ROMANS CHAPTER THREE _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER THREE: I. The Jewish Advantage: Romans 3:1-2 II. The Objection against the God of Paul's gospel: Romans 3:3-8 A. Do unblessed Jews prove God faithless? Romans 3:3 B. Is God right to be angry if the "sin" fulfills... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW? OR WHAT IS THE PROFIT OF CIRCUMCISION? 'Advantage' -lit., surplus (Vincent p. 31); lit., what then is the overplus of the Jew? What does the Jew have over and above the Gentile? 'PROFIT' -5622. opheleia o-fel'-i-ah; from. derivative of the base of 5624; usefulnes... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 3:2 Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God. 'Much every way' -'A great deal, from every point of view' (Gspd).. more detailed list of advantages is given in Romans 9:4 ff. 'FIRST OF ALL' -Paul considers as first importance, the fact that the Jewis... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHAT IF SOME WERE WITHOUT FAITH? SHALL THEIR WANT OF FAITH MAKE OF NONE EFFECT THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD? 'Some' -i.e. some of the Jewish people. The fact was that many Jews had not proved faithful, many rejected the very Messiah foretold in the utterances they possessed. 'MAKE OF NONE EFFECT T... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD FORBID: YEA, LET GOD BE FOUND TRUE, BUT EVERY MAN. LIAR; AS IT IS WRITTEN, THAT THOU MIGHTEST BE JUSTIFIED IN THY WORDS, AND MIGHTEST PREVAIL WHEN THOU COMEST INTO JUDGMENT. 'God forbid' -'Of course not!' (Phi); 'O may it never be' (NASV); 'away with the thought of any reflection upon Him!' (G... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS COMMENDETH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, WHAT SHALL WE SAY? IS GOD UNRIGHTEOUS WHO VISITETH WITH WRATH? (I SPEAK AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN.) 'Commendeth' -'demonstrates' (NASV); 'serves to magnify' (Nor). _ 'Someone may say: "If my faithLESSness sets God's faithfulness in bol... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD FORBID: FOR THEN HOW SHALL GOD JUDGE THE WORLD? 'How shall God judge the world' -The Jew has in essence just claimed that his sin became an occasion for God's praise. But Paul points out, that is true of every man's sin. God has turned man's evil to his glory. The Jewish objector would use God... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF THE TRUTH OF GOD THROUGH MY LIE ABOUNDED UNTO HIS GLORY, WHY AM. ALSO STILL JUDGED AS. SINNER? 'The supposed objector is persistent..'If my falsehood makes God's truth shine more brightly by contrast (like. diamond on. background of black velvet)..why then does He insist on condemning me as.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHY NOT (AS WE ARE SLANDEROUSLY REPORTED, AND AS SOME AFFIRM THAT WE SAY), LET US DO EVIL, THAT GOOD MAY COME? WHOSE CONDEMNATION IS JUST. 'and why not' -Paul says, 'In fact, some say the Gospel that. preach simply amounts to such, i.e. the more we sin, the more God is glorified and is seen as... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT THEN? ARE WE BETTER THAN THEY? NO, IN NO WISE: FOR WE BEFORE LAID TO THE CHARGE BOTH OF JEWS AND GREEKS, THAT THEY ARE ALL UNDER SIN; 'What then' -Paul returns to the thought presented in Romans 3:1-2. Do such advantages make us any better than the Gentiles? 'BETTER' -privileges or no privil... [ Continue Reading ]
AS IT IS WRITTEN, THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE; 'As it is written' -'The scriptures endorse this fact plainly enough' (Phi). Here Paul cites six O.T. passages which prove his point. These were from the utterances entrusted to the Jewish nation. Someone might argue that such passages were r... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAVE ALL TURNED ASIDE, THEY ARE TOGETHER BECOME UNPROFITABLE; THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD, NO, NOT, SO MUCH AS ONE: 'Unprofitable' -'useless' (NASV). The Hebrew word means to go bad, become sour like milk. life lived apart from God is. 'useless' life,. life that is 'wasted'. Notice the acc... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN SEPULCHRE; WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY HAVE USED DECEIT: THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS: Quotation from Psalms 5:9. 