ὁ μακαρισμὸς οὖν οὗτος : This felicitation, then, what is its extent? Does it apply to the circumcision only, or to the uncircumcision also? Just as Romans 4:1-8 correspond to Romans 3:27 f., so do Romans 4:9-12 correspond to Romans 3:29-31. God is not the God of the Jews only, but of the Gentiles also, and the Apostle's purpose here is to show that the felicitation of the justified in Psalms 32 is not limited by circumcision. λέγομεν γὰρ κ. τ. λ.: for our proposition is, that his faith was reckoned, etc.

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