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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 4:13

Romans 4:13. The heir of the world— Abraham and his seed together are the heir of the world; for the promise is made to both; and the original word αυτου includes both: and his seed, in the next verse, are called heirs as well as he; that is to say, heirs of the world, not lords and possessors of it, as some suppose. The world, we conceive, must here be considered as a great family, and Abraham and his seed as the heir or heirs, to whom, by the free donation of God, belonged the birth-right,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 4:14

Romans 4:14. For if they which are of the law be heirs— The Apostle here speaks of the performance of the law, with reference to a moral impossibility: for it seems evident from what follows, that the law is to be considered as insisting on an obedience absolutely perfect: so that those good men who were justified under it, were not justified by it, but by the dispensation of grace under which Abraham was; which, though not a part of the covenant of God by Moses, was not, and could not be... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:6

6-8. David also describeth—"speaketh," "pronounceth." the blessedness of the man unto whom the Lord imputeth righteousness without works—whom, though void of all good works, He, nevertheless, regards and treats as righteous. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:7

7, 8. Saying, Blessed, c.— (Psalms 32:1 Psalms 32:2). David here sings in express terms only of "transgression forgiven, sin covered, iniquity not imputed"; but as the negative blessing necessarily includes the positive, the passage is strictly in point. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:9

9-12. Cometh this blessedness then, c.—that is, "Say not, All this is spoken of the circumcised, and is therefore no evidence of God's general way of justifying men for Abraham's justification took place long before he was circumcised, and so could have no dependence upon that rite: nay, 'the sign of circumcision' was given to Abraham as 'a seal' (or token) of the (justifying) righteousness which he had before he was circumcised; in order that he might stand forth to every age as the parent... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:13

13-15. For the promise, &c.—This is merely an enlargement of the foregoing reasoning, applying to the law what had just been said of circumcision. that he should be the heir of the world—or, that "all the families of the earth should be blessed in him." was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law—in virtue of obedience to the law. but through the righteousness of faith—in virtue of his simple faith in the divine promises. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:14

14. For if they which are of the law be heirs—If the blessing is to be earned by obedience to the law. faith is made void—the whole divine method is subverted. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 4:6-8

2. David’s testimony to justification by faith 4:6-8Paul cited another eminent man in Jewish history whose words harmonized with the apostle’s. Whereas Abraham lived before the Mosaic Law, David lived under it. Abraham’s story is in the law section of the Hebrew Bible, and David’s is in the prophets section. Here is the second witness Paul referred to in Romans 3:21. Abraham represents the patriarchal period of Israel’s history and David the monarchy period. As Israel’s greatest king, one would... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 4:9-12

3. The priority of faith to circumcision 4:9-12The examples of Abraham and David, both Jews, led to the question Paul voiced in the next verse (Romans 4:9). The apostle pointed out that when God declared Abraham righteous the patriarch was uncircumcised. He was a virtual Gentile. Fourteen years later Abraham underwent circumcision (Genesis 17:24-26). His circumcision was a sign (label) of what he already possessed. This point would have encouraged Paul’s Jewish readers, who made so much of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 4:13

God gave His promise to bless the Gentiles through Abraham long before He gave the Mosaic Law. Consequently it was wrong for the Jews to think that the blessing of the Gentiles depended on their obedience to the Law. It depended on God’s faithfulness to His promise. God gave that promise to Abraham not because of his obedience but because of his faith. The giving of that promise even antedated Abraham’s circumcision. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 4:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 4:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 4:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 4:6-8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 4:9-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 4:13

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