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Romans 4:13-16
The promise is not by the Law:
The promise is not by the Law:
Verse Romans 4:13. _FOR THE PROMISE, THAT HE SHOULD BE THE HEIR OF THE_ _WORLD_] This promise intimated that he should be the medium through whom the mercy of God should be communicated to the _world...
FOR THE PROMISE ... - To show that the faith of Abraham, on which his justification depended, was not by the Law, the apostle proceeds to show that the promise concerning which his faith was so remark...
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_,...
THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
It was not through law that there came to Abraham or to his seed the promise that he would inherit the earth, but it came through that right relationship with God which has its origin in faith. If the...
FOR, &C. The Greek reads, "For not through law was the promise. "Compare Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:18. HEIR. Compare Galatians 1:3, Gal 1:29 and...
_For the promise_, &c. Here again the Gr. order is emphatic: FOR NOT THROUGH THE LAW CAME THE PROMISE, &C. _that he should be the heir_ Perhaps better, NAMELY, HIS BEING: HEIR, in apposition with "th...
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...
ΟΥ̓ ΓᾺΡ ΔΙᾺ ΝΌΜΟΥ, ΓΆΡ = this is a full statement of the case, for law does not come in to qualify it. ΔΙᾺ ΝΌΜΟΥ, under conditions of law. Abraham was not under law when the promise was made; nor coul...
ΝΌΜΟΥ (G3551) _gen. sing._ содержание закона. Предл. с _gen._ указывает на сопутствующие обстоятельства (Barrett) или является instr. (Моо). Слово "закон" без артикля относится к любому закону, попада...
THE HEIR OF THE WORLD— Abraham and his seed together are the _heir of the world;_ for the promise is made to both; and the original word αυτου includes both: and _his seed,_ in the next verse, are cal...
_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...
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. FOR THE PROMISE, THAT HE SHOULD BE THE HEIR OF...
_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...
HEIR OF THE WORLD] i.e. by the universality of the reign of Christ: cp. Genesis 12:2.; Genesis 22:17....
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...
Abraham was the father of _all_ who walk in his steps. For this _all_ is not limited by the Law any more than it is limited by circumcision. The promise of that world-wide inheritance was not given th...
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...
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 t...
ἡ ἐπαγγελία is the Divine promise, which is identical with salvation in the widest sense. The word implies that the promise is held out by God of his own motion. The peculiar content here assigned to...
The argument of Romans 4:9-12 is reiterated and confirmed here in other terms. Abraham is the father of all believers: for it is not through law that the promise is given to him or his seed, that he s...
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...
(11) For the promise, that he should be the (h) heir of the world, [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the (i) law, but through the righteousness of faith. (11) A reason why the seed of Abr...
Of the world, &c. By the world, some understand the land of Chanaan, which is sometimes meant by the whole earth, particularly in the times of David and Solomon, when they ruled over the neighbouring...
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...
“ _For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not made to Abraham, or to his seed, by the law, but by the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is...
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...
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...
13._For the promise, etc. _He now more clearly sets the law and faith in opposition, the one to the other, which he had before in some measure done; and this ought to be carefully observed: for if fai...
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...
FOR THE PROMISE THAT HE SHOULD BE HEIR OF THE WORLD,.... This promise is thought by some to refer to that of his being "the father of many nations", Genesis 17:4; by whom the Gentiles are particularly...
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. Ver. 13. _Heir of the world_] That is, of heav...
HEIR OF THE WORLD; GENESIS 12:2-3; Genesis 15:5-6; GENESIS 17:4-8; GALATIANS 3:6-9;...
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 4:13 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. 'Through the law' -the promises given to...
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,...
Some by THE WORLD do understand, the world of the faithful, or believers dispersed over all the world: and so in effect it is the same which he said before, that Abraham should be the father of all th...
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. [In this third division of his argument Paul shows that A...
Romans 4:13 For G1063 promise G1860 be G1511 (G5750) the G846 heir G2818 world G2889 not G3756 Abraham...
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...
‘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.' The ‘for' may refer back to walking in the steps of the...
3). ABRAHAM ILLUSTRATES THE FACT THAT GOD'S GREATEST GIFTS DO NOT COME TO US BECAUSE WE ‘OBEY THE LAW', BUT BECAUSE WE ‘BELIEVE IN THE LORD' (4:13-25). The importance of faith in the life of Abraham i...
Romans 4:13. FOR NOT THROUGH THE LAW. This order is required by the emphasis indicated in the original. ‘Through law' is the literal rendering, but this verse (comp. Romans 4:15) overthrows the view t...
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...
THAT HE SHOULD BE THE HEIR OF THE WORLD (το κληρονομον αυτον εινα κοσμου). The articular infinitive (το εινα) with the accusative of general reference in loose apposition with η επαγγελια (the promi...
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?_ What blessings did really come to Abraham, the father of the faithful? What is the nature of that...
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? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what sait...
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...
_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...
_For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not … through the law._ THE PROMISE MADE TO ABRAHAM I. The promise, “that he should be heir of the world,” was made not entirely to Abr...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 4:13 The WORLD to come is another term for the final salvation that will be given to Abraham and all believers (see Hebrews 11:10;...
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-...
Galatians 3:16; Galatians 3:29; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 17:16; Gene
Heir of the world [κ λ η ρ ο ν ο μ ο ν κ ο σ μ ο υ]. See on divided by lot, Acts 13:19; and inheritance, 1 Peter 1:4. "Paul here takes the Jewish conception of the universal dominion of the Messianic...
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 A...
The promise, that he should be the heir of the world — Is the same as that he should be "the father of all nations," namely, of those in all nations who receive the blessing. The whole world was promi...
That is, the great promise which God made to Abraham, and his seed, that they should possess that rich and pleasant part of the world, the land of Canaan, under which also heaven itself was typically...