Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: The First great head of his subject-the proof and illustration of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith-being now concluded, the apostle here enters on the Second great division, the fruits of justification... [ Continue Reading ]
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. BY WHOM ALSO WE HAVE ACCESS, [ teen (G3588) prosagoogeen (G4318) escheekamen (G2192)]. Our translators, following the Vulgate and Luther, have gone wrong here. The true sense, as given... [ Continue Reading ]
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; AND NOT ONLY [SO] BUT WE GLORY IN TRIBULATIONS ALSO - not, surely, for their own sake, for as such they are "not joyous but grievous;" but KNOWING THAT TRIBULATION WORKETH PATIENCE. To 'work' anything... [ Continue Reading ]
And patience, experience; and experience, hope: AND PATIENCE [WORKETH] EXPERIENCE, [ dokimeen (G1382)] - rather 'proof,' as the same word is rendered in 2 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 13:3; Philippians 2:22 - that is, experimental evidence that we have 'believed through grace' [Vulgate and Cal... [ Continue Reading ]
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. AND HOPE MAKETH NOT ASHAMED - putteth not to shame, as empty hopes do, or, is not of a character to disappoint those in whose bosoms it springs up as the proper consequence... [ Continue Reading ]
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. FOR WHEN WE WERE YET WITHOUT STRENGTH, IN DUE TIME CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY. [ Eti (G2089) gar (G1063) Christos (G5547) ontoon (G5607) heemoon (G2257) asthenoon (G772) kata (G2596) kairon (G2540) huper (G5228... [ Continue Reading ]
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. FOR SCARCELY FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN, [ huper (G5228 ) dikaiou (G1342 )] WILL ONE DIE: YET PERADVENTURE FOR A GOOD MAN SOME WOULD EVEN DARE TO DIE, [ huper (G5228) gar (G1063) tou (G3588) agath... [ Continue Reading ]
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. BUT GOD COMMENDETH, [ sunisteesin (G4921)] - 'setteth forth,' 'displayeth' (see the same word in Romans 3:5; Romans 16:1; 2 Corinthians 3:1), HIS (OWN) LOVE TOWARD US, [ tou (G3588 ) heautou (G1438 )... [ Continue Reading ]
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. MUCH MORE THEN, BEING ('HAVING BEEN') NOW JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, WE SHALL BE SAVED FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. FOR IF, WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES, [ echthroi (G2190) ontes (G5607)] - not in the active sense of the word, as meaning 'persons cherishing enmity toward God' (s... [ Continue Reading ]
And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. AND NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE ALSO JOY, [ kauchoomenoi (G2744), scil., esmen (G2070). So most good interpreters. Alford and Green retain the participial idea, as continuing katallagentes... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: WHEREFORE, [ dia (G1223) touto (G5124)] - that is, 'Things being so;' so as they have been shown to be in the whole previous argument of this Epistle. To suppose (as... [ Continue Reading ]
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. FOR UNTIL THE LAW, [ achri (G891) nomou (G3551)] - not 'until (the cessation) of the law,' or until the time of Christ; as Chrysostom and Augustine, with other fathers, and Erasmus, strangely understood the exp... [ Continue Reading ]
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. NEVERTHELESS - q.d., 'Yet, though according to this sound principle it might have been supposed that mankind, from Adam to Mo... [ Continue Reading ]
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. BUT ('HOWBEIT') NOT AS THE OFFENCE, [ paraptooma (G3900 ), 'TRESPASS,'] SO ALSO IS THE... [ Continue Reading ]
And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. AND NOT AS [IT WAS] BY ONE THAT SINNED. [Instead of di' (G1223) henos (G1520) hamarteesantos (G264), Griesbach reads hamarteematos (G265),... [ Continue Reading ]
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) FOR IF BY ONE MAN'S OFFENCE. (This reading is preferable to Tischendorf's-`by one offence' [ en (G1722) heni (G1520) parapt... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. THEREFORE, [ ara (G686) oun (G3767)] - or, 'Now then;' the matter standing as we have thus at length shown [rebus ita comp... [ Continue Reading ]
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. FOR AS BY [`THE'] ONE MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE [`THE'] MANY WERE MADE, [ katestatheesan (G2525)] - 'constituted? or 'held to be,' SINNERS; SO BY THE OBEDIENCE OF [`THE'] ONE SHALL [`THE'] M... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: MOREOVER THE LAW ENTERED, [ pareiseelthen (G3922)] - 'entered incidentally' or 'parenthetically.' It is important 'to preserve this shade of meaning, which the compound word certainly convey... [ Continue Reading ]
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. THAT AS SIN HATH REIGNED - `That as sin reigned' ebasileusen (G936)]. Observe here the marked change in the term employed to express the great original transgression.... [ Continue Reading ]