Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 4:6
4:6 without (e-16) As ch. 3.21. works. (f-17) See Psalms 32:1-2 . read more
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John Darby
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 4:1-25
Acceptance by Faith foreshadowed in the old DispensationIn 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 Romans 3:31; St. Paul answered that in the Law and in faith there is the same moral and religious ideal, which is more completely developed and more perfectly fulfilled by faith. Now he turns to the past, to show that acceptance by faith is not a new idea. It was faith for which Abraham was accepted,... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 4:1-25
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 the last chapter: (1) the supposed superiority of Jew to Gentile (and, à fortiori, of the great progenitor of the Jews); (2) the idea of boasting or glorying based upon this superiority. Following out this the Apostle shows how even Abraham’s case tells, not against, but for the doctrine of... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 4:5
(5) But to him who puts forward no works, but has faith in God, who justifies men, not for their righteousness, but in spite of their sins, &c.The ungodly.—A stronger word is here used than simply “the unrighteous,” “the impious,” or “ungodly.” Their impiety is condoned to them in virtue of their single exercise of faith. It is characteristic of the Apostle not to flinch from the boldest expression, though, as a matter of fact, the two things, faith and positive impiety, would hardly be... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 4:6
(6) 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 pronounces blessed. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 4:6-8
(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, but its forgiveness; not its real obliteration, but the forbearance of God to impute it. It is an amnesty, not an acquittal. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Romans 4:1-25
Romans 4:3 In this word faith, as used by St. Paul, we reach a point round which the ceaseless stream of religious exposition and discussion has for ages circled.... It will at once appear that while it can properly be said of Abraham, for instance, that he was justified by faith, if we take faith in its plain sense of holding fast to an unseen power of goodness, yet it cannot without difficulty and recourse to a strained figure, be said of him, if we take faith in Paul's specific sense of... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Romans 4:1-12
Chapter 10ABRAHAM AND DAVIDRomans 4:1-12THE 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 than that of Acceptance; thus far, truly, the teaching and discipline of the Old Testament had not been in vain. And St. Paul had not only, in his Christian Apostleship, debated that problem countless times with Rabbinic combatants; he had been himself a Rabbi, and knew by experience alike the... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Romans 4:1-25
CHAPTER 4 1. The Witness of Abraham to Justification. (Romans 4:1-5 .) 2. As Confirmed also by David. (Romans 4:6-8 .) 3. Circumcision the Sign of the Covenant. (Romans 4:9-12 .) 4. Faith in Him Who Raiseth the Dead. (Romans 4:13-25 .) Romans 4:1-5 Two witnesses are summoned next in whose lives the truth of justification by faith is illustrated. The Jews boasted of Abraham as the father of their nation. “Abraham our father” is still the common phrase used by all orthodox Jews as it was in... read more
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Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Romans 4:5
4:5 on (d-10) See Note, Acts 9:42 . read more