Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Romans 4:6
Verse Romans 4:6. Even as David also, c.] David, in Psalms 32:1, gives us also the true notion of this way of justification, i.e. by faith, without the merit of works, where he says: -
Verse Romans 4:6. Even as David also, c.] David, in Psalms 32:1, gives us also the true notion of this way of justification, i.e. by faith, without the merit of works, where he says: -
EVEN AS DAVID - The apostle having adduced the example of Abraham to show that the doctrine which he was defending was not new, and contrary to the Old Testament, proceeds to adduce the case of David...
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 4:1_ 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...
What, then, shall we say that Abraham, our forefather from whom we take our human descent, found? If Abraham entered into a right relationship with God by means of work, he has some ground for boastin...
THE FAITH WHICH TAKES GOD AT HIS WORD (Romans 4:1-8)...
DESCRIBETH. says of. BLESSEDNESS. Greek. _makarismos._ Here, Romans 4:9; Galatians 1:4; Galatians 1:15. MAN. App-123. IMPUTETH. Same as "count",...
_Even as David also_ In Psalms 32. This quotation is specially to the point, being not only an inspired statement of truth, but made by one who had been guilty of deep "ungodliness," and had himself e...
ΔΑΥΕῚΔ. Psalms 32:1-2. The qu. emphasises the act of GOD in putting away man’s sin, without naming conditions; and is used by S. Paul to bring out the wider reference of faith in GOD, not only as fulf...
ΚΑΘΆΠΕΡ (G2509) даже если. Об использовании Павлом раввинистического экзегетического принципа использования одного и того же слова в двух фрагментах _см._ Barrett; Cranfield. ΜΑΚΑΡΙΣΜΌΣ (G3108) утвер...
DISCOURSE: 1836 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE Romans 4:1. What shall we then say that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof...
_TEXT_ Romans 4:1-8. What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh? Romans 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward...
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, EVEN AS DAVID ALSO DESCRIBETH, [ legei (G3004)] - 'speaketh,' 'pronounceth,' THE BLES...
_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...
4:6 without (e-16) As ch. 3.21. works. (f-17) See Psalms 32:1-2 ....
DESCRIBETH, etc.] RV 'pronounceth blessing upon.' IMPUTETH] RV 'reckoneth.' WITHOUT] RV 'apart from.'...
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...
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...
(6-8) A further instance of the nature of the justification which proceeds from faith is supplied by David. From his evidence it will appear that such justification implies, not the absence of sin, bu...
EVEN AS. — In strict accordance with this description of the justified state we have another, that of David. DESCRIBETH THE BLESSEDNESS. — Rather, _speaks the felicitation, felicitates,_ or_ pronounc...
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...
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...
The justification of Abraham, considered in relation to the doctrine just expounded in Romans 3:21-31. The point to be made out is that the justification of Abraham does not traverse but illustrates t...
ff. καθάπερ καὶ Δαβὶδ : David is not a new illustration of this doctrine, but a new witness to it. The argument just based on Genesis 15:6 is in agreement with what he says in the 32nd Psalm. The quot...
BLESSEDNESS FOLLOWS FAITH Romans 4:1 In this chapter the doctrine of justification by faith is illustrated from the life of Abraham. It is evident that he was not justified because of his good works....
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...
(5) Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, (5) Another proof of the same confirmation: David puts blessedness as a part of the f...
_As David, &c. That is, David accounted a man happy in being justified by God's grace, and not by his own works, when he said: " Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven by the mercies of God, a...
1. ROMANS 4:1-12. Abraham was justified _by faith_, Romans 4:1-8, and by faith _alone_, Romans 4:9-12....
“ _As David also exactly celebrateth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works: Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed...
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...
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, (7) Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (8...
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...
6._As David also defines, etc. _We hence see the sheer sophistry of those who limit the works of the law to ceremonies; for he now simply calls those works, without anything added, which he had before...
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...
EVEN AS DAVID ALSO DESCRIBETH THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE MAN,.... the apostle having instanced in Abraham, the father of the Jewish nation, cites some passages from David, king of Israel, a person of grea...
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Ver. 6. _Unto whom God imputeth_] Ten times the apostle mentioneth this grace of imputed...
_Even as David also_ David is fitly introduced after Abraham, because he also received and delivered down the promise; _describeth the blessedness_ or happiness _of the man_ Or affirms that the man is...
DAVID; PSALMS 32:1-2. IMPUTETH RIGHTEOUSNESS; accepts and treats as righteous, though he is a sinner. Saints under the Old Testament were saved in the same way as saints under the New: not on account...
A proof from the Psalms:...
EVEN AS DAVID ALSO DESCRIBETH THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE MAN UNTO WHOM GOD IMPUTETH RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHOUT WORKS,...
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 4:6 Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works, 'also pronounced' -Moses had pronounced the blessing on Abraham (Genesis 15...
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...
To the example of Abraham taken from Moses, he adjoins the testimony of David, that so he might more fully prove what he had asserted, ROMANS 3:21: both the one and the other were of great authority a...
Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,...
Romans 4:6 as G2509 David G1138 also G2532 describes G3004 (G5719) blessedness G3108 man G444 whom G3739 God...
THE WAY OF JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH ILLUSTRATED IN ABRAHAM AND ANNOUNCED BY DAVID (4:1-8). Paul now demonstrates that Abraham's acceptability with God was by faith, not works, something which is th...
‘Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered. Blessed is...
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...
Romans 4:6. EVEN AS DAVID ALSO. The confirmatory illustration now introduced is from Psalms 32:1-2, here attributed to David. There is significance in the fact that David himself was a sinner who had...
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...
PRONOUNCETH BLESSING (λεγε τον μακαρισμον). old word from μακαριζω, to pronounce blessed (Luke 1:48), felicitation, congratulation, in N.T. only here, verse Romans 4:9; Acts 4:15....
IMPUTED Or, reckoned, that is, put to the account of. See (Philemon 1:18); same word:...
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 4:1. _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...
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?_ What blessings did really come to Abraham, the father of the faithful? What is the nature of that...
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...
THIS IS WHAT DAVID MEANT. Paul has shown us Abraham was _put right with God_ through his faith, rather than through the things which he did. Now he shows us David speaking about the same faith....
_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...
_Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works._ IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS DEFENDED AGAINST ITS CARICATURES It has been represented as-- I...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 4:6 Paul introduces DAVID as a second example of righteousness by faith, citing Psalms 32:1....
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-...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 2 Peter 1:1; 2 Timothy 1:9;...
Describeth the blessedness [λ ε γ ε ι τ ο ν μ α κ α ρ ι σ μ ο ν]. Makarismov does not mean blessedness, but the declaration of blessedness, the congratulation. So Plato : "The man of understanding wil...
So David also — David is fitly introduced after Abraham, because be also received and delivered down the promise. Affirmeth — A man is justified by faith alone, and not by works. Without works — That...
Observe here, That to the example of Abraham, the apostle subjoins the testimony of David, Psalms 32. who describes the blessedness of that man to whom God imputeth righteousness, to wit, the righteou...