Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 3:3
Shall their unbelief disannul the faithfulness of God — Will he not still make good his promises to them that do believe?
Shall their unbelief disannul the faithfulness of God — Will he not still make good his promises to them that do believe?
Verse Romans 3:3. JEW. _FOR WHAT_] τιγαρ, _What then, if some did not_ _believe_, c. If some of the Jewish nation have abused their privileges, and acted contrary to their obligations, shall their wi...
FOR WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE? - This is to be regarded as another objection of a Jew. “What then? or what follows? if it be admitted that some of the nation did not believe, does it not follow tha...
CHAPTER 3:1-20 _ 1. Objections and Their Answers. (Romans 3:1 .)_ 2. The Whole World Under Sin. (Romans 3:9 .) Romans 3:1 A number of objections are next raised and answered. “What advantage then h...
JEWISH PROTESTS SILENCED. Romans 3:1. What then, it is asked, is the advantage of being a Jew, etc.? Romans 3:2. Much, Paul replies, in every way: to begin with, they were entrusted with the oracles...
What, then, is the something plus which belongs to a Jew? Or what special advantage belongs to those who have been circumcised? Much in every way. In the first place, there is this advantage--that the...
GOD'S FIDELITY AND MAN'S INFIDELITY (Romans 3:1-8)...
SOME. Greek. _tines_. App-124. DID NOT BELIEVE. Greek. _apisteo._ See Acts 28:24. SHALL. The question is introduced by _me_ (App-105). UNBELIEF. Greek. _apistia._ Occurs twelve times; first Matthew...
_For what_ Here a formula of argument, introducing an objection. _if some_ A euphemism, most natural in the words of a supposed _Jewish Opponent_. As a fact, it was the "some" who believed, the many...
The Divine Judge will not connive at sin 3 8. _For what if some_, &c. Romans 3:3-8 form a passage of much difficulty in detail, though clear as a whole. The difficulty results partly from a doubt as t...
17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through ignoring the one condition of righteousness. 1–20. A brief statement of the true nature of the Jew’s position, to be fully dealt wi...
ΤΊ ΓΆΡ; Philippians 1:18 only. Introduces an objection which must be met. The passage is closely condensed. ΕἸ ἨΠΊΣΤΗΣΑΝ. ἀπιστεῖν always = to disbelieve (from ἄπιστος = unbelieving), even prob. 2 Tim...
ΉΠΊΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (MOD не верить, отказываться верить; или со _знач._ быть неверным (SH). О префиксе в качестве отр. _см._ Romans 1:20. ΑΠΙΣΤΊΑ теог> неверие, неверность, ΚΑΤΑΡΓ...
DISCOURSE: 1829 THE FOLLY OF UNBELIEF Romans 3:3. _What if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar_. IN...
FOR WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE? &C.— This and the following verse are generally understood as a continuation and explication of the Apostle's answer in the second verse; whereby the sense of the thi...
_TEXT_ Romans 3:1-9 a. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? Romans 3:2 Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God. Romans 3:3 Fo...
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? FOR WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE - or 'proved unfaithful.' It is the unbelief of the great body of the...
_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_ 16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
3:3 faith (a-13) Or 'faithfulness.'...
DID NOT BELIEVE] RV 'were without faith.' UNBELIEF] RV 'want of faith.' FAITH] RV 'faithfulness.'...
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...
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...
III. (1-8) Continuing the subject, but with a long digression in Romans 3:3 _et seq._ The Apostle asks, What is the real value of these apparent advantages? He is about to answer the question fully, a...
For what if.-What (follows) if, &c. Or we may take the first two words by themselves, and throw the next two clauses together. How stands the case? If some rejected the faith, shall their rejection ma...
CHAPTER 8 JEWISH CLAIMS: NO HOPE IN HUMAN MERIT Romans 3:1 As the Apostle dictates, there rises before his mind a figure often seen by his eyes, the Rabbinic disputant. Keen, subtle, unscrupulous, a...
f. τί γάρ; For how? _i.e._, Well then, how stands the case? _Cf._ Philippians 1:18. εἰ ἠπίστησάν τινες = if some _did_ disbelieve. It is not necessary to render this, with reference to ἐπιστεύθησαν in...
It might easily seem, at this point, as if the Apostle's argument had proved too much. He has shown that the mere possession of the law does not exempt the Jew from judgment, but that God requires its...
GOD FAITHFUL THOUGH MEN BE FAITHLESS Romans 3:1 The Jewish people had a great treasure entrusted to them for the benefit of the whole world. This position as stewards for mankind conferred upon them...
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...
For what if some did not (c) believe? shall their unbelief make the (d) faith of God without effect? (c) Break the covenant. (d) The faith that God gave....
SIXTH PASSAGE (3:1-8). JEWISH PREROGATIVE DOES NOT IMPLY EXEMPTION FROM JUDGMENT. The order of thought in this piece, one of the most difficult, perhaps, in the Epistle, is as follows: 1. If the Jew...
