Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 4:1
That our father Abraham hath found — Acceptance with God. According to the flesh — That is, by works.
That our father Abraham hath found — Acceptance with God. According to the flesh — That is, by works.
ROMANS 4:1 eu`rhke,nai VAbraa.m to.n propa,tora h`mw/n {B} Although it can be argued that the variation of position of eu`rhke,nai (before VAbraa,m, a A C D G Y 81 629 _al_; after h`mw/n,...
CHAPTER IV. Abraham _was justified by faith, and not by the works of the_ _law; for his faith was imputed to him for righteousness_, 1-5. David _also bears testimony to the same doctrine_, 6-8. _A...
WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN? - See Romans 3:1. This is rather the objection of a Jew. “How does your doctrine of justification by faith agree with what the Scriptures say of Abraham? Was the Law set aside...
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 4:1_ A_. THE EXAMPLE OF ABRAHAM. Romans 4:1. The Jewish objector once more: What about Abraham then? (_mg.);_ if the circumcised Israelite is justified on no more favourable terms than the Gent...
What, then, shall we say that Abraham, our forefather from whom we take our human descent, found? If Abraham entered into a right relationship with God by means of work, he has some ground for boastin...
THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
WHAT, &C. See Romans 3:5. Forcible form of Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6). Resuming from Romans 3:21. FATHER. forefather, as the texts read. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ of Species, App-6. AS...
Romans 4:1-25. Abraham, an apparent exception to the rule of gratuitous acceptance, really the great example of it 1. _What shall we say then?_&c. Here a new and independent objection is anticipated....
ΤΊ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἘΡΟΥ͂ΜΕΝ = what shall we say of Abraham?…, i.e. in relation to the question of boasting and the source of righteousness. Zahn (_Einl._ p. 95, A2) punctuates ἐροῦμεν; and takes [εὑρ.] Ἀβραὰμ …...
ΈΡΟΫΜΕΝ _fut._ ind; _act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΕΎΡΗΚΈΝΑΙ _perf. inf. act. от_ ΕΝΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить. Доминирующая идея такого использования — приобретение милости привилегированного положени...
DISCOURSE: 1836 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE Romans 4:1. What shall we then say that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof...
WHAT SHALL WE THEN SAY— In the foregoing chapter the Apostle has proved, that neitherJews nor Gentiles have a right to the blessings of God's peculiar kingdom, otherwise than by grace, which is free t...
_TEXT_ Romans 4:1-8. What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh? Romans 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward...
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? The apostle has been all along careful to guard his readers against the supposition that he was teaching them...
_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...
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...
WHAT.. THEN] refers to Romans 3:27. THAT] RM 'of.' AS PERTAINING TO THE FLESH] i.e. by natural descent. The question is put in the mouth of a Jew. Therefore it does not follow that the Roman Christian...
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...
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...
To come back to the question of Romans 3:1, repeated in Romans 3:9, in what did the superiority of Abraham, the great representative of the Jewish race, really consist? AS PERTAINING TO THE FLESH. — T...
CHAPTER 10 ABRAHAM AND DAVID Romans 4:1 THE Jewish disputant is present still to the Apostle's thought. It could not be otherwise in this argument. No question was more pressing on the Jewish mind t...
The force of οὖν seems to be that the case of Abraham, as commonly understood, has at least the appearance of inconsistency with the Pauline doctrine. “What, then, _i.e._, on the supposition that Roma...
The justification of Abraham, considered in relation to the doctrine just expounded in Romans 3:21-31. The point to be made out is that the justification of Abraham does not traverse but illustrates t...
BLESSEDNESS FOLLOWS FAITH Romans 4:1 In this chapter the doctrine of justification by faith is illustrated from the life of Abraham. It is evident that he was not justified because of his good works....
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...
What (1) shall we then say that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the (a) flesh, hath found? (1) A new argument of great weight, taken from the example of Abraham the father of all believers: and...
