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Verse Romans 3:5. JEW. _BUT IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS COMMEND THE_
_RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD_] May we not suppose that our unrighteousness
may serve to commend and illustrate the mercy of God in keeping and...
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BUT IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS - If our sin. The particular sin which had
been specified Romans 3:3 was “unbelief.” But the apostle here
gives the objection a general form. This is to be regarded as an
ob...
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CHAPTER 3:1-20
_ 1. Objections and Their Answers. (Romans 3:1 .)_
2. The Whole World Under Sin. (Romans 3:9 .)
Romans 3:1
A number of objections are next raised and answered. “What advantage
then h...
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JEWISH PROTESTS SILENCED.
Romans 3:1. What then, it is asked, is the advantage of being a Jew,
etc.?
Romans 3:2. Much, Paul replies, in every way: to begin with, they were
entrusted with the oracles...
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What, then, is the something plus which belongs to a Jew? Or what
special advantage belongs to those who have been circumcised? Much in
every way. In the first place, there is this advantage--that the...
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GOD'S FIDELITY AND MAN'S INFIDELITY (Romans 3:1-8)...
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UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. Greek. _adikia._ App-128.
COMMEND. establish, set forth. Greek. _sunistemi._
RIGHTEOUSNESS. Greek. _dikaiosune._ App-191. Compare Romans 1:17.
WHAT SHALL WE SAY? Greek. _ti eroumen....
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_unrighteousness … righteousness_ General terms, but implying the
special forms of _unbelief_and _fidelity_. Man's mistrust is awfully
_unjust to God;_God's fidelity to His promise is _just to Himself...
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The Divine Judge will not connive at sin
3 8. _For what if some_, &c. Romans 3:3-8 form a passage of much
difficulty in detail, though clear as a whole. The difficulty results
partly from a doubt as t...
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ΕἸ ΔῈ introduces, in order to remove, a difficulty suggested by
this argument: if the confession of man’s sin has for its result the
vindication of GOD’S righteousness, is not that a justification of...
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17–3:20. The Gospel is needed by Jews, who have also failed through
ignoring the one condition of righteousness.
1–20. A brief statement of the true nature of the Jew’s position,
to be fully dealt wi...
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THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD— St. Paul hereby intends God's faithfulness
in keeping his promise. This verse is the language of an unbelieving
_Jew,_ and therefore in _his_ mouth God's righteousness, or fi...
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_TEXT_
Romans 3:1-9 a. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the
profit of circumcision? Romans 3:2 Much every way: first of all, that
they were intrusted with the oracles of God. Romans 3:3 Fo...
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But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what
shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a
man)
BUT IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS COMMEND, [ sunisteesin (G4921...
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_THE CONDUCT OF MANKIND_
16 Much of the judgment which obtains among men is unjust and
oppressive because of their inability to uncover the real truth: But
in the divine judgment the _ hidden _ thing...
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3:5 wrath? (c-17) 'Inflicts wrath' is hardly English, as wrath is a
sentiment of the mind; and it is what reaches another which is
inflicted, as punishment or pain. But 'executes' is not the sense, no...
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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...
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TAKETH VENGEANCE] RV 'visiteth with wrath.' AS A MAN] RV 'after the
manner of men,' i.e. speaking of the dealings of God as if they were
the dealings of men: cp. Galatians 3:15....
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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...
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III.
(1-8) Continuing the subject, but with a long digression in Romans 3:3
_et seq._ The Apostle asks, What is the real value of these apparent
advantages? He is about to answer the question fully, a...
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BUT IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. — A new and profound question suggests
itself to the mind of the Apostle, and his keen intellect will not let
it go: “If the sin (here the unbelief) of man only tends to
vi...
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CHAPTER 8
JEWISH CLAIMS: NO HOPE IN HUMAN MERIT
Romans 3:1
As the Apostle dictates, there rises before his mind a figure often
seen by his eyes, the Rabbinic disputant. Keen, subtle, unscrupulous,
a...
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It might easily seem, at this point, as if the Apostle's argument had
proved too much. He has shown that the mere possession of the law does
not exempt the Jew from judgment, but that God requires its...
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f. Here another attempt is made to invalidate the conclusion of chap.
2, that the Jew is to be judged “according to his works,” exactly
like the Gentile. If the argument of Romans 3:3 f. is correct, t...
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GOD FAITHFUL THOUGH MEN BE FAITHLESS
Romans 3:1
The Jewish people had a great treasure entrusted to them for the
benefit of the whole world. This position as stewards for mankind
conferred upon them...
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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...
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(2) But if our (g) unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God,
what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak
as (h) a man)
(2) Another objection resulting from the form...
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But if our injustice, &c. St. Paul here puts this objection, that if
men's sins and iniquities, make the justice of God commendable, that
is, make his justice more apparent and known; if the truth of...
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SIXTH PASSAGE (3:1-8). JEWISH PREROGATIVE DOES NOT IMPLY EXEMPTION
FROM JUDGMENT.