“ _For what shall we say? If some did not believe, shall their unbelief make void the faithfulness of God? Let it not be: yea, let God be found true, and every man a liar; as it is written: That Thou...
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...
3._What indeed if some, etc. _As before, while regarding the Jews as exulting in the naked sign, he allowed them no not even a spark of glory; so now, while considering the nature of the sign, he test...
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...
FOR WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE?.... It is suggested, that though the Jews enjoyed such a privilege, some of them did not believe; which is an aggravation of their sin, that they should have such mea...
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? Ver. 3. _The faith of God_] That is, his faithful promises, opposed to man's perfidy. _Fides quia fit quod...
_For what if some_ And they a considerable number, of those who once possessed these invaluable treasures; _did not believe_ Them, or did not duly consider what they speculatively believed, and so rej...
WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE? had not faith in God, and as a consequence of their unbelief were unfaithful to God; for both these ideas are included in the original word. SHALL THEIR UNBELIEF; their u...
MAN'S GUILT AND GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. The advantage of the Jew:...
FOR WHAT IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE? SHALL THEIR UNBELIEF MAKE THE FAITH OF GOD WITHOUT EFFECT?...
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 3:1-20 1. Was anyone (Jew or Gentile) justified on their own merit? a. Were Jews or Gentiles saved by their own power? i. Both are under sin ii. How bad was their sin? 1. None righteous 2...
FOR WHAT IF SOME WERE WITHOUT FAITH? SHALL THEIR WANT OF FAITH MAKE OF NONE EFFECT THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD? 'Some' -i.e. some of the Jewish people. The fact was that many Jews had not proved faithfu...
1-8 The law could not save in or from sins, yet it gave the Jews advantages for obtaining salvation. Their stated ordinances, education in the knowledge of the true God and his service, and many favo...
IF SOME DID NOT BELIEVE; if some did remain in infidelity, ACTS 28:24, if they would give no credit to the oracle, and to the promise of a Messiah. THE FAITH OF GOD; i.e. the truth and faithfulness of...
For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?...
Cyprian Epistle LIV "For what," he says, "if some of them have departed from the faith? Hath their unbelief made the faith of God of none effect? God forbid! For God is true, but every man a liar."[33...
Romans 3:3 For G1063 what G5101 if G1487 some G5100 believe G569 (G5656) G3361 Will G2673 their...
‘For what if some were without faith? Will their want of faith make of none effect (render inoperative) the faithfulness of God?' Taking this as the question of the supposed antagonist, the questioner...
IF THIS BE SO WHAT ADVANTAGE IS THERE IN BEING A JEW? (3:1-8). In a series of questions Paul now takes up the points just made, the claimed advantage of being a Jew (Romans 2:17) and the claimed advan...
_The Justification by Faith, and the Curse of the Law_. Paul addresses himself again directly to the Galatians with an expression of his indignant surprise at the folly of their relapse into Judaism,...
3. _The Scriptural Proof of the Guilt of the Jews._ This section forms the conclusion of the first part: ‘Every one needs this power unto salvation.' While in general it may be regarded as presenting...
Romans 3:3. FOR WHAT IF; as is the case, thus introducing the fact as an objection to be answered. Others divide the verse: ‘For what? (_i.e._, what is the case). If some,' etc. This turns the whole i...
FOR WHAT IF? (τ γαρ ει?). But Westcott and Hort print it, Τ γαρ? ε. See Philippians 1:18 for this exclamatory use of τ γαρ (for how? How stands the case?).SOME WERE WITHOUT FAITH (ηπιστησαν). Firs...
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?_ 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._ It was a great thing to be...
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...
WHAT IF SOME? "Would not the unfaithfulness of some Jews _invalidate_ God's promise?" The Jewish argument runs: "If some of the _chosen people_ are lost through their unfaithfulness, doesn't this mean...
_For what if some did not believe?_ MAN’S UNBELIEF AND GOD’S FAITHFULNESS I. Man’s unbelief; its various forms; impenitence; scepticism. II. God’s faithfulness; His Word remains true; cannot fail o...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 3:3 Even though most Jews were UNFAITHFUL and refused to trust and obey God, he remains faithful to them. God will fulfill his covenant promises, particularly his promise to save...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 3:1. WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW?—Pre-eminence. Passage brings out the idea of surplus (Wordsworth). Romans 3:3.—πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ—the faith of God—may perhaps be best exp...
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 Samuel 15:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Timothy 2:13;...
Did not believe [η π ι σ τ η σ α ν]. Rev., were without faith. Not, as some, were unfaithful, which is contrary to New Testament usage. See Mark 16:11; Mark 16:16; Luke 24:11;...
Here follows. second objection: Some might say, "True, the Jews had the oracles of God, but some of them never believed them, nor gave any credit to the promise of the Messias contained in them; there...