Mark Dunagan Commentaries
Romans 3:23
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
'For' -the reason why it is to 'all that believe'.
'Fall short of the glory of God' -'and all fall short of God's glorious ideal' (TCNT)
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
'For' -the reason why it is to 'all that believe'.
'Fall short of the glory of God' -'and all fall short of God's glorious ideal' (TCNT)
Verse 23. _FOR ALL HAVE SINNED:_] And consequently are equally helpless and guilty; and, as God is no respecter of persons, all human creatures being equally his offspring, and there being _no_ _reaso...
FOR ALL HAVE SINNED - This was the point which he had fully established in the discussion in these chapters. HAVE COME SHORT - Greek, “Are deficient in regard to;” are lacking, etc. Here it means, th...
3. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED. Justification, what it is and what it Includes. Chapter 3:21-5:11. CHAPTER 3:21-31 _ 1. The Righteousness of God Manifested. (Romans 3:21 .)_ 2. Just and Just...
A new chapter opens in human history the achievement of REDEMPTION IN CHRIST JESUS. Romans 3:21. In the desperation to which man's sin, brought home to him by the Law, has reduced him, a manifestation...
We know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are within the law, and the function of the law is that every mouth should be silenced and that the whole world should be known to be liable to...
GOD'S FIDELITY AND MAN'S INFIDELITY (Romans 3:1-8)...
HAVE. Omit. SINNED. Greek. _hamartano._ App-128. In the first Adam as the federal head of the old creation. COME SHORT. Greek. _hustereo._ Only here in Romans. Occurs sixteen times, always in the sen...
_all have sinned_ Lit. ALL SINNED: the Gr. aorist. Probably the time-reference of the tense is to the original Fall of Man, regarded as involving the individual experience of sinfulness in the case of...
The failure of Jew and Gentile alike is met by the new dispensation of the Gospel, with the condition it demands of man, faith. The argument having explained ‘the revelation of wrath,’ returns to the...
ΠΆΝΤΕΣ ΓᾺΡ … Τ. Θ. resumes Romans 1:19 to Romans 3:20. ἭΜΑΡΤΟΝ is the ‘constructive’ or summary aorist, “which regards the whole action simply as having occurred, without distinguishing any steps in i...
ΉΜΑΡΤΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΜΑΡΤΆΝΩ (G264) грешить, ошибаться (TDNT; EDNT; BBC; NIDNTT, 3:577-83). _Aor._ может быть неизменным, подводящим итоги грехов всех людей в прошлом и до настоящего момента,...
AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD— "They have failed of rendering him that glory which was so justly his due; and thereby have not only made themselves unworthy of the participation of glory and happ...
_TEXT_ Romans 3:21-26. But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Romans 3:22 even the righteousness of God through faith in J...
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; FOR ALL HAVE SINNED - `For all sinned' [ heemarton (G264). The aorist is here used, as the thing affirmed is regarded, in respect of the wh...
_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...
3:23 short (p-7) The present fact, 'they come short;' 'come' is not dependent on 'have.'...
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...
COME SHORT] The Gk. word, which means 'to feel one's need,' is that used in Luke 15:14 of the Prodigal. GLORY OF GOD] i.e. the divine perfection, which is manifested in Christ (cp. 2 Corinthians 4:6),...
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...
(21-26) This then introduces the solemn enunciation, repeated more fully from Romans 1:16, of the great subject of the Epistle, the declaration of that new scheme by which, through Christ, God had rem...
ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT. — Strictly, _all sinned;_ the Apostle looking back upon an act done in past time under the old legal dispensation, without immediate reference to the present: he then g...
CHAPTER 9 THE ONE WAY OF DIVINE ACCEPTANCE Romans 3:21 So then "there is silence" upon earth, that man may hear the "still, small voice," "the sound of stillness," 1 Kings 19:12 from the heavens. "T...
The universal need of a Gospel has now been demonstrated, and the Apostle proceeds with his exposition of this Gospel itself. It brings what all men need, a righteousness of God (see on Romans 1:17);...
ἥμαρτον must be rendered in English “have sinned”; see Burton, _Moods and Tenses_, § 54. ὑστεροῦνται expresses the consequence = and so come short of the glory of God. To emphasise the middle, and ren...
ALL FREELY JUSTIFIED BY GRACE Romans 3:21 From the universal need the Apostle turns to the all-sufficient remedy. The Law and the Prophets hinted dimly at justification by faith, but did not unveil i...
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 all have sinned, and come short of the (t) glory of God; (t) By the "glory of God" is meant that mark which we all aim for, that is, everlasting life, which consists in our being made partakers o...
EIGHTH PASSAGE (3:21-26). THE FACT BY WHICH JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH IS ACQUIRED FOR US. We have already proved that Romans 3:21 is directly connected in sense with Romans 1:17 (see p. 99). In the inter...
VV. 22 b, 23. “ _For there is no difference: for all have sinned, and are deprived of the glory of God._ ” By denying _all difference_, the apostle means here that there are not two ways by which men...
This absence of difference in the mode of justification rests on the equality of all in respect of the fact of sin. In the aorist ἥμαρτον, _have committed sin_, no account is taken of the question whe...
