What then shall we say? (τ ουν ερουμεν?). Paul is fond of this rhetorical question (4:1; 6:1; 7:7; 8:31; 9:14,30).

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ROMANS Chapter 4

To come back to the question of Romans 3:1, repeated in Romans 3:9, in what did the superiority of Abraham, the great representative of the Jewish …

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, has found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he has something…

Paul now asks what Abraham had “discovered” about getting into right relation to God. In calling Abraham “our forefather,” he is not addre ing Jewi…

What then, etc. This is a confirmation by example. It is a very strong one, since all things are alike with regard to the subject…

What shall we say then
The apostle having proved that there is no justification by the works of the law; to make thi…

To meet the views of the Jews, the apostle first refers to the example of Abraham, in whom the Jews gloried as their most renowned forefather. Howe…

1. After dismi ing the glory the Jews took in the law, through which they considered themselves superior to the Gentiles, the Apostle now di…