Robertson's Word Pictures of the NT
Romans 4:8
To whom
(ω). But the best MSS. read ου like the LXX and so Westcott and Hort, "whose sin."Will not reckon
(ου μη λογισητα). Strong negation by double negative and aorist middle subjunctive.
To whom
(ω). But the best MSS. read ου like the LXX and so Westcott and Hort, "whose sin."Will not reckon
(ου μη λογισητα). Strong negation by double negative and aorist middle subjunctive.
Verse Romans 4:8. _BLESSED_ IS _THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT IMPUTE_ _SIN._] That man is truly happy to whose _charge_ God does not _reckon_ sin; that is, they alone are happy who are redeemed fr...
WILL NOT IMPUTE SIN - On whom the Lord will not charge his sins; or who shall not be reckoned or regarded as guilty. This shows clearly what the apostle meant by imputing faith without works. It is to...
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 4:1_ A_. THE EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM. Romans 4:1. The Jewish objector once more: What about Abraham then? (_mg.);_ if the circumcised Israelite is justified on no more favourable terms than the Gent...
What, then, shall we say that Abraham, our forefather from whom we take our human descent, found? If Abraham entered into a right relationship with God by means of work, he has some ground for boastin...
THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
LORD. App-98. NOT. App-105. Quoted from Psalms 32:1; Psalms 32:2. App-107....
_will not impute_ i.e. at any time of enquiry and judgment that may arise. They "shall not come into condemnation." (John 5:24.)...
ΟΎ ΜΉ (G3756; G3361) даже не. Об этом использовании эмфатического отрицания _см._ М, 188f; BG, 149f. ΛΟΓΊΣΗΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3049) подводить итоги. _Conj._ с эмфатическим от...
DISCOURSE: 1837 THE PARDONED BLESSED Romans 4:7. _Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin_ [Note: The Author...
DISCOURSE: 1836 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE Romans 4:1. What shall we then say that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof...
BLESSED IS THE MAN, &C.— See on Psalms 32:1 and the _Inferences. Will not impute sin_] What the _imputing_ or _reckoning of righteousness_ is, Romans 4:6 may be seen in this verse, namely. "the not re...
_TEXT_ Romans 4:1-8. What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh? Romans 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward...
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT IMPUTE SIN. These two first verses of Psalms 32:1 (which are taken verbatim from the Septuagint...
_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_ 19 The passages from the Psalms might be turned by the Jews to apply to the nations. But the apostle rightly insists that what is written in the law is binding upon those und...
4:8 sin. (g-13) That is, 'not account of him as having any.'...
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...
(6-8) A further instance of the nature of the justification which proceeds from faith is supplied by David. From his evidence it will appear that such justification implies, not the absence of sin, bu...
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...
CHAPTER 10 ABRAHAM AND DAVID Romans 4:1 THE Jewish disputant is present still to the Apostle's thought. It could not be otherwise in this argument. No question was more pressing on the Jewish mind t...
The justification of Abraham, considered in relation to the doctrine just expounded in Romans 3:21-31. The point to be made out is that the justification of Abraham does not traverse but illustrates t...
BLESSEDNESS FOLLOWS FAITH Romans 4:1 In this chapter the doctrine of justification by faith is illustrated from the life of Abraham. It is evident that he was not justified because of his good works....
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...
_Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin. That is, blessed is the man who hath retained his baptismal innocence, that no grievous sin can be imputed to him. And likewise, blessed is t...
1. ROMANS 4:1-12. Abraham was justified _by faith_, Romans 4:1-8, and by faith _alone_, Romans 4:9-12....
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 David also exactly celebrateth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works: Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed...
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, (7) Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (8...
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...
_THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE BELIEVER_ ‘Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.’ Romans 4:8 The text is a part of the quotation from David (Psalms 32:1), and it suggests these questions...
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...
BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT IMPUTE SIN. As he does not to those whom he justifies in Christ, and by his righteousness; for the sins of such he has imputed to his Son, as their surety;...
Blessed _is_ the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Ver. 8. _Imputeth not_] Chargeth it not, setteth it not upon his score,2 Corinthians 5:19 ....
_Even as David also_ David is fitly introduced after Abraham, because he also received and delivered down the promise; _describeth the blessedness_ or happiness _of the man_ Or affirms that the man is...
NOT IMPUTE SIN; not charge it upon him, or inflict the suffering threatened against those who commit it....
A proof from the Psalms:...
BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT IMPUTE SIN. The apostle here introduces a new witness to the truth of the comforting doctrine which he is teaching. Genesis 15:6 agrees exactly with Psalms...
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 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom, the Lord will not reckon sin. Paul says that verses 7-8,. quotation from Psalms 32:1. is how God makes the sinner to be "right", or how God can justify the m...
1-12 To meet the views of the Jews, the apostle first refers to the example of Abraham, in whom the Jews gloried as their most renowned forefather. However exalted in various respects, he had nothing...
The same thing is expressed three several ways; there are three things in sin to be considered: 1. There is an offence against God, which is said to be _forgiven._ 2. There is a filthiness in sin, w...
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin. [The quotation from David does not show a positive imputation of righteousness, but a negative one--a refusal to reckon the unrighteous. "It is...
Romans 4:8 Blessed G3107 man G435 whom G3739 LORD G2962 shall G3049 not G3364 impute G3049 (G5667) sin...
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...
THE WAY OF JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH ILLUSTRATED IN ABRAHAM AND ANNOUNCED BY DAVID (4:1-8). Paul now demonstrates that Abraham's acceptability with God was by faith, not works, something which is th...
Romans 4:8. WILL NOT RECKON SIN. The negation is very strong, ‘will in no wise reckon.' This may refer to the final judgment, but more probably points to the method of entire forgiveness (future to Da...
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...
LORD Jehovah. (Romans 4:7); (Romans 4:8). IMPUTE Or, reckoned, or imputed, that is, put to the account of. See (Philemon 1:18); same word:...
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...
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...
_Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works._ IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS DEFENDED AGAINST ITS CARICATURES It has been represented as-- I...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 4:6 Paul introduces DAVID as a second example of righteousness by faith, citing Psalms 32:1....
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 4:1.—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 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Isaiah 53:10;...