Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 4:25
Who was delivered — To death. For our offences — As an atonement for them. And raised for our justification — To empower us to receive that atonement by faith.
Who was delivered — To death. For our offences — As an atonement for them. And raised for our justification — To empower us to receive that atonement by faith.
Verse Romans 4:25. _WHO WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR OFFENCES_] Who was delivered up to death as a _sacrifice for our sins_; for in what other way, or for what other purpose could He, who is _innocence_ itse...
WHO WAS DELIVERED - To death; compare the notes at Acts 2:23. FOR OUR OFFENCES - On account of our crimes. He was delivered up to death in order to make expiation for our sins. AND WAS RAISED AGAIN...
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...
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...
THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
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...
DELIVERED. See John 19:30. OFFENCES. App-128. AGAIN. Omit. JUSTIFICATION. justifying. App-191....
_delivered_ As the Victim. Cp. Romans 8:32. Here the Father delivers up His Son. In Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:2, &c.; we have the self-surrender of the Son. See...
ὋΣ ΠΑΡΕΔΌΘΗ ΔΙᾺ ΤᾺ Π. As Romans 3:25; cf. Isaiah 53:12 LXX[124] Joh. Weiss (_op. cit_[125]), p. 172, points out that the two clauses are an instance of the Hebrew tendency to parallelism, and that con...
ΠΑΡΕΔΌΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G134) передавать. Возможно, ссылка на Isaiah 53:12 (Lightfoot, Notes). Богосл. _pass._ (Dunn), ΔΙΆ (G1223). с _асс._ потому что. Первый предлог может быть пр...
DISCOURSE: 1839 ABRAHAM’S FAITH Romans 4:20. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised...
WHO WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR OFFENCES— See chap. Romans 3:25 Romans 5:6. Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 1:14;...
_TEXT_ Romans 4:23-25. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned unto him; Romans 4:24 but for our sake also, unto whom it shall be reckoned, who believe on him that raised Jesus...
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. WHO WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR OFFENCES, [ dia (G1223) ta (G3588) paraptoomata (G3900) heemoon ...
_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...
4:25 justification, (h-14) See Note k, ch. 5.16....
DELIVERED] RV 'delivered up,' i.e. by the Father: cp. Romans 8:32 equally by Himself: cp. Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:2. OUR JUSTIFICATION] The Resurrection brings about our justification, because (1)...
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...
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...
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...
(23-25) Application of the foregoing. The history of Abraham is a type of the dispensation of grace; his faith, the imputation of righteousness to him, and his reward, each severally a type of the sam...
WAS DELIVERED — _i.e., to death,_ as in Isaiah 53:12 (LXX. version); Matthew 17:22; _et al._ FOR OUR OFFENCES. — _Because of our offences_ — _i.e.,_ in order that He might atone for them. FOR OUR JUS...
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...
Conclusion of the argument. Οὐκ ἐγράφη δὲ διʼ αὐτὸν μόνον : _cf._ Romans 14:4 1 Corinthians 9:10; 1 Corinthians 10:6; 1
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...
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...
Who was delivered for our (t) offences, and was raised again for our justification. (t) To pay the ransom for our sins....
The eternal Father delivered his Son to death, to expiate our offences; he raised him from the dead for our justification. His death is our redemption; his resurrection is the principal object of our...
“ _Who was delivered on account of our offences, and was raised again on account of our justification._ ” In the title _our Lord_ there was involved the idea of a very intimate relation between Jesus...
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...
REFLECTIONS Blessed be God the Holy Ghost for the boundless condescension of his grace, in explaining to the Church the precious doctrine of justification by faith, without the works of the law. And b...
Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; (24) But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; (25) Who was...
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...
25._Who was delivered for our offences_, (150) _etc. _He expands and illustrates more at large the doctrine to which I have just referred. It indeed greatly concerns us, not only to have our minds dir...
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...
WHO WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR OFFENCES,.... Christ was delivered into the hands of men, and into the hands of justice, and unto death; and he was delivered by men, by Judas, to the chief priests, and by t...
