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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Romans 3:3

For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God? God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.What if ... is a connective with the previous line of thought, the same expression occurring in Philippians 1:18, where Moffatt translated it, "What does it matter?" Paul was still addressing himself to the task... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 3:3

Romans 3:3. For what if some did not believe? &c.— This and the following verse are generally understood as a continuation and explication of the Apostle's answer in the second verse; whereby the sense of the third and fourth verses is generally embarrassed, as they will not admit of a connection with the second verse. For in truth, Rom 3:3 is not the words of the Apostle, but a second question or objection advanced by the Jews: nor is γαρ, for, a causal, shewing the reason why the having... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 3:4

Romans 3:4. But every man a liar— Though every man should be a liar. For the next clause, see the note on Psalms 51:4. Dr. Taylor observes, that the Hebrew of that verse literally is, that thou mayest be just in thy speaking, and clean [that is clear] in thy judging. The speaking meant is, the word of promise which God made to David, 2Sa 7:12-16 and the judging referred to is the execution of the threatening denounced, 2Sa 12:9-13 and David owns, that if the threatening did not agree with the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:3

3, 4. For what if some did not believe?—It is the unbelief of the great body of the nation which the apostle points at; but as it sufficed for his argument to put the supposition thus gently, he uses this word "some" to soften prejudice. shall their unbelief make the faith of God—or, "faithfulness of God." of none effect?—"nullify," "invalidate" it. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:4

4. God forbid—literally, "Let it not be," that is, "Away with such a thought"—a favorite expression of our apostle, when he would not only repudiate a supposed consequence of his doctrine, but express his abhorrence of it. "The Scriptures do not authorize such a use of God's name as must have been common among the English translators of the Bible" [HODGE]. yea, let God be—held true, and every man a liar—that is, even though it should follow from this that every man is a liar. when thou art... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:1-8

3. Answers to objections 3:1-8In chapter 2 Paul showed that God’s judgment of all people rests on character rather than ceremony. He put the Jew on the same level as the Gentile regarding their standing before God. Still God Himself made a distinction between Jews and Gentiles. In Romans 3:1-8, Paul dealt with that distinction. He did this so there would be no question in the minds of his Jewish audience that they were guilty before God and needed to trust in Jesus Christ. The passage affirms... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:3-4

Paul’s second question was this. God will not forsake His promises to bless the nation since some of the Israelites proved unfaithful, will He? The objection Paul voiced calls attention to the promises God had given Israel in the Old Testament covenants. These too constituted an advantage for the Jews.By referring to the unbelief of the Jews (Romans 3:3) Paul was looking at the root of their unfaithfulness to God. Of the generation that received the law at Sinai, for example, only two adults... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 3:3

3:3 faith (a-13) Or 'faithfulness.' read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 3:4

3:4 written, (b-18) See Psalms 51:4 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:1-31

The New Way of Acceptance with GodIn Romans 1, 2 St. Paul has shown that both Gentile and Jew have sinned wilfully, and are under God’s condemnation. He now digresses to Jewish objections against the gospel, which he had, no doubt, heard urged in synagogues (Romans 3:1-8). Returning to the main subject, he clinches his indictment of the Jew out of the Scriptures, and concludes that all the world is ’under the judgment of God’ (Romans 3:9-20).Having thus shown that man is sinful and lost, he now... read more