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Verse Romans 4:18. _WHO AGAINST HOPE BELIEVED IN HOPE_] The faith of
Abraham bore an exact correspondence to the power and never-failing
faithfulness of God; for though, in the ordinary course of thin...
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WHO AGAINST HOPE - Who against all apparent or usual ground of hope.
He refers here to the prospect of a posterity; see Romans 4:19.
BELIEVED IN HOPE - Believed in what was promised to excite his hop...
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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 4:17 _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...
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THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
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AGAINST. App-104.
BELIEVED IN. App-150.
THE. Omit.
NATIONS. Greek. _ethnos._ See Romans 1:5.
ACCORDING TO. Greek. _kata_. App-104.
SO, &C. Quoted from Genesis 15:5....
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_against hope … in hope_ Lit. BEYOND HOPE … UPON HOPE. Here
perhaps the first is subjective hope, the second objective. Abraham
was asked to believe in a way which went _beyond_all mere impressions
of...
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ΠΑΡ' ἘΛΠΊΔΑ ἘΠ' ἘΛΠΊΔΙ, when hope was passed, he
took his stand on hope and trusted, so that he became, etc....
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ΕΛΠΊΔΑ _асс. от_ ΈΛΠΊΣ (G1680) надежда.
Здесь _букв._ "вопреки (или поверх)
надежды" "в надежде" то есть: "надеясь
вопреки надежде" (Barrett; EH, 501-6).
ΓΕΝΈΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ ...
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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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Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of
many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed
be.
WHO AGAINST HOPE (WHEN NO GROUND FOR HOPE APPEARED) BEL...
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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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4:18 in (d-5) Or 'with,' _ epi_ . It is the state or condition of his
mind in believing. see ch. 10.19 and 1 Corinthians 9:10 , and Note at
2 Timothy 1:12 . spoken, (e-19) Genesis 15:5 ....
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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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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...
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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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(17) Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the
father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall
thy seed be.
(17) A description of true faith wholly resting in t...
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_Who, against hope, believed in hope, or with hope. That is, Abraham,
against all probability of human hopes, still hoped in God, says St.
John Chrysostom, that he should have a son by Sara: and in th...
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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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(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...
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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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18._Who against hope_, _etc. _If we thus read, the sense is, that when
there was no probable reason, yea, when all things were against him,
he yet continued to believe. And, doubtless, there is nothin...
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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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WHO AGAINST HOPE BELIEVED IN HOPE,.... Abraham believed the promise of
God,
THAT HE MIGHT BECOME THE FATHER OF MANY NATIONS, being assisted by a
supernatural aid: "in hope"; of the fulfilment of it b...
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Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of
many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed
be.
Ver. 18. _Who against hope, &c._] _Elegans Antanaclasis p...
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_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...
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AGAINST HOPE; against all human expectation, or apparent possibility,
IN HOPE; that the things promised would certainly take place.
THE FATHER; an illustrious pattern of faith, for the imitation of a...
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The Scriptural proof:...
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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 4:18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he
might become. father of many nations, according to that which had been
spoken, So shall thy seed be.
'Who' -i.e. Abraham.
'IN HO...
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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 the apostle digresseth a little from his principal argument, and
falls into a commendation of Abraham's faith. WHO AGAINST HOPE
BELIEVED IN HOPE: Abraham, when he had no natural or rational groun...
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Who in hope believe against hope, to the end that he might become a
father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So
shall thy seed be. [Now, since a righteousness of law is unattai...
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Romans 4:18 who G3739 contrary G3844 hope G1680 in G1909 hope G1680
believed G4100 (G5656) that G1519 he G846 became G1096 (G5635) father
G3962 many G4183 nations G1484 according G2596 spoken G2046 (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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IN HOPE BELIEVED AGAINST HOPE
(παρ' ελπιδα επ' ελπιδ επιστευσεν). "Past
hope in (upon) hope he trusted." Graphic picture.TO THE END THAT HE
MIGHT BECOME
(εις το γενεσθα αυτον). Purpose clause aga...
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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 4:18.—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...
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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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Acts 27:25; Ezekiel 37:11; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 15:6; Luke 1:18; Mark
5:35; Mark 5:36; Proverbs 13:12; Romans 4:19; Romans 5:5;...
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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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The Apostle shows the power and excellence of that faith to which he
ascribes justification. Who against hope — Against all probability,
believed and hoped in the promise. The same thing is apprehende...
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Here St. Paul farther expatiates in the commendation of Abraham's
faith, telling us, THAT AGAINST HOPE HE BELIEVED IN HOPE; that is he
had. strong hope,. firm faith and trust in the promise and power...