I do not make void the grace of God (ουκ αθετω την χαριν του θεου). Common word in LXX and Polybius and on, to make ineffective (α…

I do not frustrate the grace of God. The word rendered "frustrate," atheto, means, properly, to displace, abrogate, or abolish; t…

By attaching himself devotedly to Christ, the Christian escapes the charge of refusing and thwarting the free gift of justification which God has o…

We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Je…

This last sentence of ch. 2 is introduced abruptly and from a new point of view. In the preceding verses Paul has answered the objections of his cr…

I do not reject. There is great emphasis in this expression; for how dreadful is the ingratitude manifested in despising the grace of God,…

I do not frustrate the grace of God
Or "cast it away", as the Vulgate Latin version reads it; or "deny it", as the S…

Here, in his own person, the apostle describes the spiritual or hidden life of a believer. The old man is crucified ([Reference Romans 6:6…

Here the Apostle expands on the solution given above. First, he explains the solution. Second, he draws his main conclusion (verse 21). It should b…