'poison of asps is under their lips'- Psalms 140:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS:. Psalms 10:7... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 3:15. Isaiah 2:7 ff... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 3:18. Psalms 36:1 _ 'All their functions are contaminated with sin. Their throats, tongues, eyes, feet, lips and hands are declared as the instruments of sin...the whole Jewish nation is guilty and they are thoroughly guilty!' _... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: No reasonable Jew would deny the fact that these passages speak of him. Paul wishes for the Jew... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 3:20 because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin. 'Because' -the reason why the Jew found himself in sin. 'THROUGH THE LAW COMETH..' -a law given against. certain thing makes you aware that that thing is forbi... [ Continue Reading ]
__ GOD'S PROVISION FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS (RIGHT STANDING WITH HIM) The first three Chapter s demonstrated the great "need" for. way to make man right with God. For both Jew and Gentile found themselves in sin. All previous religious systems Jewish and non-Jewish have failed to achieve 'rightness' with... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 3:22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction; 'Faith in Jesus Christ' -for faith to result in. right standing with God, it must be 'faith IN' Jesus Christ. Faith by itself ('faith in faith'), or faith in any othe... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 3:23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; 'For' -the reason why it is to 'all that believe'. 'FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD' -'and all fall short of God's glorious ideal' (TCNT)... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 3:24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 'Justified' -1344. dikaioo dik-ah-yo'-o; from 1342; to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent: -free, justify(-ier), be righteous. 'FREELY' -'free gift'. To receive the benefits of Christ'... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOM GOD SET FORTH TO BE. PROPITIATION, THROUGH FAITH, IN HIS BLOOD, TO SHOW HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS BECAUSE OF THE PASSING OVER OF THE SINS DONE AFORETIME, IN THE FORBEARANCE OF GOD; 'Set forth' -publicly, openly. 'PROPITIATION' -satisfaction, appeasement, having. placating or expiating force. To prop... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 3:26 for the showing,. say, of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus. 'For the showing' -what God did in Christ not only spoke in relation to the sins that were gone, but it demonstrates 'at the present... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE THEN IS THE GLORYING? IT IS EXCLUDED. BY WHAT MANNER OF LAW? OF WORKS? NAY: BUT BY. LAW OF FAITH. 'Glorying' -'boasting' (NASV); 'then what becomes of our boasting' (Mof). Why were sins left unpunished? The Jew would say, that was because. was good! The Gentile would say, that was because.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE RECKON THEREFORE THAT. MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH APART FROM THE WORKS OF THE LAW. 'Reckon' -'conclude'; 'for we maintain' (NASV). 'WORKS OF THE LAW' -perfect law-keeping, trying to maintain. right standing with God on the basis of flawlessly keeping the law, has been shown to be. system that c... [ Continue Reading ]
OR IS GOD THE GOD OF JEWS ONLY? IS HE NOT THE GOD OF GENTILES ALSO? YEA, OF GENTILES ALSO: 'Since no one has the record on which he can boast and since faith is possible in everyone. Jew and Gentile, then Gentile as well as Jew can be justified.' Here is another verse that teaches the truth, that... [ Continue Reading ]
IF SO BE THAT GOD IS ONE, AND HE SHALL JUSTIFY THE CIRCUMCISION BY FAITH, AND THE UNCIRCUMCISION THROUGH FAITH. Both need justification! And the conditions for salvation for both are the same! (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38)... [ Continue Reading ]
DO WE THEN MAKE THE LAW OF NONE EFFECT THROUGH FAITH? GOD FORBID: NAY, WE ESTABLISH THE LAW. 'Do we then make the law of none effect' -'Does that mean that we are using faith to rob the law of its force' (Knox) -'Does justification by law undermine law'? Paul responds, 'not at all'. 'ESTABLISH'... [ Continue Reading ]