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For therein is revealed a righteousness of God from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."
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A Gift, Not a Standard
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the 'righteousness of God' is not God's personal attribute of justice that we must meet. Instead, it is a righteousness that comes from God. It is His gracious plan to declare sinners righteous in His sight through the work of Jesus Christ. This righteousness is a gift to be received by faith, not a standard to be achieved by our own works.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For. This word implies that he is now about to give a reason for what he had just said, a reason why he was not ashamed of the gospel of C…
For therein (γαρ εν αυτω). In the gospel (verse 16) of which Paul is not ashamed.
A righteousness of God (…
19th Century
Anglican
The gospel attains its end, the salvation of the believer, by revealing the righteousness of God, that is, the plan or process He designed…
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The apostle now explains his statement (cf. “for”) that the Gospel means salvation for those who receive it by faith: it discloses “a righteousness…
16th Century
Protestant
For the righteousness of God, etc. This is an explanation and a confirmation of the preceding clause—that the gospel is the power of God f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed
By "the righteousness of God", is not meant the essential righteo…
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In these verses, the apostle opens the design of the whole epistle, in which he brings forward a charge of sinfulness against all flesh; declares t…
13th Century
Catholic
After securing the goodwill of the Roman believers to whom he was writing by showing his affection for them, the Apostle now begins to in…
