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Romans 3:21
But now the righteousness of God without the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the prophets;
But now the righteousness of God without the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the prophets;
Verse 21. _BUT NOW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD_] God's _method of_ _saving sinners_ is now shown, by the Gospel, to be through his own mere mercy, by Christ Jesus; _without the law_-without any right or...
BUT NOW - The apostle, having shown the entire failure of all attempts to be justified by the “Law,” whether among Jews or Gentiles, proceeds to state fully the plan of justification by Jesus Christ i...
3. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED. Justification, what it is and what it Includes. Chapter 3:21-5:11. CHAPTER 3:21-31 _ 1. The Righteousness of God Manifested. (Romans 3:21 .)_ 2. Just and Just...
A new chapter opens in human history the achievement of REDEMPTION IN CHRIST JESUS. Romans 3:21. In the desperation to which man's sin, brought home to him by the Law, has reduced him, a manifestation...
GOD'S FIDELITY AND MAN'S INFIDELITY (Romans 3:1-8)...
We know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are within the law, and the function of the law is that every mouth should be silenced and that the whole world should be known to be liable to...
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...
The Divine method of holy pardon, alike for all 21. _But now_ i.e. "But as things are, as the fact is." Here the great argument of Pardon and Salvation begins, to close with the triumphant words of...
ΝΥΝῚ = ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΝΥ͂Ν ΚΑΙΡΩ͂Ι, Romans 3:26, as things now are, under the Gospel dispensation. ΧΩΡῚΣ ΝΌΜΟΥ, apart from law. The idea is that man no longer has to look to law as GOD’s revelation of Himsel...
The failure of Jew and Gentile alike is met by the new dispensation of the Gospel, with the condition it demands of man, faith. The argument having explained ‘the revelation of wrath,’ returns to the...
ΠΕΦΑΝΈΡΩΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) проявлять, прояснять. _Perf._ подчеркивает состояние или условие (К. L. McKay, "The Use of the Ancient Greek Perfect Down to the Second Century A. D"....
DISCOURSE: 1832 THE BELIEVER’S RIGHTEOUSNESS Romans 3:21. _But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets; even the righteousness of God w...
BUT NOW, &C.— _But now a righteousness of God without law is discovered, being testified by the law and the prophets,_ (Romans 3:22.) _even the righteousness of God through faith_ in Jesus Christ, &c....
_TEXT_ Romans 3:21-26. But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Romans 3:22 even the righteousness of God through faith in J...
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; BUT NOW - [ nuni (G3570) de (G1161)]. We may view this either as a particle of transitio...
_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...
3:21 without (n-3) 'Apart from.' see Hebrews 9:28 . God (o-7) See Note, ch. 1.17....
THE NEW WAY OF ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD In Romans 1:2 St. Paul has shown that both Gentile and Jew have sinned wilfully, and are under God's condemnation. He now digresses to Jewish objections against the...
NOW] i.e. under the gospel. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS, etc.] RV 'apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested': cp. Romans 1:17. 'A righteousness of God,' i.e. a way of acceptance which God...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 SOME *JEWISH PROTESTS AGAINST PAUL’S THOUGHTS 3:1-8 V1 Someone might ask whether the *Jews received any real advanta...
BUT NOW. — In these latter days. The Apostle conceives of the history of the world as divided into periods; the period of the Gospel succeeds that of the Law, and to it the Apostle and his readers bel...
(21-22) Such was the condition of the world up to the coming of Christ. But now, in contrast with the previous state of things, a new system has appeared upon the scene. In this system law is entirely...
(21-26) This then introduces the solemn enunciation, repeated more fully from Romans 1:16, of the great subject of the Epistle, the declaration of that new scheme by which, through Christ, God had rem...
CHAPTER 9 THE ONE WAY OF DIVINE ACCEPTANCE Romans 3:21 So then "there is silence" upon earth, that man may hear the "still, small voice," "the sound of stillness," 1 Kings 19:12 from the heavens. "T...
νυνὶ δὲ : but now. All time is divided for Paul into “now” and “then”. _Cf._ Ephesians 2:12 f., τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ … νυνὶ δέ; 2 Corinthians 5:16, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν : the reception of the Gospel means the comin...
The universal need of a Gospel has now been demonstrated, and the Apostle proceeds with his exposition of this Gospel itself. It brings what all men need, a righteousness of God (see on Romans 1:17);...
ALL FREELY JUSTIFIED BY GRACE Romans 3:21 From the universal need the Apostle turns to the all-sufficient remedy. The Law and the Prophets hinted dimly at justification by faith, but did not unveil i...
Paul here turned to a brief discussion of certain objections. First, "What advantage, then, hath the Jew?" He replied, "Much, every way." He then mentioned only one, which he spoke of as being "first...
(7) But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; (7) "Therefore", says the apostle, "so that men would not perish, God now exhibits tha...
VV. 21, 22 a. “ _But now the righteousness of God is manifested without the law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God by faith in Jesus Christ for all and upon al...
EIGHTH PASSAGE (3:21-26). THE FACT BY WHICH JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH IS ACQUIRED FOR US. We have already proved that Romans 3:21 is directly connected in sense with Romans 1:17 (see p. 99). In the inter...
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; (22) Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all...
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...
21._But now without the law, etc. _It is not certain for what distinct reason he calls that the righteousness of God, which we obtain by faith; whether it be, because it can alone stand before God, or...
Having established the great truth that God required real moral goodness, he considers the position of the Jews. Could they not plead special divine favour? Was there no advantage in Judaism? Surely t...
BUT NOW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD,.... The apostle having proved that all men are unrighteous, and that no man can be justified in the sight of God by his obedience, either to the law of nature or of M...
