Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 3:28
We conclude then that a man is justified by faith — And even by this, not as it is a work, but as it receives Christ; and, consequently, has something essentially different from all our works whatsoever.
We conclude then that a man is justified by faith — And even by this, not as it is a work, but as it receives Christ; and, consequently, has something essentially different from all our works whatsoever.
ROMANS 3:28 ga,r {B} On the whole, the external evidence supporting ga,r (a A D* Y 81 1739 Old Latin vg syrpal copsa, bo arm _al_) is slightly superior to that supporting ou=n (B C Dc...
Verse 28. _THEREFORE WE CONCLUDE_, c.] Seeing these things cannot be denied, viz., that all have sinned: that all are guilty, that all are helpless: that none can deliver his own soul, and that God,...
THEREFORE - As the result of the previous train of argument. THAT A MAN - That all who are justified; that is, that there is no other way. IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH - Is regarded and treated as righteou...
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...
Where, then, is there any ground for boasting? It is completely shut out. Through what kind of law? Through the law of works? No, but through the law of faith. So, then, we reckon that a man enters in...
GOD'S FIDELITY AND MAN'S INFIDELITY (Romans 3:1-8)...
CONCLUDE. reckon. Greek. _logizomai._ See Romans 2:3. THE. Omit....
_Therefore_ Another reading of the Gr. gives FOR. Evidence of MSS., &c. is strong on both sides: but the internal evidence, in the coherence of the argument, is decidedly for "_For_." Romans 3:28 is t...
ΓᾺΡ. Context is decisive in favour of this reading: the clause refers to the argument of Romans 1:17; Romans 3:20, as supporting the statement that boasting is excluded, and is not a fresh conclusion...
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...
ΛΟΓΙΖΌΜΕΘΑ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3049) подводить итоги, ΔΙΚΑΙΟΎΣΘΑΙ _praes. inf. pass. от_ ΔΙΚΑΙΌΩ (G1344) оправдывать (_см._ Romans 3:24). _Inf._ в косвенной речи....
DISCOURSE: 1834 JUSTIFICATION WITHOUT BOASTING Romans 3:27. _Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified...
THEREFORE WE CONCLUDE— This inference is drawn from the whole preceding argument. The Greek word Ανθρωπος, in the singular, without the article, frequently signifies _man, mankind,_or anyman whatsoeve...
_TEXT_ Romans 3:27-31. Where then is the glorifying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith. Romans 3:28 We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart...
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. THEREFORE WE CONCLUDE THAT A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH WITHOUT THE DEEDS OF THE LAW. There is weighty evidence i...
_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...
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...
THEREFORE] RM 'for.' WITHOUT] RV 'apart from.'...
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...
(27-31) A review of the consequences of this process of justification. How does it affect the pretensions of the Jew? It shuts them out by laying stress no longer on works, which were the proper fulfi...
THEREFORE.... — There is a remarkable division of some of the best authorities in this verse between “therefore” and “for.” The weight of authority seems somewhat in favour of “for,” which also makes...
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...
In these verses the positive exposition of the righteousness of God as offered to faith through the redemption in Christ Jesus, is concluded. The Apostle points out two inferences which can be drawn f...
λογιζόμεθα γάρ : see critical note. In λογιζόμεθα there is no idea of an uncertain conclusion: it rather suggests the confident self-consciousness of the reasoner. ἄνθρωπον is not “any human being,” a...
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...
“ _Where is the boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay, but by that of faith. For we judge that man is justified by faith without works of law._ ” Οὖν, _then:_ in consequence of the...
NINTH PASSAGE (3:27-31). THE HARMONY OF THIS MODE OF JUSTIFICATION WITH THE TRUE MEANING OF THE LAW. The apostle had asserted, Romans 3:21, that _the law_ and _the prophets_ themselves bear witness to...
The relation between this verse and the preceding rests on the contrast between the two ideas καύχησις and πίστει δικαιοῦσθαι, _boasting_ and _being justified by faith._ “We exclude boasting in propor...