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. Ver. 25. _Who was delivered, &c._] Not that his death had no hand in our justifying, but because our justification, beg...
_Now it was not written_ In the sacred records, which are to reach the remotest ages; _for his sake alone_ Merely or chiefly to do a personal honour to that illustrious patriarch; _but for us also_ Fo...
WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR OFFENCES; delivered to death on account of our sins. FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION; in which is implied the resurrection of our bodies, and our admission, complete in soul and body, to t...
WHO WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR OFFENSES, AND WAS RAISED AGAIN FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION. What is written of Abraham in this chapter and in other parts of the Bible, especially in the book of Genesis, is not wr...
The conclusion of the argument:...
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...
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...
WHO WAS DELIVERED UP FOR OUR TRESPASSES, AND WAS RAISED FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION. 'who was delivered up' -The Jews delivered him up, Judas delivered him, Pilate delivered him, AND OUR SINS delivered hi...
23-25 The history of Abraham, and of his justification, was recorded to teach men of after-ages; those especially to whom the gospel was then made known. It is plain, that we are not justified by the...
WHO WAS DELIVERED; he saith _delivered_ rather than crucified, to lead us by the hand to the first cause thereof, the determinate counsel of the blessed Trinity: see ACTS 2:23, ACTS 4:27,28 RO 8:32. F...
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification. [Now, Moses, when he recorded the fact that Abraham was accounted righteous for his faith, did not do so for the sole pur...
Tertullian Scorpiace You see how divine Wisdom has murdered even her own proper, first-born and only Son, who is certainly about to live, nay, to bring back the others also into life. I can say with...
Romans 4:25 who G3739 up G3860 (G5681) because G1223 our G2257 offenses G3900 and G2532 raised G1453 ...
WHAT PAUL HAS JUST DESCRIBED IS NOW SEEN TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH IDEAS RELATED TO ABRAHAM AND DAVID (4:1-25). No one was of more importance to the Jews than Abraham. It was to him that God had given...
3). ABRAHAM ILLUSTRATES THE FACT THAT GOD'S GREATEST GIFTS DO NOT COME TO US BECAUSE WE ‘OBEY THE LAW', BUT BECAUSE WE ‘BELIEVE IN THE LORD' (4:13-25). The importance of faith in the life of Abraham i...
‘Who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our being accounted as in the right (justification).' For this was why Christ died. He was delivered up for our trespasses, for all the way...
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...
Romans 4:25. WHO WAS DELIVERED UP. ‘A standing designation for the divine surrender of Christ, surrender unto death (chap. Romans 8:32), perhaps after Isaiah 53:12. It is at the same time _self-surren...
FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION (δια την δικαιωσιν ημων). The first clause (παρεδοθη δια τα παραπτωματα) is from Isaiah 53:12. The first δια with παραπτωματα is probably retrospective, though it will make sen...
RAISED Christ died under our sins (1 Peter 2:24); (2 Corinthians 5:21) that He was raised and exalted to God's right hand, "now to appear in the presence of God for us" (Hebrews 9:24) is the token th...
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...
Romans 4:25 Christ Risen our Justification. I. These two gifts of our Lord, Atonement and Justification, are laid down by St. Paul distinctly as the fruits of His death and His resurrection. "Who was...
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...
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...
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...
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...
HE WAS GIVEN OVER TO DIE. See Hebrews 2:9-10. This was God's act in Christ to _set men free._ When Christ was raised to life, this became the guarantee of all our hopes. Paul makes the _death, burial,...
_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...
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. ⇐...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 4:25 RAISED FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION. Both the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ are necessary for forgiveness of sins and justification. When God raised Christ from the de...
_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...
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...
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-...
1 Corinthians 15:17; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Corinthians 15:4; 1 John 2:2;...
Was delivered [π α ρ ε δ ο θ η]. See on Matthew 4:12; 1 Peter 2:23. Used of casting into prison or delivering to justice, Matthew 4:12; Matthew 10:17;...
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...
In this one verse we have an abridgment of the whole gospel, the death and resurrection of Christ declared, and the benefit and advantages of both assigned. 1. For his death; HE WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR...