Worketh wrath (οργην κατεργαζετα). Because of disobedience to it.

Neither is there transgression (ουδε παρ…

Because the law. This refers to all law. It is the tendency of law.

Worketh wrath. This means it produces or causes wrath.…

But in reality, the Law is unable to admit them to this. It has an entirely contrary function—namely, to call down punishment upon the offenses tha…

For if they who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of no effect: because the law works wrath: for where no law …

The thought moves on to consider that Abraham’s justification was apart from any law or legal considerations. Paul speaks of a promise received by …

For the law causes wrath, etc. This is a confirmation of the last verse, derived from the contrary effect of the law. For as the …

Because the law works wrath
Not the wrath of man, though that is sometimes stirred up through the prohibitions of th…

The promise was made to Abraham long before the law. It points to Christ, and it refers to the promise in Genesis 12:3: In Thee shall all famil…

1. Having shown that the blessing of the forgiveness of sins is obtained not only in circumcision but also in uncircumcision—because Abraham…