Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Romans 4:22
It; his unwavering confidence in God.
Was imputed to him; as the means of his being accepted of God and graciously treated as righteous.
It; his unwavering confidence in God.
Was imputed to him; as the means of his being accepted of God and graciously treated as righteous.
ROMANS 4:22 @kai,# {C} In order to represent the balance of external evidence for and against the presence of kai,, the Committee decided to print it within square brackets....
Verse 22. _AND THEREFORE IT WAS IMPUTED TO HIM FOR_ _RIGHTEOUSNESS_] The verse is thus paraphrased by Dr. Taylor: "For which reason God was graciously pleased to _place_ his faith _to_ _his account_;...
AND THEREFORE - His faith was so implicit, and so unwavering, that it was a demonstration that he was the firm friend of God. He was tried, and he had such confidence in God that he showed that he was...
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...
AND THEREFORE. Wherefore also....
_And therefore_, &c. This quality of faith _accounts_for its imputation in justification....
ΔΙὈ ΚΑῚ sums up and restates the argument, and so leads to the statement of the parallel between Christians and Abraham, justifying the conclusions of ch. 3....
ΈΛΟΓΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3049) подводить итоги, (_см._ Romans 4:3)....
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...
AND THEREFORE IT WAS IMPUTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS— To what has been said concerning the word rendered _imputed_ in Romans 4:8 we add the following remarks: All manner of _imputation_ seems to be a...
_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...
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. AND THEREFORE IT WAS IMPUTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS - q.d., 'Let all then take notice that this was not because of anything meritorious in...
_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...
IMPUTED] RV 'reckoned.' 23-25. Abraham's faith is the pattern of ours. PARAPHRASE. '(23) Thus the history of Abraham's justification teaches us the principle on which God proceeds. (24) As Abraham tr...
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...
(18-22) Extended description of the faith of Abraham....
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 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...
διὸ : because of this signal faith, evinced so triumphantly in spite of all there was to quell it. ἐλογίσθη : _i.e._, his faith was reckoned to him as righteousness. That which needs to be reckoned as...
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...
“ _Being fully convinced that, what He has promised, he is able also to perform. Wherefore also righteousness was imputed to him._ ” Πληροφορεῖν, _to fill a vessel to the brim;_ this word used in the...
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...
VV. 22 sums up the whole development relating to Abraham's faith, Romans 4:1-21, to clear the way for the final application which Paul had in view. Διό, _wherefore_, refers to what has just been said...
(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...
22._And it was therefore imputed_, (149) _etc. _It becomes now more clear, how and in what manner faith brought righteousness to Abraham; and that was, because he, leaning on God’s word, rejected not...
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...
AND THEREFORE IT WAS IMPUTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Not because his faith was strong, and he had a full assurance of it, but because it was right, resting on the promise of God, and relying upon hi...
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Ver. 22. _See Trapp on "_ Rom 4:5 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Rom 4:6 _"_ God, by reason of his faith, held him to be as sufficiently disposed to obtai...
_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...
AND THEREFORE IT WAS IMPUTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. That Abraham is the father of all believers is in agreement with Scripture, Genesis 17:5. Not only according to the inspired exposition of Paul,...
The Scriptural proof:...
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...
WHEREFORE ALSO IT WAS RECKONED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 'Wherefore' -'For this reason' (Wey). This is the type of faith that enables. man to be justified by God. Clearly, 'faith only', is far rem...
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,...
See ROMANS 2:3. By reason of his faith he was as sufficiently disposed and qualified for the obtaining of the promise, as if he had had all the righteousness required by the law....
Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. [Abraham, like all others, could not honor God by rendering perfect obedience to his will, but he could honor him by being fully persuaded th...
Romans 4:22 And G2532 therefore G1352 accounted G3049 (G5681) him G846 for G1519 righteousness G1343 it was imputed -...
‘Wherefore also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.' And this faith was reckoned to him for righteousness. God saw him as right in His sight because he believed God (Genesis 15:6). This is the t...
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 4:22. WHEREFORE ALSO, etc. The whole discussion is here summed up, the last clause of Romans 4:3 being repeated. The immediate connection is with Romans 4:18-21; because Abraham had believed Go...
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...
IMPUTED Or, reckoned, 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?_ 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...
THAT IS WHY. Because he was absolutely sure! This faith demonstrated itself in everything he did....
_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...
_And being not weak in faith … he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief._ THE SINFULNESS OF STAGGERING I. What is it to stagger at the promise? The word “staggered” is properly to make...
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-...
Romans 4:3; Romans 4:6...
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...
Our apostle having, in the former part of this chapter, declared the manner of our justification, from an instance of Abraham, which having at large pursued, lest we should think that was Abraham's pe...