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ROMANS 4:11 logisqh/nai @kai,# {C}
On the one hand, after the final syllable of logisqh/nai the word
kai,, being not indispensable to the sense, could easily have been
overlooked in transcription. On...
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Verse Romans 4:11. _AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION, A
SEAL_, c.] So far was _obedience_ to the law of _circumcision_ from
being the reason of his justification, that he not only received th...
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AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN ... - A sign is that by which any thing is
shown, or represented. And circumcision thus showed that there was a
covenant between Abraham and God; Genesis 17:1. It became the p...
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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...
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ROMANS 4:11 _B -_ ROMANS 4:17_ A._ ABRAHAM'S RELATION TO MANKIND. With
Abraham's faith a great prospect opened for humanity.
Romans 4:11_ b_,...
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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...
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THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
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Did, then, this pronouncing of blessedness come to Abraham when he was
circumcised? Or when he was uncircumcised? We are just saying, "His
faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness." Under what...
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SIGN. App-176.
BEING UNCIRCUMCISED. in (Greek. en) uncircumcision.
THAT, &C. = unto (App-104.) his being.
THEM, &C. Literally of all the believing (ones). App-150.
THOUGH, &C.. through (App-104.Ro...
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_the sign of circumcision_ i.e. circumcision as a physical mark to
denote the accomplished fact of justification.
_a seal of the righteousness_ A formal, legal attestation that He who
prescribed the...
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ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΗ͂Σ. The gen. of description—not practically
different from περιτομήν.
ΣΦΡΑΓΙ͂ΔΑ. App. a common Jewish term for circumcision; cf. S.
H., Wetst. _ad loc_[118], “signum foederis, sigillum Abraham...
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AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION— Hence it appears, that the
covenant established with Abraham, Genesis 17:2 is the same with that,
Genesis 12:2 and Genesis 15:5;...
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_TEXT_
Romans 4:9-12. Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision,
or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was
reckoned for righteousness. Romans 4:10 How then was...
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And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness
of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be
the father of all them that believe, though they be not circu...
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_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...
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4:11 be (h-24) 'In order to his being.' It is necessary perhaps to
say, 'that he might be' in English; but that is an expression of
purpose which goes rather too far. See Note i, ch. 1.20....
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SIGN] cp. Genesis 17:11, 'a token of the covenant.' SEAL] ratifying
his acceptance. IMPUTED] RV 'reckoned.'
13-17. The promise was independent of any system of law.
PARAPHRASE. '(13) Again. The promi...
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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...
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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...
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THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION — _i.e.,_ circumcision _as a_ sign. The
expression is an instance of what is known in Greek as the “genitive
of apposition,” but it is common in English. Thus we speak of the...
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(9-12) What is the bearing of this upon the relation between Jew and
Gentile? Is the blessedness of the justified state reserved only for
the former? Is it limited to those who are circumcised? On the...
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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...
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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...
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In these verses the justification of Abraham appears in a new light.
In virtue of its ground in his faith, he is not only a forefather
κατὰ σάρκα (_i.e._, the natural ancestor of the Jews), but
he is...
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f. On the contrary, he received a _sign_ in circumcision a _seal_ of
the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised. Both
sign (אוֹת) and seal (חוֹתָם) are frequently used by
Rabbinic...
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THIS BLESSEDNESS IS FOR ALL
Romans 4:9
In Abraham's case it is clear that he was justified when he was still
a Gentile. The initial badge of Judaism was stamped upon him long
after he had believed Go...
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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...
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(8) And he received the (f) sign of circumcision, a (g) seal of the
righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: (9)
that he might be the father of all them that believe, though...
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_And he received, after he was justified, circumcision, as a seal of
the justice of faith, which he had before when he believed.
Circumcision, therefore, in Abraham, was as a seal and testimony of
the...
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1. ROMANS 4:1-12.
