... proves this by an appeal to the Old Testament witnesses (Ro 3:9 ), as well as by universal experience, both of the heathen (Ro 1:18-32) and Jews (Ro 2:17-28; 3:9). 2. Perfection of the Law ... its perfect observance, if justification is to come by it (Ro 3:10). The modern notion of God as a good ... indeed kept the law, God could not hold him guilty (Ro 2:13), but such an obedience never existed. Paul had ... mean that it is not also holy, right and good (Ro 7:12). It was added, of course, on account ...
... 26; to the offering of money in Ac 24:17; Ro 15:16. The verb anaphero, also occurs 3 times in ... said to secure redemption or salvation, 6 times in Paul (Ro 3:25; 5:9; 1Co 10:16; Eph 1:7 ... case the phrase (en to autou haimati, `in his blood,' Ro 3:25) carries with it the idea of sacrificial blood ... from sin by Christ's death, 5 times in Paul (Ro 3:24; 1Co 1:30; Eph 1:7,14; Col ... 35); (3) the Christian's final deliverance, physical and spiritual (Ro 8:23; Eph 4:30). The simple word (lutrosis, "redemption ... are brought by Christ's death, 4 times by Paul (Ro 5:11; 11:15; 2Co 5:18,19). (katallassein, " ...
... abstained from (Wisd 15:4; contrast Paul's polemic in Ro 2). And discussions about "greatest commandments" caused character in its ... and sometimes on the present conditions for the deliverance (contrast Ro 5:9 and 8:24), but the practical problem is ... particular religious import. A certain privilege of the Jews appears (Ro 3:1-8; 9-11), but the practical content of the privilege seems to be eschatological only (Ro 11:26). Individual conversion is of course taken for granted ... the detailed directions are referred constantly to the underlying principle, Ro 14 or 1Co 8 being excellent examples of this, while "love is the fulfillment of the law" (Ro 13:10) is the summary. (2) Persistent moral effort ...
... sim. Similarly, logizomai is translated by the verb "to impute" (Ro 4:6,8,11,22,23,24; 2Co 5:19; Jas 2:23); by the verb "to count" (Ro 2:26; 4:3,5); "to account" (Ga 3:6); and by the verb "to reckon" (Ro 4:4,9,10). In the Revised Version (British and ... and entitled to all the rewards of a righteous person (Ro 4:6,11). II. The Threefold Use of the Term ... Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) to translate logizomai in Ro 4:8, the term "imputation" has been used in theology ... what ground this takes place, Paul states in the passage Ro 5:12-21. He introduces the subject of Adam' ...
... upon His oath (Mt 26:63,64) and other instances (Ro 1:9; 2Co 1:23; Ga 1:20; Php 1 ... God, but the doers of the law shall be justified" (Ro 2:13). His great aim, in the epistle, is to ... sinned under the law shall be judged by the law" (Ro 2:12). Paul does not pronounce upon the question whether ... the world may be brought under the judgment of God" (Ro 3:19). Thus the Law shuts up into condemnation. It ... condemns but "through the law cometh the knowledge of sin" (Ro 3:20). It shows how far short men have come ... and has been witnessed "by the law and the prophets" (Ro 3:21). (In this passage the "law" seems to ...
... Psalms and from Isa to "the Law" (1Co 14:21; Ro 3:19), and can write such a sentence as this ... compare Ac 8:35; 17:3; 26:22, and also Ro 1:17; 3:4,10; 4:17; 11:26; 14 ... by them by an appeal to Scripture (Ac 23:5; Ro 12:19). The circumstances of their lives and the events ... occurring about them are referred to Scripture for their significance (Ro 2:26; 8:36; 9:33; 11:8; 15:9 ... Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up" (Ro 9:17); "And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify ... usage (Mr 15:28; Joh 7:38,42; 19:37; Ro 4:3; 10:11; 11:2; Ga 4:30; ...
... or by the Holy Spirit or in Christ; as in Ro 15:16, "being sanctified by the Holy Spirit"; 1Co 1 ... 2). The significant latter phrase is the same as in Ro 1:1, "Paul .... called to be an apostle." In this ... foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son" (Ro 8:29). We must not limit ourselves to the words ... new spirit (Eph 4:13,10,23,24,32; compare Ro 12:1). 2. Our Relation to God as Personal: New ... and most expressively of all, of being alive unto Golf (Ro 14:8; compare Ro 6:13; Ga 2:19). So completely is his ...
... and only in the epistles of Paul (Ga 4:5; Ro 8:15,23; 9:4; Eph 1:5) who may ... adoption back into the covenant relation of God with Israel (Ro 9:4). But here the historical antithesis is reproduced in ... 5-7). 2. In Romans as Deliverance from Debt: In Ro 8:12-17 the idea of obligation or debt is ... one time under the authority and power of the flesh (Ro 8:5), but when the Spirit of Christ comes to ... longer a debtor to the flesh but to the Spirit (Ro 8:12,13), and debt or obligation to the Spirit ... of God, these (and these only) are sons of God" (Ro 8:14). The spirit of adoption or sonship stands ...
... terms. All the other instances are in Paul's Epistles (Ro 5:10; 1Co 7:11; 2Co 5:18-20, the verb; Ro 5:11; 11:15; 2Co 5:18,19, the noun ... reconciliation. 3. Doctrinal Passages: (1) Romans 5. Turning now to Ro 5, how stands the matter? Paul has been speaking of ... we be saved from the wrath of God through him" (Ro 5:9). (a) The Fact of Divine Wrath: It is ... revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men" (Ro 1:18), and the coming day of judgment is "the ... of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God" (Ro 2:5). And because of this stern fact, the ...
... is frequent. In the New Testament it occurs 6 times (Ro 9:11; 11:5,7,28; 1Th 1:4; 2Pe ... thing, transcending human analysis of its motives (so eminently in Ro 9:11), and such as to be knowable by its ... a fact to consciousness. It is always (with one exception, Ro 9:11; see below) related to a community, and thus ... in the word are confirmed by the other, passages. In Ro 9:11 the context is charged with the most urgent ... having "not the Spirit of Christ, is none of his" (Ro 8:9). The chosen community accordingly, not as it seems ... of electing mercy. Compare eg. 1Pe 1:3. And consider Ro 11:4-7 (where observe the exceptional use of " ...