McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
Romans 4:4
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.
Verse Romans 4:4. _NOW TO HIM THAT WORKETH IS THE REWARD NOT RECKONED OF_ _GRACE, BUT OF DEBT._] Therefore, if Abraham had been _justified_ by _works_, the blessings he received would have been given...
NOW TO HIM THAT WORKETH ... - This passage is not to be understood as affirming that any actually have worked out their salvation by conformity to the Law so as to be saved by their own merits; but it...
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)...
RECKONED. Same as "counted", Romans 4:3. GRACE. App-184. DEBT. Greek. _opheilema._ Only here and Matthew 6:12....
_to him that worketh_, &c. A general principle and fact, instanced here with special reference to human obedience to the Law of God. The terms of the Law are tacitly compared to a human contract, with...
ΤΩ͂Ι ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ. S. Paul argues from the precise words of scripture: it was an act of faith that was met by the act of GOD. No works are mentioned, therefore no works were included in the consideration;...
ΈΡΓΑΖΟΜΈΝΩ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΈΡΓΆΖΟΜΑΙ (G2038) работать. Part, в роли _subst. dat._ преимущества или личной заинтересованности. ΜΙΣΘΌΣ (G3408) плата, заработок, выручка (ММ), ΛΟΓΊΖΕΤΑΙ _...
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...
OF GRACE— _Of favour._ Raphelius has shewn that the Greek word Μισθος does not only mean a _reward of debt,_ but also a _gift of favour;_ and that the phrase μισθον δωρεην, occurs in Herodotus: so th...
_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...
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. NOW TO HIM THAT WORKETH (AS A SERVANT FOR WAGES) IS THE REWARD NOT RECKONED OF GRACE - as a matter of favour, BUT OF DEB...
_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...
WORKETH] i.e. a workman in daily life....
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...
This, then (the righteousness attributed to Abraham), was an act of grace on the part of God, and not of merit on the part of man. It therefore carries with it no ground of boasting. The proposition i...
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. The faith of Abraham, in whatever way it may be more precisely determined by relation to its object, agrees with Christian faith in the essential characteristic, that it is not a work. To him who w...
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...
(4) Now to him that (b) worketh is the reward not (c) reckoned of grace, but of debt. (4) The first proof of the confirmation, taken from opposites: to him who deserves anything by his labour, the wa...
Now to him that worketh, &c. a reward may be looked upon as due for his works, and not bestowed upon him as a free gift; but when it is said he believed and was justified, (this belief or faith was al...
“ _For what saith the Scripture? Now Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh his reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt. But to him tha...
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...
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...
4._To him indeed who works, etc. _It is not he, whom he calls a worker, who is given to good works, to which all the children of God ought to attend, but the person who seeks to merit something by his...
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...
NOW TO HIM THAT WORKETH,.... The apostle illustrates the former case by two sorts of persons in this and the next verse, who have different things accounted to them, and in a different manner. The one...
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. Ver. 4. _Now to him that worketh_] Yet it is an act of mercy in God to render to a man according to his works, Psalms 62:12;...
Rom. 4:3, 4. "What saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness." The apostle lays stress upon the word _counted_, or _imputed_. If he had had a righteousne...
_Now to him that worketh_ All that the law requires; _is the reward not reckoned of grace_ Or mere favour; _but of debt_ It is due to his merit. Not that God can properly and strictly be a debtor to a...
THAT WORKETH; so as to be saved on the ground of his own merit. THE REWARD; his salvation. NOT OF GRACE, BUT OF DEBT; if, in obedience to law, a person is justified, his salvation is merited, not be...
NOW TO HIM THAT WORKETH IS THE REWARD NOT RECKONED OF GRACE, BUT OF DEBT....
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...
__ Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt. 'Worketh' -in these verses (4-8), the "worker" is put in contrast to the "one who..believes" (5), "the f...
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 proceeds to prove, that Abraham was not justified by works, but by faith, and free grace, and so had no cause of boasting. This he illustrates by a comparison betwixt one that _worketh, _ and one t...
Romans 4:4 Now G1161 works G2038 (G5740) wages G3408 are G3049 not G3756 counted G3049 (G5736) as...
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 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...
‘Now to him who works, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt, but to him that who does not work, but believe on him who reckons as in the right the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for...
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...
Romans 4:4. NOW TO HIM THAT WORKETH. ROMANS 4:4-5 illustrate Romans 4:3, by a general contrast of the two ways by which we can be accounted righteous. A workman whose business it is to labor for hire...
BUT AS OF DEBT (αλλα κατα οφειλημα). An illustration of the workman (εργαζομενω) who gets his wages due him, "not as of grace" (ου κατα χαριν)....
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...
A MAN WHO WORKS IS PAID. _Lipscomb_ says: "If one relies on his own works to merit salvation, the reward is reckoned not as a favor [grace] from God, but as payment of debt for works. This is contrary...
_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-...
Matthew 20:1; Romans 11:35; Romans 11:6; Romans 9:32...
The reward [ο μ ι σ θ ο ς]. See on 2 Peter 2:13. Not of grace but of debt [ο υ κ α τ α χ α ρ ι ν α λ λ α κ α τ α ο φ ε ι λ η μ α]. Lit., according to grace, etc. Not grace but debt is the regulative s...
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...
Now to him that worketh — All that the law requires, the reward is no favour, but an absolute debt. These two examples are selected and applied with the utmost judgment and propriety. Abraham was the...