And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.
wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.
wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
Romans — Paul's gospel set out in order. Four great movements: sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty — closing with sustained calls to service and unity.
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And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
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Romans 4:3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
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Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
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Romans 4:6And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
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Then when he says, and therefore it was reputed to him, he commends Abraham's faith in regard to its effect. First, he mentions the effect it had in him, saying, and therefore, namely, because Abraham believed this so firmly, it was reputed to him unto …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Romans, 1274patristic
Therefore Abraham "against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations," which were to be as the stars of heaven, not only in multitude but also in brightness; and he, faithfully believing him who promised, "was not," he says, "weakened in faith." What he says, "he was not weakened in faith," seems to me to show that there is a certain weakness in faith. But if there is weakness, there is without doubt also health, as he shows in other places when he says: "Rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith."
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS, 253patristic
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness - The verse is thus paraphrased by Dr. Taylor: For which reason God was graciously pleased to place his faith to his account; and to allow his fiducial reliance upon the Divine goodness, power, and faithfulness, for a title to the Divine blessing, which, otherwise, having been an idolater, he had no right to. Abrahams strong faith in the promise of the coming Savior, for this was essential to his faith, was reckoned to him for justification: for it is not said that any righteousness, either his own, or that of another, was imputed or reckoned to him for justification; but it, i.e. his faith in God.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Who against hope--when no ground for hope appeared. believed in hope--that is, cherished the believing expectation. that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be--that is, Such "as the stars of heaven," Ge 15:5.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
And therefore it was imputed, &c.--"Let all then take notice that this was not because of anything meritorious in Abraham, but merely because he so believed."
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
This shows why faith is chosen to be the prime condition of our justification, because it is a grace that of all others gives glory to God. 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
