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For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
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Scripture's Final Word
Paul grounds his entire argument in the question, "What does the Scripture say?" Commentators like Spurgeon and Barnes emphasize that this appeal to Genesis 15:6 establishes justification by faith not as a new doctrine, but as a foundational truth demonstrated in the life of Abraham, the revered patriarch.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For what says the Scripture? The inspired account of Abraham's justification. This account was final, and was to settle the question. This…
It was reckoned unto him for righteousness (ελογισθη εις δικαιοσυνην). First aorist passive indicative of λογιζομα, old and common…
19th Century
Anglican
The Apostle gives a proof of this from Scripture. Abraham was not justified by works, and therefore had nothing to boast of in God’s sight. He was …
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Baptist
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof…
Paul now asks what Abraham had “discovered” about getting into right relation to God. In calling Abraham “our forefather,” he is not addressing Jew…
16th Century
Protestant
For what saith the Scripture? This is a proof of the minor proposition, or of what he assumed, when he denied that Abraham had any ground …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For what says the Scripture ? &c.] This answers to (bytkd) (yam
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…
13th Century
Catholic
After dismissing the glory the Jews took in the law, through which they considered themselves superior to the Gentiles, the Apostle now d…