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. (28) Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. (29) Is he the Go...
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...
28._We then conclude, etc. _He now draws the main proposition, as one that is incontrovertible, and adds an explanation. Justification by faith is indeed made very clear, while works are expressly exc...
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...
THEREFORE WE CONCLUDE,.... This is the conclusion from the premises, the sum total of the whole account: THAT A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH WITHOUT THE DEEDS OF THE LAW. The subject of justification is...
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Ver. 28. _A man is justified by faith_] Here St Paul shows himself a pure Lutheran, and is therefore sharply and b...
_Therefore we conclude_ As if he had said, Since it appears, by what has been said, that all are sinners, involved in guilt and condemnation, and so cannot be justified by the law, whether natural or...
THEREFORE; in view of the whole subject and all the light that is thrown upon it. WITHOUT THE DEEDS OF THE LAW; man's obedience to law is not the ground of his justification, but the merits of Christ...
THEREFORE WE CONCLUDE THAT A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WITHOUT THE DEEDS OF THE LAW....
The great conclusion of the apostle:...
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. The righteousness of God revealed:...
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...
WE RECKON THEREFORE THAT. MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH APART FROM THE WORKS OF THE LAW. 'Reckon' -'conclude'; 'for we maintain' (NASV). 'WORKS OF THE LAW' -perfect law-keeping, trying to maintain. rig...
27-31 God will have the great work of the justification and salvation of sinners carried on from first to last, so as to shut out boasting. Now, if we were saved by our own works, boasting would not...
Here is the conclusion of the whole matter that he had been discoursing of, from ROMANS 1:17 to this very place. When he says, WE CONCLUDE, he means, we have reasoned or argued well, as logicians do;...
We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law....
Romans 3:28 Therefore G3767 conclude G3049 (G5736) man G444 justified G1344 (G5745) faith G4102 apart G5565 deeds...
‘We reckon therefore that a man is justified (reckoned as in the right) by faith apart from the works of the law.' So Paul can now come to his important conclusion. And that is that a man is accepted...
Romans 3:28. FOR WE RECKON. This reading is supported by the most ancient authorities (with the exception of the Vatican MSS.). It suggests the reason for the previous assertion: Glorying is excluded...
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...
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...
WE RECKON THEREFORE (λογιζομεθα ουν). Present middle indicative. Westcott and Hort read γαρ instead of ουν. "My fixed opinion" is. The accusative and infinitive construction occurs after λογιζομεθα...
JUSTIFICATION Justification, Summary: Justification and righteousness are inseparably united in Scripture by the fact that the same word (Greek, "dikaios", means "righteous"; Greek, "dikaioo", means...
Romans 3:28 I. What was the point which lay at the root of St. Paul's whole argument? It was this: whether obedience to the ordinances of the Jewish law could be deemed necessary to salvation, whether...
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 3:1. _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 3:19. _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...
FOR WE CONCLUDE. He has proved that we are put right with God [justified] only through faith (which includes the obedience of faith). A clear line is drawn between faith and the works of the Law, as t...
_Where is boasting then?_ It is excluded. BOASTFULNESS--JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN I. Boastfulness was a Jewish national characteristic of a peculiar species, for it took the form of religious conceit. 1...
_Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law._ JUSTIFICATION I. The terms of this conclusion. 1. “Justification” signifies, literally, acquittal. In a court...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 3:28 Justification is BY FAITH alone, APART FROM... THE LAW. It does not depend at all on doing any works of the law....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 3:27.—Where is then the glorying? Such is the most literal and most correct rendering of the clause. Almost tantamount to the expression, Where is then their glorying? Romans...
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 6:11; Acts 13:38; Acts 13:39; Galatians 2:16;...
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...
Observe here, 1. The conclusion drawn by the apostle, from all that he had been discoursing of in the foregoing Chapter s: namely, that God's way of justification of. guilty sinner is not by works, do...