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Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
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Righteousness is Forgiveness
Paul uses King David, just as he did Abraham, to show that being right with God has always been separate from our actions. Commentators explain that the 'righteousness' God 'reckons' or credits to a person is the complete forgiveness of their sins. It's not an acquittal because we were innocent, but a gracious pardon where God chooses not to hold our sins against us.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Even as David. The apostle, having cited the example of Abraham to show that the doctrine he was defending was neither new nor contrary to…
Pronounceth blessing (λεγε τον μακαρισμον). old word from μακαριζω, to pronounce blessed (Luke 1:48), felicitation, co…
19th Century
Anglican
Even as.—In strict accordance with this description of the justified state, we have another, that of David.
Describ…
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Baptist
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…
Though the case of David is not strictly parallel to that of Abraham and is treated only briefly, it is clear from the phrase “the same thing” that…
16th Century
Protestant
As David also defines, we therefore see the sheer sophistry of those who limit the works of the law to ceremonies. For he now simply calls…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man , &c.] the apostle having instanced in Abraham, the fat…
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…
