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Verse Romans 4:16. _THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH, THAT_ IT MIGHT BE _BY
GRACE_] On this account the promise is mercifully grounded, not on
_obedience_ to a law, but on the infinite goodness of God: and t...
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THEREFORE - In view of the course of reasoning which has been pursued.
We have come to this conclusion.
IT IS OF FAITH - Justification is by faith; or the plan which God has
devised of saving people...
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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 R...
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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_, ROMANS 4:12. According to Genesis 17 the patriarch
recei...
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THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
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THEREFORE. On account of (App-104.Romans 4:2; Romans 4:2) this.
OF FAITH. See Romans 1:17.
THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_.
BY. Greek. _kata_. App-104.
TO THE END. Greek. _eis_. App-104.
MIGHT...
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_Therefore_, &c. Lit. THEREFORE OUT OF FAITH, THAT ACCORDING TO GRACE;
a singularly terse sentence even in Gr. "_Therefore:_" q. d., "such
being the case under Law, the Divine mercy _acted accordingly...
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The relation of law to promise is very briefly treated, just to meet
the possible objection that the law is a condition of inheriting the
promise, even though it was not an original condition of the p...
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ΒΈΒΑΙΟΣ (G949) прочный, длительный,
ценный; безопасный, гарантированный
законом; надежный, точный, уверенный,
на который можно положиться (Lightfoot, Notes;
MM; Dunn; TLNT).
ΣΠΈΡΜΑ (G4690) семя....
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DISCOURSE: 1838
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH NECESSARY TO THE HONOUR OF GOD, AND THE
HAPPINESS OF MAN
Romans 4:16. _Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to
the end the promise might be sure...
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THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH, THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE— _By favour._
Here it should be well observed, that _faith_ and _favour_ do mutually
and necessarily infer each other; for the _grace_ or _favour of...
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_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...
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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 Abraham; who...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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f. Διὰ τοῦτο : because of the nature of law, and its
inability to work anything but wrath. εκ πίστεως : the
subject is the promise, considered in reference to the mode of its
fulfilment. ἵνα κατὰ χάρι...
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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 see...
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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...
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(14) Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the
end the promise might be sure to all the (l) seed; (15) not to that
only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the fait...
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There are two kinds of children of Abraham, to whom alone these
promises are made; the one is according to the flesh, the other
according to the spirit. The former of these had no part in the
promises...
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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...
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For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to
Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the
righteousness of faith. (14) For if they which are of the law be
heirs, f...
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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...
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16._It is therefore of faith, etc. _This is the winding up of the
argument; and you may summarily include the whole of it in this
statement, — “If the heirship of salvation comes to us by works,
then...
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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...
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THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE,.... Meaning either
the promise of being heir of the world, or the inheritance itself, or
adoption which gives heirship, or remission of Sin, or the...
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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 Abraham;...
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_Therefore it_ The blessing; _is of faith, that it might be by grace_
That it might appear to flow from the free love of God; that God might
magnify the riches of his grace, in proposing justification...
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THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH; the promise of justification and salvation
made to Abraham and his seed, that Jehovah would be a God to him and
his seed, Genesis 17:2-7, and referred to in Galatians 3:29, w...
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The promise is not by the Law:...
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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...
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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...
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Romans 4:16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to
grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to
that only which is of the law, but to that also which...
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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,...
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Here are two new arguments to prove that the inheritance is not of the
law, but of faith. IT IS OF FAITH, THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE; for to
he justified by faith and by grace are all one with the apos...
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For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to
the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only
which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith...
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Romans 4:16 Therefore G1223 G5124 of G1537 faith G4102 that G2443
according G2596 grace G5485 so G1519 promise G1860 be G1511 (G5750)
sure G949 all G3956 seed G4690 not G3756 only G3440 of G1537 law G...
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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...
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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...
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OF FAITH
(εκ πιστεως). As the source.ACCORDING TO GRACE
(κατα χαριν). As the pattern.TO THE END THAT
(εις το εινα). Purpose again as in Romans 4:11.SURE
(βεβαιαν). Stable, fast, firm. Old adj...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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_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...
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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...
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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-...
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2 Peter 1:10; Ephesians 2:5; Ephesians 2:8; Galatians 3:22; Galatians
3:7; Hebrews 6:13; Isaiah 51:2; Romans 3:24; Romans 5:1; Romans 9:8;...
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Sure [β ε β α ι α ν]. Stable, valid, something realized, the
opposite of made of none effect, ver. 14....
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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...
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Therefore it — The blessing. Is of faith, that it might be of grace
— That it might appear to flow from the free love of God, and that
the promise might be firm, sure, and effectual, to all the spirit...
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The apostle here assigns. double cause, why the wisdom of God has
appointed justification and salvation to be obtained in the way of
faith:
namely, 1. That it might be of free and undeserved grace an...