The apostle proves what he had advanced in the last chapter, that the Jews cannot be justified by the works of the written law, nor by any works, unless joined with faith in the Messias, their Redeeme...
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...
“ _What shall we say then that Abraham our first father has found according to the flesh? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not in relation to God._ ” The question...
1. ROMANS 4:1-12. Abraham was justified _by faith_, Romans 4:1-8, and by faith _alone_, Romans 4:9-12....
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? (2) For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. (3) For what saith the...
CONTENTS The Apostle is prosecuting the same Subject through this Chapter. He brings forward the Patriarch Abraham's Faith, in Proof that there can be no Justification before god, by the Deeds of the...
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...
1._What then, etc. _This is a confirmation by example; and it is a very strong one, since all things are alike with regard to the subject and the person; for he was the father of the faithful, to whom...
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...
WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN,.... The apostle having proved that there is no justification by the works of the law; to make this appear more clear and evident to the Jews, he instances in the greatest perso...
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? Ver. 1. _As pertaining to the flesh_] That is, As touching his works, Romans 4:2, called also the letter, Roman...
_What shall we say then_ The apostle, in the preceding chapter, having shown the impossibility of man's being justified by the merit of his obedience to any law, moral or ceremonial, or any otherwise...
AS PERTAINING TO THE FLESH; in the way of the outward ordinances and works of law. These words should be connected with the following, HATH FOUND; that is, found as an advantage or cause of boasting....
WHAT SHALL WE SAY, THEN, THAT ABRAHAM, OUR FATHER, AS PERTAINING TO THE FLESH, HATH FOUND?...
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD DEMONSTRATED FROM HISTORY. The justification of Abraham:...
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...
WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY THAT ABRAHAM, OUR FOREFATHER, HATH FOUND ACCORDING TO THE FLESH? 'What then shall we say' -the phrase anticipates an objection or proposes an inference (Romans 4:1; Romans 6:1;...
1-12 To meet the views of the Jews, the apostle first refers to the example of Abraham, in whom the Jews gloried as their most renowned forefather. However exalted in various respects, he had nothing...
ROMANS CHAPTER 4 ROMANS 4:1 Abraham himself was justified by faith, ROMANS 4:9 which was imputed to him for righteousness before circumcision, that he might be the common father of believers, whether...
What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh? [The word "found" means "obtained" (Hebrews 9:12) or "got" (Luke 9:12) Knowing that the Jew would resist and con...
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes and that according to the letter the law has in it no advantage.[435]...
Romans 4:1 What G5101 then G3767 say G2046 (G5692) Abraham G11 our G2257 father G3962 found G2147 ...
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...
THE WAY OF JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH ILLUSTRATED IN ABRAHAM AND ANNOUNCED BY DAVID (4:1-8). Paul now demonstrates that Abraham's acceptability with God was by faith, not works, something which is th...
‘What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?' Paul now relates what he has demonstrated, to the Scriptures concerning the life of Abraham. The unbelieving Je...
Romans 4:1. What shall we say then! ‘Then' connects with what precedes, but the exact reference is open to discussion. Meyer and others take it as introducing a proof of chap. Romans 3:31, which they...
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...
WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY? (τ ουν ερουμεν?). Paul is fond of this rhetorical question (Romans 4:1; Romans 6:1; Romans 7:7; Romans 8:31;...
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...
OF ABRAHAM, OUR RACIAL ANCESTOR. Paul has said that being put right with God has nothing to do with the Law. It is through faith, from beginning to end (Romans 1:17). Now he shows the example of Abrah...
_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...
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-...
2 Corinthians 11:22; Acts 13:26; Hebrews 12:9; Isaiah 51:2; Luke 16:2
What shall we say? [τ ι ε ρ ο υ μ ε ν]. See ch. Romans 4:1; Romans 6:1; Romans 7:7; Romans 8:31;...
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...
As if the apostle had said, "What shall we say? Shall anyone affirm, that Abraham our father found or obtained righteousness by, or according to the flesh; that is, by being circumcised in the flesh,...