Romans 3:21-23 WEB

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:23

Verse 23 23.There is indeed no difference, etc. He urges on all, without exception, the necessity of seeking righteousness in Christ; as though he had said, “There is no other way of attaining righteousness; for some cannot be justified in this and others in that way; but all must alike be justified by faith, because all are sinners, and therefore have nothing for which they can glory before God.” But he takes as granted that every one, conscious of his sin, when he comes before the tribunal of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21

But now the righteousness of God without law ( i.e. apart from law ) is (or, has been ) manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the prophets . On the essential meaning of God's righteousness ( θεοῦ δικαιοσύνη ), see on Romans 1:17 , and Introduction. This passage, in which the thesis of Romans 1:17 is formally enunciated, is consistent with this meaning; in confirmation of which observe Romans 1:25 , Romans 1:26 , where δικαιοσύνη αὐτοῦ evidently means... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-26

"No difference." The Bible presents us with three pictures of man's condition and character. They are very different, and yet they are all true pictures. There is the picture of man before the Fall, as he walked with God in primeval innocence of heart and sinless purity of life. There is the picture of man after the Fall, with the Divine image marred and stained by sin. And then there is the picture of man renewed again—man an object of Divine mercy, man a subject of Divine grace, man... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-26

Redemption working righteousness. A whole system of theology is compacted into these few words. The keystone of the arch. We have here—redemption; righteousness. I. REDEMPTION . The redemption centres in Christ; it touches on either side God and man. Originating in the purposes of God, and actualized in the work of Christ, it is appropriated in the consciousness of man. These verses deal with one aspect of Christ's work and of man's salvation—justification through Christ's atoning... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

(4) The righteousness of God, manifested in Christ and apprehended by faith, is the sole remedy, and available for all. The position enunciated in Romans 1:18 being now sufficiently established, the apostle enters here on his main argument, announced in Romans 1:17 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

Justification through faith in Christ. The design of the Law, to intensify our sense of sin, having been made plain, the apostle, in the present paragraph, proceeds to show where justification comes from. It does not come from the Law; for the Law can only give us condemnation. It comes from a source foretold in "the Law and the prophets"—from Jesus Christ, our Propitiation. And more than justification, as we shall now see, proceeds from this marvellous source. Three leading thoughts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:22

Even the righteousness of God through faith of Jesus Christ unto all ( and upon all is added in the Textus Receptus, but ill supported) them that believe: for there is no distinction. We observe that the expression here used is not ἡ διὰ πίστεως but simply διὰ πίστεως . Thus διὰ πίστεως does not naturally connect itself with δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ as defining it, but rather with εἰς πάντας which follows, and perhaps with reference to the πεφανέρωται of Romans 3:21 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:22

The distinctively Christian righteousness. The apostle has clearly shown that righteousness by the Law is not possessed by men, and that in this way is no hope for the salvation of the human race. Such is the negative conclusion to which facts and reason compel him. Yet it is not his vocation to preach a doctrine of despair. True, without righteousness there can be no salvation. Therefore, if light is to be cast upon human darkness, it must come else whither than from the Law. So it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:23

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God . The "glory of God," of which all men are here said to come short ( ὑσεροῦνται ) , has been taken to mean (1) honour or praise from God. "Dei favore et approbatione carent" (Sehleusner). So decidedly Meyer, Tholuek, Alford, and others. In this case θεοῦ would be the gen. auctoris, which Meyer argues is probable from its being so in θεοῦ δικαιοσύνη . This argument (which is not worth much in any case) tells the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:23

A remedy for a universal need. To assert that the righteousness of God manifested in Christ was "apart from the Law" relegated the Law to its proper position, as the servant, not the master, of religion. And the apostle's substantiation of his further assertion, that this new method of righteousness was not so entirely unheard of as that its novelty should be a strong prejudice against its truth, but that, on the contrary, the Law itself and the prophets contain intimations of such a... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:21-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:23

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