The order of thought in this piece, one of the most difficult,
perhaps, in the Epistle, is as follows:
1. If the Jew...
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“ _But if our unrighteousness establish the righteousness of God,
what shall we say? Is not God unrighteous when He inflicts wrath? I
speak as a man. Let it not be: for then how shall God judge the
wo...
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But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what
shall we say? God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? I (speak as a man)
(6) God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? (7) For...
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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...
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5_But if our unrighteousness, etc. _Though this is a digression from
the main subject, it was yet necessary for the Apostle to introduce
it, lest he should seem to give to the ill-disposed an occasion...
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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...
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BUT IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS COMMEND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD,.... Hence
it appears, that the unrighteousness of men commends the
righteousness, or faithfulness of God; and yet all unrighteousness is
si...
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But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what
shall we say? _Is_ God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a
man)
Ver. 5. _Is God unrighteous_] Such heart boilings there w...
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_But_ It may be further objected; _if our unrighteousness commend the
righteousness of God_ Be subservient to God's glory; or, if our
infidelity be so far from making void the faithfulness of God, tha...
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IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS COMMEND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD; if our sins
are made the occasion of showing the truth and justice of God, and are
thus overruled for the display of his glory, is it not wrong...
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God vindicated in every respect:...
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BUT IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS COMMEND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, WHAT
SHALL WE SAY? IS GOD UNRIGHTEOUS WHO TAKETH VENGEANCE? (I SPEAK AS A
MAN.)...
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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...
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ROMANS 3:1-20
1. Was anyone (Jew or Gentile) justified on their own merit?
a. Were Jews or Gentiles saved by their own power?
i. Both are under sin
ii. How bad was their sin?
1. None righteous
2...
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BUT IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS COMMENDETH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, WHAT
SHALL WE SAY? IS GOD UNRIGHTEOUS WHO VISITETH WITH WRATH? (I SPEAK
AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN.)
'Commendeth' -'demonstrates' (NASV);...
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1-8 The law could not save in or from sins, yet it gave the Jews
advantages for obtaining salvation. Their stated ordinances, education
in the knowledge of the true God and his service, and many favo...
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BUT IF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS COMMEND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD; an
anticipation of another objection, which might be lnade upon the
preceding words: that if the faithfulness of God, in keeping his
promis...
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But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what
shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak
after the manner of men.) [I am not expressing my own views, but...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I "But if our
unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say?
Is God unrighteous, who taketh vengeance? God forbid."[152]...
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Romans 3:5 But G1161 if G1487 our G2257 unrighteousness G93
demonstrates G4921 (G5719) righteousness G1343 God G2316 what...
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‘But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what
shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visits with wrath? (I speak after
the manner of men.)
OK, says the theoretical questioner, if th...
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IF THIS BE SO WHAT ADVANTAGE IS THERE IN BEING A JEW? (3:1-8).
In a series of questions Paul now takes up the points just made, the
claimed advantage of being a Jew (Romans 2:17) and the claimed
advan...
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Romans 3:5. BUT, introducing the common objection: ‘If God thus
prevails, do we not, by our sin, help on His glory.' The answer to
this objection follows (Romans 3:5-8). Paul admits the premise but
de...
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3. _The Scriptural Proof of the Guilt of the Jews._
This section forms the conclusion of the first part: ‘Every one
needs this power unto salvation.' While in general it may be regarded
as presenting...
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_The Justification by Faith, and the Curse of the Law_.
Paul addresses himself again directly to the Galatians with an
expression of his indignant surprise at the folly of their relapse
into Judaism,...
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WHAT SHALL WE SAY?
(τ ερουμεν?). Rhetorical question, common with Paul as he
surveys the argument.COMMENDETH
(συνιστησιν). This common verb συνιστημ, to send
together, occurs in the N.T. in two se...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:21). _...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BUT WHAT IF OUR DOING WRONG? Israel is under judgment for rejecting
Christ. The Jewish argument is: "If our sin in crucifying Christ
blessed the whole world, and if our unbelief makes the faithfulness...
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_But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what
shall we say?_
MAN’S SIN AND GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS
1. Our unrighteousness may possibly commend the righteousness of God.
2. This res...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 3:5 Some of Paul’s Jewish opponents claimed
that he taught a doctrine of “cheap grace,” that is, that God
receives more glory when Christians DO EVIL and then are forgiven.
Paul...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 3:1. WHAT ADVANTAGE THEN HATH THE JEW?—Pre-eminence. Passage
brings out the idea of surplus (Wordsworth).
Romans 3:3.—πίστιν τοῦ Θεοῦ—the faith of God—may
perhaps be best exp...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Deuteronomy 32:39; Galatians
3:15;...
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Commend [σ υ ν ι σ τ η σ ι ν]. Only twice outside of Paul's
writings, Luke 9:32; 2 Peter 3:5, both in the physical sense. Lit., to
place together. Hence of setting one person with another by way of
in...
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But, it may be farther objected, if our unrighteousness be subservient
to God's glory, is it not unjust in him to punish us for it? I speak
as a man — As human weakness would be apt to speak....
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A third objection here followeth, namely, "That if the unrighteousness
of men, that is, both of Jews and Gentiles, tends so visibly to
COMMEND, that is, to illustrate and recommend the righteousness o...