Romans 3:1
WHAT, &C.. What then is the advantage of the Jew, or what is the, &c. PROFIT. Greek. _opheleia._ Only here and Jude 1:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT, &C.. What then is the advantage of the Jew, or what is the, &c. PROFIT. Greek. _opheleia._ Only here and Jude 1:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY WAY. according to (Greek. _kata_. App-104) every way. UNTO... COMMITTED. they were entrusted with. Greek. _pisteuo._ App-150. Compare 1 Thessalonians 2:4. ORACLES. Greek. _logion._ See Acts 7:38. GOD. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME. Greek. _tines_. App-124. DID NOT BELIEVE. Greek. _apisteo._ See Acts 28:24. SHALL. The question is introduced by _me_ (App-105). UNBELIEF. Greek. _apistia._ Occurs twelve times; first Matthew 13:58. In Rom., here, Romans 4:20; Romans 11:20; Romans 11:23. MAKE... WITHOUT EFFECT. nullify. Gr... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD FORBID. Literal. Let it not be. Greek. _me_ (App-105) _genoito._ This strong asseveration occurs fifteen times. Here, verses: Romans 3:3; Romans 3:6; Romans 3:31; Romans 6:2; Romans 6:15; Romans 7:7; Romans 7:13; Romans 9:14; Romans 11:1;... [ Continue Reading ]
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. Greek. _adikia._ App-128. COMMEND. establish, set forth. Greek. _sunistemi._ RIGHTEOUSNESS. Greek. _dikaiosune._ App-191. Compare Romans 1:17. WHAT SHALL WE SAY? Greek. _ti eroumen._ This expression occurs seven times; here, Romans 4:1; Romans 6:1; Romans 7:7; Romans 8:31; Romans... [ Continue Reading ]
WORLD. App-129. Compare Genesis 18:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH MORE ABOUNDED. abounded, as Romans 5:15; Romans 15:13. Greek. _perisseuo._ Literally overflow. See 2 Corinthians 8:2, &c. THROUGH. Greek. _en_. App-104. LIE. Greek. _pseusma._ Only here. GLORY. Greek. _doxa_. See Romans 1:23 and John 1:14. SINNER. Greek. _hamartolos._ Compare App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT... COME?. (why) not (say), as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say. Let us do, &c. Figure of speech _Epitrechon_ (App-6). SLANDEROUSLY REPORTED. Greek. _blasphemeo._ Compare Romans 2:24.Acts 13:45. AFFIRM. Greek. _phemi._ Only here in Romans. Occurs fifty-eight times, al... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE... THEY?. have we any advantage? or, have we any excuse to put forward? Gr _. proecho._ Only here; may be mid, or pass, voice. NO, IN NO WISE. Not (Greek. _ou._ App-105) at all (Greek. _pantos)_. BEFORE PROVED. before convicted. Greek. _proaitiaomai._ Only here. Compare Romans 1:21. GENTILES.... [ Continue Reading ]
The quotation (Romans 3:10) is from several passages, of O.T. All refer to the same subject. Figure of speech _Gnome_ (App-6). verses: Romans 3:10 (general) are from Ecclesiastes 7:20; Psalms 14:2; Psalms 14:3; Psalms 53:2; Psalms 53:3. verses: Romans 3:13 (particular) are from... [ Continue Reading ]
NONE. Greek. _ou._ App-105. UNDERSTANDETH. Greek. _suniemi._ Occurs twenty-six times. ALWAYS "understand", save Mark 6:52 and 2 Corinthians 10:12. SEEKETH AFTER. Greek. _ekzeteo._ See Acts 15:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
In Psalms 14 the Hebrew stands as in Authorized Version, but in the Septuagint (Alex. MS.) additional matter appears, word for word as in these verses: Romans 3:12. This is not found in Psa 53,. practical repetition of Psalms 14. THEY, &C. = All went. GONE... WAY. Greek. _ekklino._ Only here, Roma... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR. Psalms 5:9 shows that this refers to the boasters and workers of iniquity of Romans 3:5. Compare Romans 1:24; Romans 2:17; Romans 2:23. THROAT: i.e. speech; by Figure of speech _Metonymy._ App-6. Greek. _l_ arunx;. Only here. OPEN SEPULCHRE. opened sepulchre; literally. tomb that has been o... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSE MOUTH, &C. Compare Psalms 10:7. FULL. Greek. _gemo_. Compare Matthew 23:25; Matthew 23:27. CURSING AND BITTERNESS. bitter imprecations. Figure of speech _Hendiadys._ App-6. CURSING. Greek. _ara_. Only here. Properly. prayer, but commonly. prayer for evil, an imprecation. BITTERNESS. Greek.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR FEET, &C. See Proverbs 1:16; Isaiah 59:7. SWIFT. sharp. Greek. _oxys._ Occurs only here and seven times in Rev., always "sharp". SHED. Greek. _ekcheo._ Only here in Rom. Elsewhere seventeen times, generally "pour out".... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTRUCTION. Greek. _suntrimma._ Only here. Literally. breaking, or bruising. Compare Romans 16:20; John 19:36. MISERY. distress. Greek. _talaiporia._ Here and James 5:1. Compare Romans 7:24.James 4:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE THEY NOT KNOWN. they knew not.... [ Continue Reading ]
