he considers the position of the Jews. Could they not plead
special divine favour? Was there no advantage in Judaism? Surely t...
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FOR WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE?.... It is suggested, that though the
Jews enjoyed such a privilege, some of them did not believe; which is
an aggravation of their sin, that they should have such mea...
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For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith
of God without effect?
Ver. 3. _The faith of God_] That is, his faithful promises, opposed to
man's perfidy. _Fides quia fit quod...
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_For what if some_ And they a considerable number, of those who once
possessed these invaluable treasures; _did not believe_ Them, or did
not duly consider what they speculatively believed, and so rej...
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WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE? had not faith in God, and as a
consequence of their unbelief were unfaithful to God; for both these
ideas are included in the original word.
SHALL THEIR UNBELIEF; their u...
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MAN'S GUILT AND GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The advantage of the Jew:...
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FOR WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE? SHALL THEIR UNBELIEF MAKE THE FAITH
OF GOD WITHOUT EFFECT?...
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WHAT ADVANTAGE HAS THE JEW?
Since God requires subjection _of heart_ from the Jew, and at the same
time honors a like subjection of heart in the Gentiles, the question
arises, "What advantage then hat...
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ROMANS 3:1-20
1. Was anyone (Jew or Gentile) justified on their own merit?
a. Were Jews or Gentiles saved by their own power?
i. Both are under sin
ii. How bad was their sin?
1. None righteous
2...
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FOR WHAT IF SOME WERE WITHOUT FAITH? SHALL THEIR WANT OF FAITH MAKE OF
NONE EFFECT THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD?
'Some' -i.e. some of the Jewish people. The fact was that many Jews
had not proved faithfu...
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1-8 The law could not save in or from sins, yet it gave the Jews
advantages for obtaining salvation. Their stated ordinances, education
in the knowledge of the true God and his service, and many favo...
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IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE; if some did remain in infidelity, ACTS 28:24,
if they would give no credit to the oracle, and to the promise of a
Messiah. THE FAITH OF GOD; i.e. the truth and faithfulness of...
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For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of
none effect the faithfulness of God?...
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Cyprian Epistle LIV "For what," he says, "if some of them have
departed from the faith? Hath their unbelief made the faith of God of
none effect? God forbid! For God is true, but every man a liar."[33...
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Romans 3:3 For G1063 what G5101 if G1487 some G5100 believe G569
(G5656) G3361 Will G2673 their...
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‘For what if some were without faith? Will their want of faith make
of none effect (render inoperative) the faithfulness of God?'
Taking this as the question of the supposed antagonist, the questioner...
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IF THIS BE SO WHAT ADVANTAGE IS THERE IN BEING A JEW? (3:1-8).
In a series of questions Paul now takes up the points just made, the
claimed advantage of being a Jew (Romans 2:17) and the claimed
advan...
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_The Justification by Faith, and the Curse of the Law_.
Paul addresses himself again directly to the Galatians with an
expression of his indignant surprise at the folly of their relapse
into Judaism,...
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3. _The Scriptural Proof of the Guilt of the Jews._
This section forms the conclusion of the first part: ‘Every one
needs this power unto salvation.' While in general it may be regarded
as presenting...
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Romans 3:3. FOR WHAT IF; as is the case, thus introducing the fact as
an objection to be answered. Others divide the verse: ‘For what?
(_i.e._, what is the case). If some,' etc. This turns the whole i...
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FOR WHAT IF?
(τ γαρ ει?). But Westcott and Hort print it, Τ γαρ? ε. See
Philippians 1:18 for this exclamatory use of τ γαρ (for how? How
stands the case?).SOME WERE WITHOUT FAITH
(ηπιστησαν). Firs...
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Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there
of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God._
The Jews of old had a great...
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Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit is there
of circumcision?_
If, after all, both Jew and Gentiles were under sin, what advantage
had the Jew by the covenant under which he...
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Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there
of circumcision? Much every way; chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God._
If it be so that, after all...
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Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there
of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God._
It was a great thing to be...
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CONTENTS: The common guilt of both Jew and Gentile. Justification by
faith, not by the law.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The sum of all sin is coming short of the glory of God for
which we we...
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The first part of this chapter, as far as the twentieth verse, belongs
to the two preseding Chapter s, and confirms, by the words of David,
the deplorable state of fallen man.
Romans 3:1. _What advant...
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WHAT IF SOME? "Would not the unfaithfulness of some Jews _invalidate_
God's promise?" The Jewish argument runs: "If some of the _chosen
people_ are lost through their unfaithfulness, doesn't this mean...
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_For what if some did not believe?_
MAN’S UNBELIEF AND GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
I. Man’s unbelief; its various forms; impenitence; scepticism.
II. God’s faithfulness; His Word remains true; cannot fail o...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 3:3 Even though most Jews were UNFAITHFUL and
refused to trust and obey God, he remains faithful to them. God will
fulfill his covenant promises, particularly his promise to save...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 3:1. WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW?—Pre-eminence. Passage
brings out the idea of surplus (Wordsworth).
Romans 3:3.—πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ—the faith of God—may
perhaps be best exp...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 3:1
(2) _Certain objections with regard to the Jews suggested and met.
_In_ _this passage, before proceeding with his argument, the apostle
meets certain objections that might be ma...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Romans 3.
Paul has just told the Jews that having the law does not justify a
person. It is the keeping of the law that justifies one. That
uncircumcision really has...
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1 Samuel 15:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Timothy
2:13;...
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Did not believe [η π ι σ τ η σ α ν]. Rev., were without
faith. Not, as some, were unfaithful, which is contrary to New
Testament usage. See Mark 16:11; Mark 16:16; Luke 24:11;...
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Shall their unbelief disannul the faithfulness of God — Will he not
still make good his promises to them that do believe?...
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Here follows. second objection: Some might say, "True, the Jews had
the oracles of God, but some of them never believed them, nor gave any
credit to the promise of the Messias contained in them; there...