* The apostle declares his being owned as an apostle of the Gentiles.
(1-10) He had publicly opposed Peter for judaizing. (11-14) And from
thence he enters upon the doctrine of justification by faith in
Christ, without the works of the law. (15-21)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-10 Observe the apostle's faithfulness in giving a full account of
the doctrine he had preached among the Gentiles, and was still
resolved to preach, that of Christianity, free from all mixture of
Judaism. This doctrine would be ungrateful to many, yet he was not
afraid to own it. His care was, le... [ Continue Reading ]
11-14 Notwithstanding Peter's character, yet, when Paul saw him acting
so as to hurt the truth of the gospel and the peace of the church, he
was not afraid to reprove him. When he saw that Peter and the others
did not live up to that principle which the gospel taught, and which
they professed, namel... [ Continue Reading ]
15-19 Paul, having thus shown he was not inferior to any apostle, not
to Peter himself, speaks of the great foundation doctrine of the
gospel. For what did we believe in Christ? Was it not that we might be
justified by the faith of Christ? If so, is it not foolish to go back
to the law, and to expe... [ Continue Reading ]
20,21 Here, in his own person, the apostle describes the spiritual or
hidden life of a believer. The old man is crucified, Romans 6:6, but
the new man is living; sin is mortified, and grace is quickened. He
has the comforts and the triumphs of grace; yet that grace is not from
himself, but from ano... [ Continue Reading ]