And he received, after he was justified, circumcision, as a seal of the justice of faith, which he had before when he believed. Circumcision, therefore, in Abraham, was as a seal and testimony of the justice which he had already by faith: though circumcision was chiefly given to Abraham and his posterity, as a sign or seal of that alliance which God made with Abraham, and his seed, to shew he had made choice of them for his elect people. (Witham)
ROMANS 4:11 logisqh/nai @kai,# {C} On the one hand, after the final syllable of logisqh/nai the word kai,, being not indispensable to the sense, could easily have been overlooked in transcription. On...
Verse Romans 4:11. _AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION, A SEAL_, c.] So far was _obedience_ to the law of _circumcision_ from being the reason of his justification, that he not only received th...
AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN ... - A sign is that by which any thing is shown, or represented. And circumcision thus showed that there was a covenant between Abraham and God; Genesis 17:1. It became the p...
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 4:11 _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 4:1_ 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 Gent...
THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
Did, then, this pronouncing of blessedness come to Abraham when he was circumcised? Or when he was uncircumcised? We are just saying, "His faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness." Under what...
SIGN. App-176. BEING UNCIRCUMCISED. in (Greek. en) uncircumcision. THAT, &C. = unto (App-104.) his being. THEM, &C. Literally of all the believing (ones). App-150. THOUGH, &C.. through (App-104.Ro...
_the sign of circumcision_ i.e. circumcision as a physical mark to denote the accomplished fact of justification. _a seal of the righteousness_ A formal, legal attestation that He who prescribed the...
ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΗ͂Σ. The gen. of description—not practically different from περιτομήν. ΣΦΡΑΓΙ͂ΔΑ. App. a common Jewish term for circumcision; cf. S. H., Wetst. _ad loc_[118], “signum foederis, sigillum Abraham...
ΣΗΜΕΪ́ΟΝ (G4592) знак; отличительная черта, характеризующая нечто (BAGD). ΈΛΑΒΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать, ΣΦΡΑΓΊΔΑ _асс. sing. от_ ΣΦΡΑΓΊΣ (G4973) печать. То, что удостоверяет или...
AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION— Hence it appears, that the covenant established with Abraham, Genesis 17:2 is the same with that, Genesis 12:2 and Genesis 15:5;...
_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...
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circu...
_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...
4:11 be (h-24) 'In order to his being.' It is necessary perhaps to say, 'that he might be' in English; but that is an expression of purpose which goes rather too far. See Note i, ch. 1.20....
SIGN] cp. Genesis 17:11, 'a token of the covenant.' SEAL] ratifying his acceptance. IMPUTED] RV 'reckoned.' 13-17. The promise was independent of any system of law. PARAPHRASE. '(13) Again. The promi...
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...
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...
THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION — _i.e.,_ circumcision _as a_ sign. The expression is an instance of what is known in Greek as the “genitive of apposition,” but it is common in English. Thus we speak of the...
(9-12) What is the bearing of this upon the relation between Jew and Gentile? Is the blessedness of the justified state reserved only for the former? Is it limited to those who are circumcised? On the...
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 t...
In these verses the justification of Abraham appears in a new light. In virtue of its ground in his faith, he is not only a forefather κατὰ σάρκα (_i.e._, the natural ancestor of the Jews), but he is...
f. On the contrary, he received a _sign_ in circumcision a _seal_ of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised. Both sign (אוֹת) and seal (חוֹתָם) are frequently used by Rabbinic...
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 Go...
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...
(8) And he received the (f) sign of circumcision, a (g) seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: (9) that he might be the father of all them that believe, though...
1. ROMANS 4:1-12. Abraham was justified _by faith_, Romans 4:1-8, and by faith _alone_, Romans 4:9-12....
“ _And he received the sign of circumcision_, _as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be at once the father of all them that believe while in a...
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...
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...
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...
11._And he received the sign, etc. _In order to anticipate an objection, he shows that circumcision was not unprofitable and superfluous, though it could not justify; but it had another very remarkabl...
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 HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION,.... Or "the sign circumcision", as the Syriac version reads it, and so the Alexandrian copy, and two of Stephens's; that is, Abraham received at the hands of...
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which _he had yet_ being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circ...
_And_ After he was justified; _he received the sign of circumcision_ Circumcision which was intended to be a sign, or token, of his being in covenant with God, and an emblem of that circumcision of th...
A SEAL OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE FAITH; a token, or visible sign, that by means of the faith which he exercised before he was circumcised, he was justified and accepted with God. THE FATHER; the mod...
AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION, A SEAL OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE FAITH WHICH HE HAD YET BEING UNCIRCUMCISED, THAT HE MIGHT BE THE FATHER OF ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE, THOUGH THEY BE NOT CIRCUM...
Justification does not presuppose the fulfillment of the Law:...
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...
__ Romans 4:11 and he received the sign of circumcision,. seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision; that he might be the father of all them that believe, tho...
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...
THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION; or, circumcision, which is a sign. Two things are here affirmed of circumcision: 1. That it was a SIGN. Of what? Of the circumcision of the heart, of original sin and its cu...
and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews nor yet did he observe the Sabbath. For he had "accepted"[38] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V since, also, he deserved for that reason to be called "the father of...
2). HOW THEN DOES CIRCUMCISION AFFECT THE ISSUE AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM? (4:9-12). Paul now brings up with respect to Abraham the point that he had made in Romans 3:30, where he had clai...
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...
‘And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in...
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...
Romans 4:11. AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION, A SEAL, etc. The ‘sign' was ‘circumcision,' which is described as ‘a seal,' etc. Meyer explains: a sign which was given him in the fact that he w...
THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION (σημειον περιτομης). It is the genitive of apposition, circumcision being the sign.A SEAL OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE FAITH (σφραγιδα της δικαιοσυνης της πιστεως). Σφραγις...
IMPUTED Or, reckoned, that is, put to the account of. See (Philemon 1:18); same word:...
Romans 4:11 The Call of Abraham. Mark some characteristics of the faith of Abraham. I. It is the faith not which conceives great things and works for them, but which places itself as an instrument i...
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? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what sait...
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 saith...
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...
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...
_Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only?_ …Abraham received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised. CIRCUMCISION--SA...
_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...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 4:11 SIGN... SEAL. Circumcision proved the righteousness by faith that Abraham had before his circumcision....
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 4:1.—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...
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-...
2 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Peter 1:1; Deuteronomy 30:6; Ephesians 1:13;...
The sign - a seal [σ η μ ε ι ο ν - σ φ ρ α γ ι δ α]. Sign refers to the material token; seal to its religious import. Compare 1 Corinthians 9:2; Genesis 17:11. See on to seal, Revelation 22:10. That h...
And — After he was justified. He received the sign of circumcision — Circumcision, which was a sign or token of his being in covenant with God. A seal — An assurance on God's part, that he accounted h...
Here the apostle declares the reason why, and the end for which Abraham was circumcised, seeing he was justified by faith in the promised Messiah, long before circumcision, AS. SIGN AND SEAL OF THE CO...