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 to be recalled to them by the declaration of Romans 4:3 relative to Abraham's justification.
Verse Romans 4:17. _AS IT IS WRITTEN, I HAVE MADE THEE A FATHER_] That Abraham's being a father of many nations has relation to the covenant of God made with him, may be seen, Genesis 17:4, Genesis 1...
AS IT IS WRITTEN - Genesis 17:5. I HAVE MADE THEE - The word used here in the Hebrew Genesis 17:5 means literally, to give, to grant; and also, to set, or constitute. This is also the meaning of the G...
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...
ROMANS 4:11 _B -_ ROMANS 4:17_ A._ ABRAHAM'S RELATION TO MANKIND. With Abraham's faith a great prospect opened for humanity. Romans 4:11_ b_,...
THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
It was not through law that there came to Abraham or to his seed the promise that he would inherit the earth, but it came through that right relationship with God which has its origin in faith. If the...
WRITTEN. Genesis 17:5. MADE. set, appointed. Greek. _tithemi._ BELIEVED. App-150. QUICKENETH. maketh alive. Greek. _zoopoieo._ Here, 1 John 5:21; 1 John 5:21;...
_as it is written_ Genesis 17:5, when the name Abraham was given. Cp. the remarkable phrase of Galatians 3:8, where Scripture is, as it were, identified with its Inspirer, and the words of Genesis are...
ΚΑΤΈΝΑΝΤΙ ΟὟ Κ.Τ.Λ Cf. 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 12:19; and esp. Acts 8:21 : = κατέναντι τοῦ θεοῦ ᾦ ἐπίστ. Ἀ The clause is to be taken with the main sentence, not with the relative clause: the...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать, ΌΤ (G3754) речитатив, эквивалент границ цитаты, ΤΈΘΕΙΚΑPERF. _ind. act. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) помещать, избирать. Это было частью обещания завета,...
AS IT IS WRITTEN, &C.— That Abraham's being _the father of many nations,_ has relation to the covenant that God made with him, may be seen Genesis 17:4. _Behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou sha...
_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...
(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. (AS IT IS W...
_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...
4:17 written, (c-5) See Genesis 17:5...
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...
FATHER] cp. Genesis 17:5. BEFORE.. GOD] i.e. God regards Abraham as father of all believers. QUICKENETH] i.e. makes alive. When God promised Isaac, Abraham, and Sarah were as though dead: cp. Romans...
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...
(14-17) This Messianic kingdom cannot have anything to do with law; for if it had, faith and the promise would cease to have any office. Faith and law cannot co-exist. They are the opposites of each o...
BEFORE HIM. — Rather, _in the presence of._ These words are to be connected closely with those which precede the parenthesis: “Who stands as the father of us all in the presence of that God in whom he...
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...
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...
(As it is written, I have made thee a (16) father of many nations), before him whom he believed, [even] (m) God, who (n) quickeneth the dead, and (o) calleth those things which be not as though they w...
(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...
17._Whom he believed, who quickens the dead_, _etc. _In this circuitous form is expressed the very substance of Abraham’s faith, that by his example an opening might be made for the Gentiles. He had i...
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...
AS IT IS WRITTEN I HAVE MADE THEE A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS,.... The passage referred to, is in Genesis 17:4; which proves him to be a father not of the Jews only, since they cannot be called "many nat...
(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. Ver. 17. _W...
AS IT IS WRITTEN; GENESIS 17:5. BEFORE HIM; in his sight, and according to his promise. QUICKENETH; giveth life to. THINGS WHICH BE NOT; which have not taken place. Though they may appear to men im...
The Scriptural proof:...
(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....
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...
BEFORE HIM: Or, like unto him...
__ Romans 4:17 (as it is written,. father of many nations have. made thee) before him whom he believed, even God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were...
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,...
BEFORE HIM WHOM HE BELIEVED; i.e. in the sight or esteem of God. He was not the FATHER OF MANY NATIONS by carnal generation in the sight of men, but by spiritual cognation in the sight of God. Or, as...
(as it is written [Genesis 17:5], _A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom ye believed, even God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they we...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians [to Him] to whom the things that are not are reckoned as if they were,[48] 2 Clement no hope of salvation except it came to us from Him. For He called us when...
Romans 4:17 as G2531 written G1125 (G5769) G3754 made G5087 (G5758) you G4571 father G3962 many...
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...
‘(As it is written, ‘A father of many nations have I made you') before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.' The Scriptur...
Romans 4:17. AS IT IS WRITTEN. GENESIS 17:5 is here quoted, from the LXX. In view of the connection the parenthesis is to be retained. A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS. Comp. the significant change of name...
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...
A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS (πατερα πολλων εθνων). Quotation from Genesis 17:5. Only true in the sense of spiritual children as already explained, father of believers in God.BEFORE HIM WHOM HE BELIEVE...
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 4:16. _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...
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? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what sait...
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. ⇐...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 4:17 MANY NATIONS. Genesis 17:5 confirms Abraham’s universal fatherhood. calls into existence the things that do not exist
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 4:1.—Alford, following Meyer, says κατὰ σάρκα is in contrast to κατὰ πνεῦμα, and refers to that part of our being from which spring works in contrast with that which is the ex...
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 1:28; 1 Corinthians 15:45; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Timothy 6:13;...
A father of many nations. See Genesis 17:5. Originally his name was Abram, exalted father; afterward Abraham, father of a multitude. Have I made [τ ε θ ε ι κ α]. Appointed or constituted. For a simila...
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...
Before God — Though before men nothing of this appeared, those nations being then unborn. As quickening the dead — The dead are not dead to him and even the things that are not, are before God. And ca...
Our apostle, in this and the following verses, enters upon an high commendation of Abraham's faith, magnifying and extolling the same, for and upon account of sundry excellencies which are found in it...