Abraham was justified _by faith_, Romans 4:1-8, and by faith _alone_,
Romans 4:9-12....
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“ _And he received the sign of circumcision_, _as a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that
he might be at once the father of all them that believe while in a...
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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...
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Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the
uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness. (10) How was it then reckoned? when he was in...
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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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11._And he received the sign, etc. _In order to anticipate an
objection, he shows that circumcision was not unprofitable and
superfluous, though it could not justify; but it had another very
remarkabl...
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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...
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AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION,.... Or "the sign
circumcision", as the Syriac version reads it, and so the Alexandrian
copy, and two of Stephens's; that is, Abraham received at the hands of...
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And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness
of the faith which _he had yet_ being uncircumcised: that he might be
the father of all them that believe, though they be not circ...
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_And_ After he was justified; _he received the sign of circumcision_
Circumcision which was intended to be a sign, or token, of his being
in covenant with God, and an emblem of that circumcision of th...
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A SEAL OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE FAITH; a token, or visible sign,
that by means of the faith which he exercised before he was
circumcised, he was justified and accepted with God.
THE FATHER; the mod...
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AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION, A SEAL OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF THE FAITH WHICH HE HAD YET BEING UNCIRCUMCISED, THAT HE MIGHT BE
THE FATHER OF ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE, THOUGH THEY BE NOT CIRCUM...
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Justification does not presuppose the fulfillment of the Law:...
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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...
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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...
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Romans 4:11 and he received the sign of circumcision,. seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in
uncircumcision; that he might be the father of all them that believe,
tho...
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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...
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THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION; or, circumcision, which is a sign. Two
things are here affirmed of circumcision:
1. That it was a SIGN. Of what? Of the circumcision of the heart, of
original sin and its cu...
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and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness
of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he
might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in...
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Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
nor yet did he observe the Sabbath. For he had "accepted"[38]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
since, also, he deserved for that reason to be called "the father of...
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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...
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2). HOW THEN DOES CIRCUMCISION AFFECT THE ISSUE AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE
LIFE OF ABRAHAM? (4:9-12).
Paul now brings up with respect to Abraham the point that he had made
in Romans 3:30, where he had clai...
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‘And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in
uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe,
though they be in...
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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...
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Romans 4:11. AND HE RECEIVED THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION, A SEAL, etc.
The ‘sign' was ‘circumcision,' which is described as ‘a seal,'
etc. Meyer explains: a sign which was given him in the fact that he
w...
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THE SIGN OF CIRCUMCISION
(σημειον περιτομης). It is the genitive of apposition,
circumcision being the sign.A SEAL OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE FAITH
(σφραγιδα της δικαιοσυνης της
πιστεως). Σφραγις...
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IMPUTED
Or, reckoned, that is, put to the account of.
See (Philemon 1:18); same word:...
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Romans 4:11
The Call of Abraham.
Mark some characteristics of the faith of Abraham.
I. It is the faith not which conceives great things and works for
them, but which places itself as an instrument i...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only?_
…Abraham received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised.
CIRCUMCISION--SA...
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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.
⇐...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 4:11 SIGN... SEAL. Circumcision proved the
righteousness by faith that Abraham had before his circumcision....
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_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...
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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...
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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-...
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2 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Peter 1:1; Deuteronomy 30:6; Ephesians 1:13;...
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The sign - a seal [σ η μ ε ι ο ν - σ φ ρ α γ ι δ α].
Sign refers to the material token; seal to its religious import.
Compare 1 Corinthians 9:2; Genesis 17:11. See on to seal, Revelation
22:10.
That h...
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And — After he was justified. He received the sign of circumcision
— Circumcision, which was a sign or token of his being in covenant
with God. A seal — An assurance on God's part, that he accounted h...
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Here the apostle declares the reason why, and the end for which
Abraham was circumcised, seeing he was justified by faith in the
promised Messiah, long before circumcision, AS. SIGN AND SEAL OF THE
CO...