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ROMANS 4:19 kateno,hsen {C}
Curiously enough, each of the two readings, one positive and one
negative, gives good sense: (_a_) kateno,hsen (a A B C 81 1739 vg syrp
copsa, bo, fay arm _al_) means, “Hi...
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Verse 19. _HE CONSIDERED NOT HIS OWN BODY NOW DEAD_] He showed at
once the correctness and energy of his faith: God _cannot_ lie;
Abraham _can_ believe. It is true that, according to the course of
na...
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AND BEING NOT WEAK IN FAITH - That is, having strong faith.
HE CONSIDERED NOT - He did not regard the fact that his body was now
dead, as any obstacle to the fulfillment of the promise. He did not
su...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The Witness of Abraham to Justification. (Romans 4:1 .)_
2. As Confirmed also by David. (Romans 4:6 .)
3. Circumcision the Sign of the Covenant. (Romans 4:9 .)
4. Faith in Him Who Ra...
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ROMANS 4:17 _B_ - ROMANS 4:25. FAITH IN GOD THE LIFE-GIVER.
Romans 4:17 associates with the _scope_ the _quality_ of Abraham's
faith. The patriarch's world-fatherhood was his in the sight of God
whom...
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THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
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In hope Abraham believed beyond hope that he would become the father
of many nations, as the saying had it, "So will be your seed.?" He did
not weaken in his faith, although he was well aware that by...
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BEING, &C. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis._ App-6. See this Figure of
speech in Romans 5:6 also.
CONSIDERED. App-133.
NOT. The texts omit.
NOW. already.
DEAD. Greek. _nekroo._ See Colossians 3:5.
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_being not weak_ i.e., at that crisis; so the Gr. implies. _Under that
strain_he did not succumb; in faith he rose to the effort.
_he considered not_ So as to distract his view of the fact of the
Prom...
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ΚΑῚ ΜῊ�. μὴ in N.T. and all later Greek is normally used
with part.; cf. Moulton, pp. 170, 232.
ΚΑΤΕΝΌΗΣΕΝ. Really a μὲν clause—though he fully saw
… yet (εἰς δὲ …)....
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ΆΣΘΕΝΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΣΘΕΝΈΩ (G770)
быть слабым; inch. _aor._ с отр.
ΜΉ (G3361), "не становясь слабым" (SH).
Каузальное или сопутств. _part._
ΚΑΤΕΝΌΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΝΟΈΩ (G2657)...
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_TEXT_
Romans 4:13-22. For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or
to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the
righteousness of faith. Romans 4:14 For if they that are o...
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And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead,
when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of
Sarah's womb:
AND BEING NOT WEAK IN FAITH, HE CONSIDERED NO...
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_JUSTIFICATION-INDIVIDUAL_
13 As further developed in Galatians, the law was not given till
hundreds of years after Abraham was counted righteous. The promises he
received in connection with it were...
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ACCEPTANCE BY FAITH FORESHADOWED IN THE OLD DISPENSATION
In Romans 3:21.; St. Paul set forth the great truth of acceptance by
faith. A Jew might object that it was new, and therefore not true. In
Roma...
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BEING NOT WEAK] RV 'without being weakened.' CONSIDERED NOT] RV
'considered,' i.e. he realised his weakness, but still believed.
DEAD] RV 'as good as dead.'...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 4
ABRAHAM’S *FAITH 4:1-8
V1 We shall talk about our *ancestor Abraham. He discovered how to be
*righteous. V2 But he d...
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(18-22) Extended description of the faith of Abraham....
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CONSIDERED NOT. — The negative should, in accordance with the
evidence of the best MSS., be emitted. “Who, because he was not weak
in faith, considered indeed — took full account of — the natural
impe...
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IV.
(1-25) The subject of the chapter is an application of the foregoing
to the special (and crucial) case of Abraham, with particular
reference to two ideas that are continually recurring throughout...
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CHAPTER 11
ABRAHAM (2)
Romans 4:13
AGAIN we approach the name of Abraham, Friend of God, Father of the
Faithful. We have seen him justified by faith, personally accepted
because turning altogether t...
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The Apostle can now develop, without further interruption or
digression, his idea of the representative (and therefore universal)
character of Abraham's justification. The New Testament cannot be said...
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FOLLOWING ABRAHAM IN FAITH IN GOD
Romans 4:16
Notice the remarkable alteration made by the r.v. in Romans 4:19. The
a.v. suggests that Abraham refused to consider the physical
disabilities which seem...
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The apostle now dealt with another difficulty that might arise in the
mind of the Jew, showing that the method of grace, namely, imputing
righteousness in response to faith, is in harmony with the who...
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And being (p) not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now
(q) dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the
deadness of Sara's womb:
(p) Very strong and steadfast.
(q) Void...
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Effete, through old age, _Greek: nenekromenon._...
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TENTH PASSAGE (4:1-25). FAITH THE PRINCIPLE OF ABRAHAM'S
JUSTIFICATION.
Abraham being for the Jews the embodiment of salvation, his case was
of capital moment in the solution of the question here tre...
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“ _And being not weak in faith, he considered his own body now dead
he was about an hundred years old and the old age of Sarah's body; but
having regard to the promise, he doubted not through unbelief...
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3. ROMANS 4:17-21.
The birth of Isaac was the work of faith; the apostle proves it by the
Scripture narrative, the memory of which was present to the mind of
all his readers, and which was intended t...
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(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), before
him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth
those things which be not as though they were. (18) Who again...