This is quoted from Psalms 36:1. BEFORE. Greek. _apenanti._ See Acts 3:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-132. LAW. See Romans 2:12. SAITH. Greek. _laleo._ App-121. UNDER. Greek. App-104. EVERY MOUTH. No partiality for the Jew. STOPPED. closed. Greek. _phrasso_. Here; 2 Corinthians 11:10; Hebrews 11:33. GUILTY. under penalty. Greek. _hupodikos._ Only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEEDS OF THE LAW. works of law. Compare Romans 3:27. THE LAW. law. See Romans 2:12. KNOWLEDGE. App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. at this present time. Greek. _nuni_. First of twenty-one occurances. WITHOUT THE LAW. apart from (Greek. _choris)_ law. IS MANIFESTED. Greek. _phaneroo._ App-106. Compare Romans 1:19. WITNESSED. Greek. _martur_. _o_. Compare Romans 10:2; 2 Timothy 2:6. BY. Gr _hupo_. App-104. THE LAW AND T... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN. And. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. AND UPON ALL. Most texts omit. BELIEVE. App-150. DIFFERENCE. distinction. Greek. _diast_ ole. Elsewhere, Romans 10:12; 1 Corinthians 14:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE. Omit. SINNED. Greek. _hamartano._ App-128. In the first Adam as the federal head of the old creation. COME SHORT. Greek. _hustereo._ Only here in Romans. Occurs sixteen times, always in the sense of failing, or lacking. Compare Matthew 19:20 (first occ). 1 John 2:3; 1 John 2:3.Hebrews 12:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
FREELY. Greek. _dorean._ See John 15:25. BY. Dative case. No preposition. GRACE. Greek. _charis._ App-184. Compare Romans 3:28; Romans 5:1; Romans 5:9. THROUGH. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Romans 3:1. REDEMPTION. Greek. _apolutrosis._ Occurs ten times. Here; Romans 8:23.Luke 21:28;... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH. Omit. SET FORTH. foreordained (margin) Greek. _protithemi._ See Romans 1:13. TO BE. as. PROPITIATION. Greek. _hilasterion._ Only here and Hebrews 9:5. The word comes to us from the Septuagint. In Exodus 25:17 _kapporeth_ (cover) is rendered _hilasterion epithema_, propitiatory cover, the co... [ Continue Reading ]
AT THIS TIME. in (Greek. _en)_ the present season (App-195). THAT, &C. = to (Greek. _eis)_ His being. JUST. Same as "righteous", Romans 3:10. WHICH BELIEVETH, &C. Literally the one out of (App-104.) faith of Jesus; i.e. on the principle of faith in Jesus. Compare Romans 1:17. JESUS. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOASTING. i.e. of the Jew; Romans 2:17. Greek. _kauchesis,_ which means the act of boasting, while _kauchema_ (Romans 4:2) refers to the subject of the boast. EXCLUDED. Greek. _ekkleio._ Only here and Galatians 1:4; Galatians 1:17. WHAT. Literally what manner of. Compare 1 Peter 1:11. WORKS. Same... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCLUDE. reckon. Greek. _logizomai._ See Romans 2:3. THE. Omit.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS... ONLY? Read, "What, is He, &c."? The question opens with the Greek conjunction _e_, translated "what" in 1 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 14:36. NOT. Same as "nay", Romans 3:27. ALSO OF THE GENTILES. of Gentiles also. GENTILES. See Romans 1:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEING. Since. Greek. _epeiper._ Only here. IT IS ONE GOD. God is One, i.e. for both Jew and Gentile. WHICH SHALL. Who will.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE VOID. Greek. _katargeo,_ as Romans 3:3. YEA. Nay. Greek. _alla._... [ Continue Reading ]