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Ver. 21. _But now_] Since Christ came....
_But now the righteousness of God_ That is, the manner of becoming righteous which God hath appointed; _without the law_ Without that perfect and previous obedience which the law requires; without ref...
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD; that which he has provided in and by his Son Jesus Christ, and which he freely gives to sinners upon condition of faith in Christ. See note to chap Romans 1:17. WITHOUT THE L...
WHAT ADVANTAGE HAS THE JEW? Since God requires subjection _of heart_ from the Jew, and at the same time honors a like subjection of heart in the Gentiles, the question arises, "What advantage then hat...
ROMANS 3:21-31 1. How can one be justified by faith? a. Justification by faith as related to the law i. Was justification tied to the law? 1. Apart from the law 21 2. Apart from works of the law...
__ GOD'S PROVISION FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS (RIGHT STANDING WITH HIM) The first three Chapter s demonstrated the great "need" for. way to make man right with God. For both Jew and Gentile found themselves...
21-26 Must guilty man remain under wrath? Is the wound for ever incurable? No; blessed be God, there is another way laid open for us. This is the righteousness of God; righteousness of his ordaining,...
BUT NOW: q.d. Though justification be not by the law, yet it is to be obtained in another way, as follows. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD: see ROMANS 1:17. WITHOUT THE LAW; inasmuch as the law, pressing obe...
But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets [Having shut up all under condemnation for sin under the law with its works, Paul tu...
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus As long then as the former time[46] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For verily I say unto you, Until heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall not p...
Romans 3:21 But G1161 now G3570 righteousness G1343 God G2316 from G5565 law G3551 revealed G5319 (G5769) witnessed...
‘But now apart from the law a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets,' This righteousness of God that God has provided is apart from the Law. It is not o...
GOD HAS PROVIDED A WAY BY WHICH MEN CAN BE ACCOUNTED AS IN THE RIGHT BEFORE GOD (3:21-4:25). Paul has spent a considerable time, from Romans 1:18 onwards, in demonstrating that all are under sin (weig...
Romans 3:21. BUT NOW. Either, ‘at this time,' _i.e._, in the gospel dispensation, or, ‘in this state of things,' _i.e.,_ as further defined. The latter is preferable. APART FROM THE LAW. Though the...
1. RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS TO ALL, JEW AND GENTILE, BY FAITH. The section opens (Romans 3:21) with the statement of the theme of this division, as contrasted with Romans 3:20; Romans 3:22-26 set for...
2. RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS BY FAITH. The theme of this second main division of the doctrinal part of the Epistle may be found in Romans 3:21: (1.) The righteousness of God apart from the law has bee...
BUT NOW APART FROM THE LAW (νυν δε χωρις νομου). He now (νυν emphatic logical transition) proceeds carefully in verses Romans 3:21-31 theNATURE of the God-kind of righteousness which stands manif...
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD The righteousness of God is neither an attribute of God, not the changed character of the believer, but Christ Himself, who fully met in our stead and behalf every demand of the...
Romans 3:21 Paul's Evangel. The history of God's relations with human sin breaks into two before Christ, and after Christ. The death of Christ, which marks the point of division, is at the same time...
Romans 3:9. _What then? are we better than they?_ The first chapter of the Epistle to the Romans contains so horrible an account of the manners of the Gentiles, the heathen of Paul's day, that it is...
Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit is there of circumcision?_ If, after all, both Jew and Gentiles were under sin, what advantage had the Jew by the covenant under which he...
Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way; chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God._ If it be so that, after all...
Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God._ The Jews of old had a great...
Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God._ It was a great thing to be...
Romans 3:9. What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: T...
Romans 3:19. _Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by t...
CONTENTS: The common guilt of both Jew and Gentile. Justification by faith, not by the law. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: The sum of all sin is coming short of the glory of God for which we we...
The first part of this chapter, as far as the twentieth verse, belongs to the two preseding Chapter s, and confirms, by the words of David, the deplorable state of fallen man. Romans 3:1. _What advant...
BUT NOW GOD'S WAY. The Law and God's promise were two different things. See what Paul says in Galatians 3:17-18. The Law and the prophets told that God would provide a righteousness that did not origi...
_But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested._ THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS I. Prepared by God. Devised; approved; conferred by Him. II. Attested by the law and the prophets. III...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 3:21 The Saving Righteousness of God. Paul now explains that people can have a right standing with God only through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 3:22. BY FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST UNTO ALL AND UPON ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE.—Faith apprehends and appropriates a personal mediator. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.—Our participation by f...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 3:1 (2) _Certain objections with regard to the Jews suggested and met. _In_ _this passage, before proceeding with his argument, the apostle meets certain objections that might be ma...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to Romans 3. Paul has just told the Jews that having the law does not justify a person. It is the keeping of the law that justifies one. That uncircumcision really has...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Peter 1:10; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 2 Peter 1:1;...
Now [ν υ ν ι] Logical, not temporal. In this state of the case. Expressing the contrast between two relations - dependence on the law and non - dependence on the law. Without the law. In a sphere dif...
LAW AND GRACE Romans 3:19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The meaning and scope of the Law. Law is a word filled with glory, but wholly foreign to Grace. Law is the measure of the holy requirements of a righ...
SIN AND SALVATION Romans 3:9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Word of God never belittles sin. Sin, to God, is heinous. It is black, without one ray of white. Sin to God is exceeding sinful. There is nothing...
But now the righteousness of God — That is, the manner of becoming righteous which God hath appointed. Without the law — Without that previous obedience which the law requires; without reference to th...
Our apostle having proved negatively, that by the works of the law righteousness and justification is not to be had for any person, be he Jew or Gentile: He comes now to prove the affirmative part of...