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HOW - In what circumstances, or time.
WHEN HE WAS IN CIRCUMCISION ... - Before or after he was circumcised?
This was the very point of the inquiry. For if he was justified by
faith after he was circum...
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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 4:1_ 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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_Not in circumcision_ Genesis 15 precedes Genesis 17 by at least
fourteen years....
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ἘΝ ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΗ͂Ι. The true place of περιτομή in the
history of GOD’s dealings with man: it was a sign (Romans 4:4) of a
state already existing and due to GOD’s free gift....
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ΌΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть.
_Praes.._.выражает одновременность: "когда
он был......
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NOT IN CIRCUMCISION, BUT IN UNCIRCUMCISION— Faith was reckoned to
Abraham for justification, Genesis 15:6 but circumcision was not
instituted till about fourteen or fifteen years after that, Genesis
1...
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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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How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
HOW WAS IT THEN RECKONED? ... NOT IN CIRCUMCISION, BUT IN
UNCIRCUMCISION....
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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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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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Abraham's faith preceded circumcision by many years: cp. Genesis 15:6;
Genesis 17:10; Genesis 17:24....
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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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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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(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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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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πῶς οὖν ἐλογίσθη; To say that his _faith_ was
reckoned as righteousness, without mentioning circumcision, suggests
that the latter was at least not indispensable; still it is not
decisive, and so the...
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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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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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(7) How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
(7) He proves that it belongs to the uncircumcised (for there was no
doubt...
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In effect, Abraham received circumcision a year only before the birth
of Isaac; whereas he had received the promises and justification more
than 25 years before, when the Almighty caused him to depart...
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“ _Is this beatification then for the circumcision, or for the
uncircumcision also? for we say:Faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness. How was it then reckoned? when he was in a state of
circ...
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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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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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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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HOW WAS IT THEN RECKONED?.... The Arabic version adds, "and when"; and
the Ethiopic version reads it, "when was Abraham justified?"
expressing the sense, not the words of the original text, with which...
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How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Ver. 10. _In, circumcision_] As the Jew would have it. No such matter....
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_Cometh this blessedness_ Mentioned by Abraham and David; _on the
circumcision_ Those that are circumcised only? _or upon the
uncircumcision also?_ The _circumcision_ are the Jews, the members of
God'...
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NOT IN CIRCUMCISION; not after he was circumcised.
IN UNCIRCUMCISION; before he was circumcised....
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HOW WAS IT THEN RECKONED, WHEN HE WAS IN CIRCUMCISION OR IN
UNCIRCUMCISION? NOT IN CIRCUMCISION, BUT IN UNCIRCUMCISION....
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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 4:10 How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or
in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:
'How then was it reckoned?' -'Under what circumstances, then,...
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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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And if this be the question, the way to resolve it, is, to consider in
what circumstances Abraham was when his faith was thus reckoned to him
for righteousness; it was a long time before he was circum...
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How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision [Do the
words of David apply only to the Jews, the circumcised, or do they
likew...
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Romans 4:10 How G4459 then G3767 accounted G3049 (G5681) was G5607
(G5752) circumcised G1722 G4061 or...
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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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‘Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcision, or on the
uncircumcision also? For we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for
righteousness. How then was it reckoned? When he was in circumci...
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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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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 4:10. HOW THEN WAS IT RECKONED? Not, what was the mode in which
it was reckoned, but, ‘how was he situated when this took place?'
The rest of the verse makes this clear.
NOT IN CIRCUMCISION, B...
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WHEN HE WAS IN CIRCUMCISION
(εν περιτομη οντ). Dative masculine singular of the
present active participle of ειμ; "to him being in a state of
circumcision or in a state of uncircumcision?" A pertin...
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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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_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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1 Corinthians 7:18; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 6:15;...
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Not in circumcision — Not after he was circumcised; for he was
justified before Ishmael was born, Genesis 15:1; but he was not
circumcised till Ishmael was thirteen years old, Genesis 17:25....