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Verse Romans 4:9. COMETH _THIS BLESSEDNESS - UPON THE CIRCUMCISION_
ONLY] The word μονον, _only_, is very properly supplied by our
translators, and indeed is found in some excellent MSS., and is here...
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COMETH ... - The apostle has now prepared the way for an examination
of the inquiry whether this came in consequence of obedience to the
Law? or whether it was without obedience to the Law? Having sho...
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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 4:1_ 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 Gen...
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THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
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COMETH, &C. = This blessing, then, is it?...
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_Cometh this blessedness_, &c. Here the reference to David's words
merges again into the main argument from Abraham's case. This is
indicated by the word "then." The literal rendering of this verse is...
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Ὁ ΜΑΚ. ΟΥ̓͂Ν. The blessing mentioned in the ps. is
essentially the same as ‘the reckoning’ of Romans 4:3; and the
question is raised whether it extends to the circumcision only or to
all. This is answ...
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ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΉ (G4061) обрезание,
ΆΚΡΟΒΥΣΤΊΑ (G203) необрезание. Здесь
предлог с _асс._ в первую очередь
обозначает движение вперед, в смысле
"к" (IBG, 49)....
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_TEXT_
Romans 4:9-12. Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision,
or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was
reckoned for righteousness. Romans 4:10 How then was...
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Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the
uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness.
COMETH THIS BLESSEDNESS THEN UPON THE CIR...
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_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...
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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 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...
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ὁ μακαρισμὸς οὖν οὗτος : This felicitation,
then, what is its extent? Does it apply to the circumcision only, or
to the uncircumcision also? Just as Romans 4:1-8 correspond to Romans
3:27 f., so do Ro...
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THIS BLESSEDNESS IS FOR ALL
Romans 4:9
In Abraham's case it is clear that he was justified when he was still
a Gentile. The initial badge of Judaism was stamped upon him long
after he had believed G...
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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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(6) [Cometh] this (e) blessedness then upon the circumcision [only],
or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to
Abraham for righteousness.
(6) A new proposition: that this...
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_This blessedness, by which a man's sins are forgiven, and his soul
truly justified, was promised, and is given to the uncircumcised
Gentiles, as well as to the circumcised Jews, by the faith and grac...
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1. ROMANS 4:1-12.
Abraham was justified _by faith_, Romans 4:1-8, and by faith _alone_,
Romans 4:9-12....
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Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the
uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness. (10) How was it then reckoned? when he was in...
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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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9-10.As circumcision and uncircumcision are alone mentioned, some
unwisely conclude, that the only question is, that righteousness is
not attained by the ceremonies of the law. But we ought to conside...
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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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[COMETH] THIS BLESSEDNESS THEN UPON THE CIRCUMCISION [ONLY]?.... That
is, upon the circumcised Jews; are they the only persons that partake
of this happiness? the word "only" is rightly supplied, and...
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_Cometh_ this blessedness then upon the circumcision _only_, or upon
the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham
for righteousness.
Ver. 9. _Cometh this blessedness_] This...
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_Cometh this blessedness_ Mentioned by Abraham and David; _on the
circumcision_ Those that are circumcised only? _or upon the
uncircumcision also?_ The _circumcision_ are the Jews, the members of
God'...
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THIS BLESSEDNESS; the blessedness of having sin forgiven, being
accepted of God, and rewarded as righteous.
THE CIRCUMCISION; those only who are circumcised.
UNCIRCUMCISION; upon those also who are...
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COMETH THIS BLESSEDNESS, THEN, UPON THE CIRCUMCISION ONLY, OR UPON THE
UNCIRCUMCISION ALSO? FOR WE SAY THAT FAITH WAS RECKONED TO ABRAHAM FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS....
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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 4:9 Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or
upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was
reckoned for righteousness.
'This blessing' -'Is this bles...
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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...
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This word _cometh_ is not in the original, but it is aptly inserted by
our translators. CIRCUMCISION again is put for the circumcised, and
_uncircumcision_ for the uncircumcised: see ROMANS 2:28. FOR...
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Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the
uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for
righteousness....
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Romans 4:9 this G3778 blessedness G3108 then G3767 upon G1909
circumcised G4061 or G2228 upon G1909 uncircumcised G203 also G2532
For G1063 say G3004 (G5719) that G3754 faith G4102 accounted G3049
(G5...
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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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IS THIS BLESSING THEN PRONOUNCED?
(ο μακαρισμος ουν ουτοσ?). "Is this felicitation
then?" There is no verb in the Greek. Paul now proceeds to show that
Abraham was said in Genesis 15:6 to be set ri...
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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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Colossians 3:11; Ephesians 2:11; Ephesians 3:8; Galatians 3:14;
Galatians 3:26; Isaiah 49:6; Luke 2:32; Romans 10:12; Romans 10:13;...
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This happiness — Mentioned by Abraham and David. On the circumcision
— Those that are circumcised only. Faith was imputed to Abraham for
righteousness — This is fully consistent with our being justifi...
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Here the apostle moves the question, namely, Whether the forementioned
blessedness of pardon of sin, and justification by faith, belongs to
the circumcised Jews only, or to the uncircumcised Gentiles...