Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Romans 4:18
παρ' ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι, when hope was passed, he took his stand on hope and trusted, so that he became, etc.
παρ' ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι, when hope was passed, he took his stand on hope and trusted, so that he became, etc.
Verse Romans 4:18. _WHO AGAINST HOPE BELIEVED IN HOPE_] The faith of Abraham bore an exact correspondence to the power and never-failing faithfulness of God; for though, in the ordinary course of thi...
WHO AGAINST HOPE - Who against all apparent or usual ground of hope. He refers here to the prospect of a posterity; see Romans 4:19. BELIEVED IN HOPE - Believed in what was promised to excite his hop...
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...
AGAINST. App-104. BELIEVED IN. App-150. THE. Omit. NATIONS. Greek. _ethnos._ See Romans 1:5. ACCORDING TO. Greek. _kata_. App-104. SO, &C. Quoted from Genesis 15:5....
_against hope … in hope_ Lit. BEYOND HOPE … UPON HOPE. Here perhaps the first is subjective hope, the second objective. Abraham was asked to believe in a way which went _beyond_all mere impressions of...
ΕΛΠΊΔΑ _асс. от_ ΈΛΠΊΣ (G1680) надежда. Здесь _букв._ "вопреки (или поверх) надежды" "в надежде" то есть: "надеясь вопреки надежде" (Barrett; EH, 501-6). ΓΕΝΈΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ ...
_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...
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. WHO AGAINST HOPE (WHEN NO GROUND FOR HOPE APPEARED) BEL...
_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...
4:18 in (d-5) Or 'with,' _ epi_ . It is the state or condition of his mind in believing. see ch. 10.19 and 1 Corinthians 9:10 , and Note at 2 Timothy 1:12 . spoken, (e-19) Genesis 15:5 ....
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...
BELIEVED IN HOPE] i.e. had confident faith. THAT HE MIGHT] RV 'to the end that he might.' SO] i.e. as the stars: cp. Genesis 15:5....
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...
WHO. — It must be noticed that the relative here refers to Abraham, whereas in the previous verse it referred to God. BELIEVED IN HOPE. — The force of the preposition gives rather to the sentence the...
(18-22) Extended description of the faith of Abraham....
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...
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...
ff. Abraham's faith described. It was both contrary to hope (as far as nature could give hope), and rested on hope (that God could do what nature could not). εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα κ. τ. λ. (_cf...
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...
(17) Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. (17) A description of true faith wholly resting in t...
_Who, against hope, believed in hope, or with hope. That is, Abraham, against all probability of human hopes, still hoped in God, says St. John Chrysostom, that he should have a son by Sara: and in th...
“ _Who against hope believed in hope, in order to become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be._ ” The word _hope_ is used here in two different senses,...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
18._Who against hope_, _etc. _If we thus read, the sense is, that when there was no probable reason, yea, when all things were against him, he yet continued to believe. And, doubtless, there is nothin...
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 AGAINST HOPE BELIEVED IN HOPE,.... Abraham believed the promise of God, THAT HE MIGHT BECOME THE FATHER OF MANY NATIONS, being assisted by a supernatural aid: "in hope"; of the fulfilment of it b...
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. Ver. 18. _Who against hope, &c._] _Elegans Antanaclasis p...
_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...
AGAINST HOPE; against all human expectation, or apparent possibility, IN HOPE; that the things promised would certainly take place. THE FATHER; an illustrious pattern of faith, for the imitation of a...
The Scriptural proof:...
WHO AGAINST HOPE BELIEVED IN HOPE, THAT HE MIGHT BECOME THE FATHER OF MANY NATIONS, ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH WAS SPOKEN, SO SHALL THY SEED BE....
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...
__ Romans 4:18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become. father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be. 'Who' -i.e. Abraham. 'IN HOP...
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,...
Here the apostle digresseth a little from his principal argument, and falls into a commendation of Abraham's faith. WHO AGAINST HOPE BELIEVED IN HOPE: Abraham, when he had no natural or rational groun...
Who in hope believe against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be. [Now, since a righteousness of law is unattai...
Romans 4:18 who G3739 contrary G3844 hope G1680 in G1909 hope G1680 believed G4100 (G5656) that G1519 he...
‘Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to what had been spoken, “So shall your seed be.” ' Paul now makes the application to what follo...
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...
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...
Romans 4:18. WHO. Abraham; ‘who' in Romans 4:17 (referring to God) has no equivalent in the Greek, which does not present the ambiguity of our version. Romans 4:18-22, which may constitute a separate...
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...
IN HOPE BELIEVED AGAINST HOPE (παρ' ελπιδα επ' ελπιδ επιστευσεν). "Past hope in (upon) hope he trusted." Graphic picture.TO THE END THAT HE MIGHT BECOME (εις το γενεσθα αυτον). Purpose clause aga...
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 4:1. _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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations._ GOD’S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM I. Its grandeur and importance. 1. A spiritual seed. 2. A worldwide blessing. II. The power by which it mus...
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. ⇐...
_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-...
Acts 27:25; Ezekiel 37:11; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 15:6; Luke 1:18;...
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...
The Apostle shows the power and excellence of that faith to which he ascribes justification. Who against hope — Against all probability, believed and hoped in the promise. The same thing is apprehende...
Here St. Paul farther expatiates in the commendation of Abraham's faith, telling us, THAT AGAINST HOPE HE BELIEVED IN HOPE; that is he had. strong hope,. firm faith and trust in the promise and power...