Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Romans 4:2
The meaning is, If Abraham had been justified by works, he would have had room to glory. But he had not room to glory. Therefore he was not justified by works.
The meaning is, If Abraham had been justified by works, he would have had room to glory. But he had not room to glory. Therefore he was not justified by works.
Verse Romans 4:2. _FOR IF ABRAHAM WERE JUSTIFIED BY WORKS_] The JEW proceeds: - I conclude, therefore, that Abraham was _justified by_ _works_, or by his _obedience to this law of circumcision_; and,...
FOR IF ABRAHAM ... - This is the answer of the apostle. If Abraham was justified on the ground of his own merits, he would have reason to boast, or to claim praise. He might regard himself as the auth...
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...
THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
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...
IF App-118. JUSTIFIED. App-191. BY. Greek. _ek_. App-104. GLORY. Greek. _kauchema._ See Romans 3:27 and 2 Corinthians 9:3. NOT. App-105. BEFORE. Greek. _pros._ App-104. GOD. App-98....
_For_ Q. d., "the question is asked, because if the answer is _yes_, Abraham stands in a position of independence before God." _by works_ Lit. OUT OF WORKS; in consequence of them. _he hath_ "As he...
ΕἸ ΓᾺΡ Ἀ. The question bears on our argument, for if Abraham was justified from works, he has the right to boast, and is an exception to our principle which would be a precedent for other exceptions....
ΈΔΙΚΑΙΏΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΔΙΚΑΙΌΩ (G1344) оправдывать, провозглашать праведным (_см._ Romans 2:13). Богосл. _pass._ указывает, что действующим лицом является Бог. Ind. с ΕΊ (G1487) в _conj._ 1 ти...
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...
BUT NOT BEFORE GOD— This appears to be the Apostle's answer to the Jew's objection (Romans 4:1.), and it implies that Abraham might have some sort of _glorying,_ possibly such as the Apostle himself h...
_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...
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. FOR IF ABRAHAM WERE JUSTIFIED BY WORKS, HE HATH WHEREOF TO GLORY; BUT NOT BEFORE GOD - q.d., 'If works were the...
_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...
ABRAHAM] St. James also refers to Genesis 15:6, but concludes 'that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only,' James 2:23. St. James wrote of mere intellectual belief: cp. James 2:19. St. Pa...
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...
We know that he obtained justification. If that justification had been earned by his own works it would then have been something to be proud of; it would be a pride that he might fairly hold both towa...
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 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 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...
f. With ἀλλʼ οὐ πρὸς τὸν θεόν the Apostle summarily repels the objection. “You say he has ground of boasting? On the contrary, he has no ground of boasting in relation to God, For what does the Script...
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...
(2) For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory; but not before God. (2) A preventing of an objection. Abraham may well rejoice and extol himself among men, but not with God....
_If Abraham were justified by works, or by his own works, he might have glory, and be commended by men, who judge only according to outward appearances; but not with God: that is, he could not be trul...
“ _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....
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...
Some commentators take this verse as the logical proof (_for_) of the negative answer which must be understood between Romans 4:1-2: “ _Nothing; for_, if he had been justified by his works, he would h...
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...
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...
2._For if Abraham, etc. _This is an incomplete argument, (131) which may be made in this form — “If Abraham was justified by works, he might justly glory: but he had nothing for which he could glory b...
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 IF ABRAHAM WERE JUSTIFIED BY WORKS,.... That Abraham was not, and could not be justified by works, is clear from hence, that if this was his case, HE HATH WHEREOF TO GLORY; which will be allowed...
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath _whereof_ to glory; but not before God. Ver. 2. _But not before God_] Who when he begins to search our sacks, as the steward did Benjamin's, can find o...
HE HATH WHEREOF TO GLORY; if his works are the meritorious ground of his justification, he is saved of debt, not of grace. He might glory in his works as the ground of his salvation, and take to himse...
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD DEMONSTRATED FROM HISTORY. The justification of Abraham:...
FOR IF ABRAHAM WERE JUSTIFIED BY WORKS, HE HATH WHEREOF TO GLORY, BUT NOT BEFORE GOD....
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 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward God. 'Justified by works' -we must point out that Paul in these verses holds "works" and "obedience" as t...
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...
HE HATH WHEREOF TO GLORY; he hath cause or matter of glorying and boasting; he hath something from whence he may take occasion of so doing. BUT NOT BEFORE GOD; something must be supplied to fill up th...
For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward God....
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes And again he adduced the statement, that "Abraham has glory, but not before God; "[436]...
Romans 4:2 For G1063 if G1487 Abraham G11 justified G1344 (G5681) by G1537 works G2041 has G2192 ...
‘For if Abraham was reckoned as in the right by works, he has that in which to glory, but not towards God.' But Paul reacts strongly against the suggestion that Abraham was reckoned as righteous by Go...
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...
Romans 4:2. FOR IF ABRAHAM WAS JUSTIFIED BY WORKS. It is assumed that he was justified, but the Jews held the opinion that he was justified by works. Notice that even in their view, justification was...
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...
THE SCRIPTURE (η γραφη). Genesis 15:6.WAS JUSTIFIED BY WORKS (εξ εργων εδικαιωθη). Condition of first class, assumed as true for the sake of argument, though untrue in fact. The rabbis had a doctr...
WORKS Compare (James 2:24). These are two aspects of one truth. Paul speaks of that which justifies man before God, namely: faith alone, wholly apart from works; James of the proof before men, that...
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? 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...
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...
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...
BY THE THINGS HE DID. If he was_ put right with God_ by his OWN MERIT, this would give him something to boast about. BUT HE CANNOT. See Romans 3:19-20 and notes....
_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-...
1 Corinthians 1:29; 1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 9:16; 2 Corinthians 11:12;...
For. Supply, Abraham found nothing according to the flesh; for, if he did. he has something to boast of. By works [ε ξ ε ρ γ ω ν]. Lit., out of works. In speaking of the relation of works to justific...
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...