Romans 4:7
What meaning of the romans 4:7 in the Bible?
What does Romans 4:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered."
What does Romans 4:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered."
Verse Romans 4:7. _BLESSED_ ARE _THEY WHOSE INIQUITIES ARE FORGIVEN_] That is, the man is truly _happy_ whose iniquities αιανομιαι, whose _transgressions of the law_ are forgiven; for by these he was...
BLESSED - Happy are they: they are highly favored; see the note at Matthew 5:3. WHOSE SINS ARE COVERED - Are concealed; or hidden from the view. On which God will no more look, and which he will no m...
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...
BLESSED. App-63. INIQUITIES. App-128. FORGIVEN. App-174. SINS. App-128. COVERED. covered over. Greek. _epikalupto._ Only here....
_Blessed_, &c. The Gr. is verbatim from LXX. It is worth remarking that the words (in the Psalm) following this quotation ("and in whose spirit is no guile") are in full accord with its application he...
ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΣ (G3107) блаженный, счастливый(та.ОТ; Matthew 5:3). ΆΦΈΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) прощать, ΑΝΟΜΊΑ (G458) беззаконие, ΈΠΕΚΑΛΎΦΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΕΠΙΚΑΛΎΠΤΩ (G1943) покр...
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...
_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...
Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. [SAYING], BLESSED ARE THEY WHOSE INIQUITIES ARE FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS ARE COVERED....
_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...
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...
Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. That is, blessed are those who, by doing penance, have obtained pardon and remission of their sins, and also are covered; th...
1. ROMANS 4:1-12. Abraham was justified _by faith_, Romans 4:1-8, and by faith _alone_, Romans 4:9-12....
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...
_THE COVERING OF SIN_ ‘Blessed are they … whose sins are covered.’ Romans 4:7 How to get sin covered has been the question which has exercised man’s thoughts ever since he became a sinner. Consider...
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...
SAYING, BLESSED ARE THEY,.... These words are cited from Psalms 32:1, and contain the proof of the happiness of justified persons. In this citation the singular number is changed into the plural, to...
_Saying_, Blessed _are_ they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Ver. 7. _Are covered_] _Sic velantur ut in iudicio non revelentur; _ so covered as that he never see them again...
_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...
SINS ARE COVERED; not punished, but forgiven....
A proof from the Psalms:...
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 4:7 saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered....
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...
This testimony is taken out of PSALMS 32:1, and it is well enough accommodated to the occasion, for those two, to remit sin, and to impute righteousness, are inseparable. The one is put here figurativ...
saying [Psalms 32:1-2], _Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered_....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II Wherefore says the apostle, "Sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace."[144] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II...
Romans 4:7 Blessed G3107 whose G3739 deeds G458 forgiven G863 (G5681) And G2532 whose G3739 sins G266 covered G1943 (G5681) Psalms 32:1-2, Psalms 51:8-9, Psalms 85:2, Psalms 130:3-4;
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...
BLESSED (μακαριο). See on Matthew 5:3.ARE FORGIVEN (αφεθησαν). First aorist passive indicative of αφιημ, without augment (αφειθησαν, regular form). Paul quotes Psalms 32:1 and as from David. Paul...
INIQUITES, SINS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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...
WHOSE SIN HE HAS COVERED OVER. This uses the symbolism of the sacrifices of the Law in which the blood of the sacrifice _covered over_ the _sins_ so they could be forgiven....
_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-...
Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 40:2; Jeremiah 33:8; Jeremiah 33:9; Luke 7:47; Micah 7:18; Matthew 9:2; Psalms 130:3; Psalms 130:4; Psalms 32:1;...
Iniquities [α ν ο μ ι α ι]. Lit., lawlessnesses. Are forgiven [α φ ε θ η σ α ν]. Lit., were forgiven. See on Matthew 6:12; James 5:15; 1 John 1:9. Also on remission, Luke 3:3....
Happy are they whose sins are covered — With the veil of divine mercy. If there be indeed such a thing as happiness on earth, it is the portion of that man whose iniquities are forgiven, and who enjoy...