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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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19._In faith_, _etc. _If you prefer to omit one of the negatives you
may render it thus, “Being weak in faith, he considered not his own
body,” etc.; but this makes no sense. He indeed shows now more...
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In dealing with the Jew, and even in dealing with the question of
righteousness, there was, besides the law, another consideration of
great weight both with the Jews themselves and in the dealings of...
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AND BEING NOT WEAK IN FAITH,.... Abraham was not weak in the exercise
of his faith, on the promise of God; nor was his faith weakened about
the accomplishment of it, neither by the length of time afte...
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And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead,
when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of
Sara's womb:
Ver. 19. _He considered not_] Gr. ου κατενοησε,...
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_Who_, &c. In this paragraph the apostle first takes notice of the
difficulties which stood in the way of Abraham's faith, and then of
the power and excellence of it, manifested in its triumphing over...
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DEAD-DEADNESS; as to what was promised, they being at a time of life
when it would not be according to the ordinary course of nature....
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AND BEING NOT WEAK IN FAITH, HE CONSIDERED NOT HIS OWN BODY NOW DEAD,
WHEN HE WAS ABOUT AN HUNDRED YEARS OLD, NEITHER YET THE DEADNESS OF
SARAH'S WOMB;...
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The Scriptural proof:...
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ABRAHAM AND DAVID JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
Now there is deepest patience and grace shown on the part of God
through Paul, His instrument in writing this epistle: for it is
blessed to see that He gives no m...
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ROMANS 4:1-25
1. How was Abraham justified?
2. Could he have been justified by works?
a. Why or why not?
b. Faith excludes boasting 3:27
c. If saved by works, Abraham could glory
3. How did it h...
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Romans 4:19 And without being weakened in faith he considered his own
body now as good as dead (he being about. hundred years old), and the
deadness of Sarah's womb;
'he considered' -'his faith n...
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13-22 The promise was made to Abraham long before the law. It points
at Christ, and it refers to the promise, Genesis 12:3. In Thee shall
all families of the earth be blessed. The law worketh wrath,...
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He regarded not the impotency of his own body, which was as it were
dead, because of his age, in respect of any desires or powers of
generation. Abraham several years after married Keturah, by whom he...
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And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as
good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of
Sarah's womb;...
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Romans 4:19 And G2532 being G3361 weak G770 (G5660) faith G4102 not
G3756 consider G2657 (G5656) own...
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Romans 4:19. AND WITHOUT BEING MADE WEAK. This clause points to a
result which might have been expected, but did not occur.
IN FAITH; the article in the original points to ‘his faith.'
HE CONSIDERE...
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2. PROOF FROM THE CASE OF ABRAHAM, THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BY FAITH.
The principle of faith, as the universal one, does not make void the
law. In the truest sense it is by this principle that ‘we establ...
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WITHOUT BEING WEAKENED IN FAITH
(μη ασθενησας τη πιστε). "Not becoming weak in
faith." Ingressive first aorist active participle with negative
μη.NOW AS GOOD AS DEAD
(ηδη νενεκρωμενον). Perfect p...
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Romans 3:31 ; ROMANS 4
A Crucial Case.
I. It was by his faith Abraham was justified, not by his works of
obedience. Paul's proof of this is very simple. He finds a remarkable
proof-text ready to his...
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Romans 4:16. _Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to
the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, not to that only
which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of...
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Romans 4:1. _What shall we say then that Abraham our father as
pertaining to the flesh, hath found?_
What blessings did really come to Abraham, the father of the faithful?
What is the nature of that...
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Romans 4:1. What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as
pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by
works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith...
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Romans 4:1. _What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as
pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by
works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what sait...
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CONTENTS: Abraham justified by faith, not works. Justifying faith
defined.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Abraham, David, Sarah.
CONCLUSION: No man can pretend to merit eternal life, nor show any
worth in...
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Romans 4:1. _What shall we say then that Abraham, our father, as
pertaining_ _to the flesh, hath found?_ How was he a sinner, an
idolater, justified? _Was it by the flesh,_ as indicated by the word
fa...
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_What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the
flesh, hath found?_
LESSONS FROM THE CASE OF ABRAHAM
I. However much the most perfect of the species may have to glory of
in the...
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_And being not weak in faith … he staggered not at the promise of
God through unbelief._
THE SINFULNESS OF STAGGERING
I. What is it to stagger at the promise? The word “staggered” is
properly to make...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 4:1 Abraham, the father of the Jewish people,
is presented as a test case for the view that justification is by
faith alone.
⇐...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 4:18.—Against hope as man; but upon hope in God (Severian).
Romans 4:19.—In this passage Abraham is represented as placed
between two opposite forces—that of sight and that o...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 4:1
(5) _Abraham himself shown to have been justified by faith, and not by
works, believers being his true heirs._
The main points of the argument may be summarized thus: When Abra...
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Now what shall we say concerning Abraham the father, as pertaining to
the flesh, what did he find? For if Abraham were justified by his
works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God (Romans 4:1-...
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Genesis 17:17; Genesis 18:11; Hebrews 11:11; John 20:27; John 20:28
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Being not weak in faith he considered not [μ η α σ θ ε ν η σ
α ς τ η π ι σ τ ε ι ο υ κ α τ ε ν ο η σ ε ν].
The best texts omit ouj not before considered. According to this the
rendering is as Rev., he...
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ABRAHAM AN EXEMPLAR OF FAITH
Romans 4:1, _Romans 4:13_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In our verses there are several things relative to the faith of
Abraham that are worthy of note:
1. WHAT DID ABRAHAM FIND A...