Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Romans 4:16
Sure [β ε β α ι α ν]. Stable, valid, something realized, the opposite of made of none effect, ver. 14.
Sure [β ε β α ι α ν]. Stable, valid, something realized, the opposite of made of none effect, ver. 14.
Verse Romans 4:16. _THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH, THAT_ IT MIGHT BE _BY GRACE_] On this account the promise is mercifully grounded, not on _obedience_ to a law, but on the infinite goodness of God: and t...
THEREFORE - In view of the course of reasoning which has been pursued. We have come to this conclusion. IT IS OF FAITH - Justification is by faith; or the plan which God has devised of saving people...
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 4:11 _B -_ ROMANS 4:17_ A._ ABRAHAM'S RELATION TO MANKIND. With Abraham's faith a great prospect opened for humanity. Romans 4:11_ b_,...
THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
It was not through law that there came to Abraham or to his seed the promise that he would inherit the earth, but it came through that right relationship with God which has its origin in faith. If the...
THEREFORE. On account of (App-104.Romans 4:2; Romans 4:2) this. OF FAITH. See Romans 1:17. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_. BY. Greek. _kata_. App-104. TO THE END. Greek. _eis_.
_Therefore_, &c. Lit. THEREFORE OUT OF FAITH, THAT ACCORDING TO GRACE; a singularly terse sentence even in Gr. "_Therefore:_" q. d., "such being the case under Law, the Divine mercy _acted accordingly...
ΔΙᾺΙ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ Κ.Τ.Λ. Here follows the positive side of the argument, of which the negative has been given—not ἐκ νόμου but κατὰ χάριν. Observe that νόμος as laying conditions upon men is contrasted with...
The relation of law to promise is very briefly treated, just to meet the possible objection that the law is a condition of inheriting the promise, even though it was not an original condition of the p...
ΒΈΒΑΙΟΣ (G949) прочный, длительный, ценный; безопасный, гарантированный законом; надежный, точный, уверенный, на который можно положиться (Lightfoot, Notes; MM; Dunn; TLNT). ΣΠΈΡΜΑ (G4690) семя....
DISCOURSE: 1838 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH NECESSARY TO THE HONOUR OF GOD, AND THE HAPPINESS OF MAN Romans 4:16. _Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure...
THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH, THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE— _By favour._ Here it should be well observed, that _faith_ and _favour_ do mutually and necessarily infer each other; for the _grace_ or _favour of...
_TEXT_ Romans 4:13-22. For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. Romans 4:14 For if they that are o...
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who...
_JUSTIFICATION-INDIVIDUAL_ 13 As further developed in Galatians, the law was not given till hundreds of years after Abraham was counted righteous. The promises he received in connection with it were...
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...
BY GRACE] RV 'according to grace,' i e. on the principle of free gift. SURE] because, (1) not depending on the fulfilment of a law which would certainly be broken, and (2) admitting Jew and Gentile by...
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...
(14-17) This Messianic kingdom cannot have anything to do with law; for if it had, faith and the promise would cease to have any office. Faith and law cannot co-exist. They are the opposites of each o...
THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH. — The words “it is” have to be supplied. “It” stands for the Messianic inheritance, or, in common phrase, salvation. Faith on man’s part is correlative with grace on the part...
CHAPTER 11 ABRAHAM (2) Romans 4:13 AGAIN we approach the name of Abraham, Friend of God, Father of the Faithful. We have seen him justified by faith, personally accepted because turning altogether t...
f. Διὰ τοῦτο : because of the nature of law, and its inability to work anything but wrath. εκ πίστεως : the subject is the promise, considered in reference to the mode of its fulfilment. ἵνα κατὰ χάρι...
The Apostle can now develop, without further interruption or digression, his idea of the representative (and therefore universal) character of Abraham's justification. The New Testament cannot be said...
FOLLOWING ABRAHAM IN FAITH IN GOD Romans 4:16 Notice the remarkable alteration made by the r.v. in Romans 4:19. The a.v. suggests that Abraham refused to consider the physical disabilities which seem...
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...
(14) Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the (l) seed; (15) not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the fait...
There are two kinds of children of Abraham, to whom alone these promises are made; the one is according to the flesh, the other according to the spirit. The former of these had no part in the promises...
If, then, the promise of the inheritance was serious, there was only one way to its fulfilment that the inheritance should be given by the way of faith and not of law. This consequence is expounded in...
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...
“ _For the law worketh wrath: and, indeed_, _where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not...
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. (14) For if they which are of the law be heirs, f...
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...
16._It is therefore of faith, etc. _This is the winding up of the argument; and you may summarily include the whole of it in this statement, — “If the heirship of salvation comes to us by works, then...
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...
THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE,.... Meaning either the promise of being heir of the world, or the inheritance itself, or adoption which gives heirship, or remission of Sin, or the...
Therefore _it is_ of faith, that _it might be_ by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham;...
_Therefore it_ The blessing; _is of faith, that it might be by grace_ That it might appear to flow from the free love of God; that God might magnify the riches of his grace, in proposing justification...
THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH; the promise of justification and salvation made to Abraham and his seed, that Jehovah would be a God to him and his seed, Genesis 17:2-7, and referred to in Galatians 3:29, w...
THEREFORE IT IS OF FAITH THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE, TO THE END THE PROMISE MIGHT BE SURE TO ALL THE SEED; NOT TO THAT ONLY WHICH IS OF THE LAW, BUT TO THAT ALSO WHICH IS OF THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM, WHO I...
The promise is not by the Law:...
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 4:16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which...
13-22 The promise was made to Abraham long before the law. It points at Christ, and it refers to the promise, Genesis 12:3. In Thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. The law worketh wrath,...
Here are two new arguments to prove that the inheritance is not of the law, but of faith. IT IS OF FAITH, THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE; for to he justified by faith and by grace are all one with the apos...
For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith...
Romans 4:16 Therefore G1223 G5124 of G1537 faith G4102 that G2443 according G2596 grace G5485 so G1519 promise...
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...
3). ABRAHAM ILLUSTRATES THE FACT THAT GOD'S GREATEST GIFTS DO NOT COME TO US BECAUSE WE ‘OBEY THE LAW', BUT BECAUSE WE ‘BELIEVE IN THE LORD' (4:13-25). The importance of faith in the life of Abraham i...
‘For this reason it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the fait...
Romans 4:16. ON THIS ACCOUNT. An inference from Romans 4:14-15 (though some refer it to what follows). IT IS OF FAITH. What? Not the promise, but the inheritance, in view of the contrast in Romans 4:...
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...
OF FAITH (εκ πιστεως). As the source.ACCORDING TO GRACE (κατα χαριν). As the pattern.TO THE END THAT (εις το εινα). Purpose again as in Romans 4:11.SURE (βεβαιαν). Stable, fast, firm. Old adj...
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 4:16. _Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of...
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...
_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...
_Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace._ HOW IS SALVATION RECEIVED I. The fact. 1. It is of faith. And what is faith? It is taking God at His Word, and acting upon that by trusting in...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 4:16 FAITH means trusting in another, not in one’s own efforts. It corresponds exactly to GRACE, which involves trusting God’s gift of unearned favor. The adherent of the law
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-...
2 Peter 1:10; Ephesians 2:5; Ephesians 2:8; Galatians 3:22; Galati
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...
Therefore it — The blessing. Is of faith, that it might be of grace — That it might appear to flow from the free love of God, and that the promise might be firm, sure, and effectual, to all the spirit...
The apostle here assigns. double cause, why the wisdom of God has appointed justification and salvation to be obtained in the way of faith: namely, 1. That it might be of free and undeserved grace an...