Romans 4:3
What meaning of the romans 4:3 in the Bible?
What does Romans 4:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."
What does Romans 4:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."
Verse Romans 4:3. _FOR, WHAT SAITH THE SCRIPTURE?_] The Scriptural account of this transaction, Genesis 15:6, is decisive; for there it is said, _Abraham believed God, and it was counted_, ελογισθη, _...
FOR WHAT SAITH THE SCRIPTURE? - The inspired account of Abraham’s justification. This account was final, and was to settle the question. This account is found in Genesis 15:6. ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD - I...
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 R...
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 Gen...
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 SCRIPTURE. Genesis 15:6. ABRAHAM. Read, "Now Abraham. " BELIEVED. App-150. counted. reckoned, imputed. Greek. _logizomai._ See Romans 2:3 (Paul quotes the Septuagint) UNTO. to. RIGHTEOUSNESS....
_what saith the scripture?_ See on Romans 1:17. _Abraham believed_, &c. Lit. BUT ABRAHAM BELIEVED, &c. The particle is, perhaps, significant; emphasizing the verb. The Gr. is verbatim from LXX. of Ge...
ΤΊ ΓᾺΡ Ἡ ΓΡ. Λ. Genesis 15:6; Galatians 3:6; James 2:23. ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΕΝ. Here primarily of belief in GOD’s word: but this belief implied trust in the faithfulness and power of GOD, and was therefore esse...
ΓΆΡ (G1063) ибо. Следует воспринимать как частицу, вводящую аргумент: почему у Авраама не было оснований для хвастовства (Barrett), ΈΛΟΓΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3049) сводить счета. В бу...
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 where...
IT WAS COUNTED— The original word 'Ελογισθη, in our translation, is rendered _counted, reckoned,_ Romans 4:4, &c. and _imputed,_ Romans 4:6, &c.: but as the word and the sense are constantly the same,...
_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...
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. FOR WHAT SAITH THE SCRIPTURE? ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT (THAT IS, HIS BELIEVING) WAS COUNTED UN...
_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...
4:3 say? (b-6) See Genesis 15:6 . as (c-17) I am not quite satisfied with 'as;' but it is the nearest approach to the sense in English. 'For,' I object to; because then faith is made of positive wort...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(3) For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. (3) A confirmation of the proposition: Abraham was justified by imputation of faith, and therefo...
For what saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. [1] The Scripture, therefore, teacheth us that he became just by his faith. And as he had this faith by the...
1. ROMANS 4:1-12. Abraham was justified _by faith_, Romans 4:1-8, and by faith _alone_, Romans 4:9-12....
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? (2) For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. (3) For what saith the...
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...
_JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH_ ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.’ Romans 4:3 What was Abraham’s standing before God? If it was one of blessed acceptance, how was that...
3._For what saith the Scripture? _This is a proof of the minor proposition, or of what he assumed, when he denied that Abraham had any ground for glorying: for if Abraham was justified, because he emb...
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...
FOR WHAT SAITH THE SCRIPTURE?.... This answers to דכתיב מאי, "what is that which is written" c? or what does the Scripture say? which is a way of speaking used by the Jews, when anything is proposed,...
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Ver. 3. _Abraham believed God_] Latomus of Louvain was not ashamed to write that there was no other...
Rom. 4:3, 4. "What saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness." The apostle lays stress upon the word _counted_, or _imputed_. If he had had a righteousne...
_For what saith the Scripture?_ What is Moses's account of this matter? _Abraham believed God_ Namely, that promise of God, recorded Genesis 15:5, that he should have a seed numerous as the stars. As...
HE HATH WHEREOF TO GLORY; if his works are the meritorious ground of his justification, he is saved of debt, not of grace. He might glory in his works as the ground of his salvation, and take to himse...
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD DEMONSTRATED FROM HISTORY. The justification of Abraham:...
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 4:3 For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. 'For what saith the scripture?' -in the scriptures we don't find Abraham 'boasti...
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...
The scripture referred to is in GENESIS 15:6. The apostle a little varies the words; in Genesis it is _he believed in God, _ but here HE BELIEVED GOD: again, in Genesis it is expressed actively, _he c...
For what saith the scripture? [Genesis 15:6] _And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness_. [Now, of course, Abraham was some way justified. If he was justified by works,...
1 Clement And again [the Scripture] saith, "God brought forth Abram, and spake unto him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars if thou be able to number them; so shall thy seed be. And Abram bel...
Romans 4:3 For G1063 what G5101 Scripture G1124 say G3004 (G5719) G1161 Abraham G11 believed G4100 (G5656) God G2316 and G2532 accounted G3049 (G5681) him G846 for G1519 righteousness G1343 what - Ro...
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 t...
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...
IT WAS RECKONED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS (ελογισθη εις δικαιοσυνην). First aorist passive indicative of λογιζομα, old and common verb to set down accounts (literally or metaphorically). It was se...
GOD Jehovah. (Genesis 15:6). COUNTED Or, reckoned, or imputed, that is, put to the account of. See (Philemon 1:18); same word: RIGHTEOUSNESSS See (Romans 4:5); (Romans 4:6); (Romans 4:9); (Roman...
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...
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...
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. Paul quotes Genesis 15:6 here, and in Galatians 3:6; also James 2:23. Abraham believed God's promise to him of a son by Sarah, and this faith was the basis on which God accepted hi...
_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...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("im...
_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 1:20; 2 Peter 1:21; Galatians 3:6; Genesis 15:6; Isaiah 8:20; James 2:23; James 4:5; Mark 12:10; Psalms 106:31; Romans 10:11;...
The Scripture [η γ ρ α φ η]. The scripture passage. See on John 2:22; and foot - note on John 5:47. It was counted for righteousness [ε λ ο γ ι σ θ η ε ι ς δ ι κ α ι ο σ υ ν η ν]. For the phrase logiz...
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...
Abraham believed God — That promise of God concerning the numerousness of his seed, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 15:7; but especially the promise concerning Christ, Genesis 12:3, through whom all nations sho...
Observe here, 1. The account which the scripture gives of Abraham's justification; it was by faith alone; HE BELIEVED GOD AND WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS: That is, he firmly believed the pr...