If it fulfill the law (τον νομον τελουσα). Present active participle (conditional use of the participle) of τελεω, to finish, cont…

Which is by nature. Which is the natural state of man; his condition before he is admitted to any of the peculiar rites of the Jewish reli…

This section forms a connecting link with the opening of the next chapter. “The characteristic mark and badge of the Jew has two sides: one outward…

If this principle were fully recognized everywhere, it would certainly put an end to all that notion of sacramentarianism that some hold. It is not…

If the law was the major distinctive of the Jews, a close second was circumcision. As with the law, so with circumcision, the nation was guilty of …

By the letter and circumcision, etc. This expression means a literal circumcision. He does not mean that they violated the law be…

And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature
That is, the Gentiles, who are by nature uncircumcised; for as circu…

No forms, ordinances, or notions can profit without regenerating grace, which will always lead to seeking to partake of the righteousness of God by…

1. After showing that the doers of the law are justified even without being hearers, which pertained to the Gentiles, the Apostle now shows …