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; (22) Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all...
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...
23._There is indeed no difference, etc. _He urges on all, without exception, the necessity of seeking righteousness in Christ; as though he had said, “There is no other way of attaining righteousness;...
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 ALL HAVE SINNED,.... This is the general character of all mankind; all have sinned in Adam, are guilty by his sin, polluted with it, and condemned for it; all are sinners in themselves, and by the...
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Ver. 23. _All have sinned_] The first man defiled the nature, and ever since the nature defileth the man. Adam was a parent, a public person,...
Rom. 3:23. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." _i.e._, The glory of the reward, as the phrase signifies, chap. Romans 5:2, "By whom also we have access by faith into this grace...
_But now the righteousness of God_ That is, the manner of becoming righteous which God hath appointed; _without the law_ Without that perfect and previous obedience which the law requires; without ref...
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. The righteousness of God revealed:...
FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD;...
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 3:21-31 1. How can one be justified by faith? a. Justification by faith as related to the law i. Was justification tied to the law? 1. Apart from the law 21 2. Apart from works of the law...
21-26 Must guilty man remain under wrath? Is the wound for ever incurable? No; blessed be God, there is another way laid open for us. This is the righteousness of God; righteousness of his ordaining,...
FOR ALL HAVE SINNED: q.d. No wonder there is no difference, when both the one and the other have the guilt of Adam's transgression imputed to them, and have original corruption inherent in them, from...
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For as these men did not impute unto us (the Gentiles) our transgressions, which we wrought before Christ was manifested among us, so also it is not right that we sh...
Romans 3:23 for G1063 all G3956 sinned G264 (G5627) and G2532 short G5302 (G5743) glory G1391 God...
‘For all have sinned, and are falling short of the glory of God,' The reason why this righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ is necessary is now given. It is because, as had been demonstra...
GOD HAS PROVIDED A WAY BY WHICH MEN CAN BE ACCOUNTED AS IN THE RIGHT BEFORE GOD (3:21-4:25). Paul has spent a considerable time, from Romans 1:18 onwards, in demonstrating that all are under sin (weig...
1. RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS TO ALL, JEW AND GENTILE, BY FAITH. The section opens (Romans 3:21) with the statement of the theme of this division, as contrasted with Romans 3:20; Romans 3:22-26 set for...
2. RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS BY FAITH. The theme of this second main division of the doctrinal part of the Epistle may be found in Romans 3:21: (1.) The righteousness of God apart from the law has bee...
Romans 3:23. FOR ALL SINNED; this is the historical fact, they became sinners. For this reason there is no distinction. ‘Have sinned,' is not altogether objectionable, since it implies a relation to w...
SINNED (ηρμαρτον). Constative second aorist active indicative of αμαρτανω as in Romans 5:12. This tense gathers up the whole race into one statement (a timeless aorist).AND FALL SHORT (κα υστερουν...
SINNED Sin, Summary: The literal meanings of the Hebrew, and (Greek, "hamartanō", "sin," "sinner", etc), disclose the true nature of sin in its manifold manifestations. Sin is transgression, an ov...
Romans 3:21 Paul's Evangel. The history of God's relations with human sin breaks into two before Christ, and after Christ. The death of Christ, which marks the point of division, is at the same time...
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._ The Jews of old had a great...
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...
Romans 3:9. _What then? are we better than they?_ The first chapter of the Epistle to the Romans contains so horrible an account of the manners of the Gentiles, the heathen of Paul's day, that it is...
Romans 3:9. What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: T...
Romans 3:19. _Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by t...
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...
ALL MEN HAVE SINNED. _Beza_ points out the symbolism in the Greek is of one whose strength fails him, and who falls behind in a race. The Jew was as far away from God's saving presence as was the Gent...
_But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested._ THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS I. Prepared by God. Devised; approved; conferred by Him. II. Attested by the law and the prophets. III...
_For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God._ SIN AS A FACT I. The necessity of a clear sense of sin. 1. The gospel is a glorious remedy for a universal and otherwise incurable disease;...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 3:21 The Saving Righteousness of God. Paul now explains that people can have a right standing with God only through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 3:22. BY FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST UNTO ALL AND UPON ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE.—Faith apprehends and appropriates a personal mediator. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD.—Our participation by f...
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 John 1:8; 1 Peter 4:13; 1 Peter 5:1; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Thessaloni
Have sinned [η μ α ρ τ ο ν]. Aorist tense : sinned, looking back to a thing definitely past - the historic occurrence of sin. And come short [υ σ τ ε ρ ο υ ν τ α ι]. Rev., fall short : The present ten...
SIN AND SALVATION Romans 3:9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Word of God never belittles sin. Sin, to God, is heinous. It is black, without one ray of white. Sin to God is exceeding sinful. There is nothing...
LAW AND GRACE Romans 3:19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The meaning and scope of the Law. Law is a word filled with glory, but wholly foreign to Grace. Law is the measure of the holy requirements of a righ...
For all have sinned — In Adam, and in their own persons; by a sinful nature, sinful tempers, and sinful actions. And are fallen short of the glory of God — The supreme end of man; short of his image o...