14 for if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 for the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression. [romans 4:14-15] faith is greater than the law one of my favorite...
for the promise to abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. — [romans 4:13] the promise to abraham God always keeps his promises, even when his promises seem...
how then was it counted to him? was it before or after he had been circumcised? it was not after, but before he was circumcised. he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. the purpose was to...
“blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? for we say that faith was counted to abraham as righteousness. [romans 4:8-9] only the Lord can give eternal...
just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: “blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; [romans 4:6-7] at this point in his letter, paul draws on another historical...
and to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, [romans 4:5] paul speaking to jews, makes an argument that God’s mercy and grace, unmerited and free was always part of the plan, and he...
