Romans 4:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. ”

Romans 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed - Happy are they: they are highly favored; see the note at Matthew 5:3 . Whose sins are covered - Are concealed; or hidden from the view. On which God will no more look, and which he...
Romans 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 4:1-11 a . The Example of Abraham. Romans 4:1 . The Jewish objector once more: What about Abraham then? ( mg.); if the circumcised Israelite is justified on no more favourable terms th...
Romans 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Blessed . App-63. iniquities . App-128. forgiven . App-174. sins . App-128. covered . covered over. Greek. epikalupto. Only here.
Romans 4:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1836 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE Romans 4:1-8 . What shall we then say that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hat...
Romans 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Saying , Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven - That is, the man is truly happy whose iniquities αι ανομιαι, w...
Romans 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. [Saying], Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Romans 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acceptance by Faith foreshadowed in the old Dispensation In Romans 3:21 .; St. Paul set forth the great truth of acceptance by faith. A Jew might object that it was new, and therefore not true. I...
Romans 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (1-25) The subject of the chapter is an application of the foregoing to the special (and crucial) case of Abraham, with particular reference to two ideas that are continually recurring through...
Romans 4:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 10 ABRAHAM AND DAVID Romans 4:1-12 THE Jewish disputant is present still to the Apostle's thought. It could not be otherwise in this argument. No question was more pressing on the Jewi...
Romans 4:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Blessedness Follows Faith Romans 4:1-8 In this chapter the doctrine of justification by faith is illustrated from the life of Abraham. It is evident that he was not justified because of his goo...
Romans 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle now dealt with another difficulty that might arise in the mind of the Jew, showing that the method of grace, namely, imputing righteousness in response to faith, is in harmony with the wh...
Romans 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, (7) Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (...
Romans 4:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE COVERING OF SIN ‘Blessed are they … whose sins are covered.’ Romans 4:7 How to get sin covered has been the question which has exercised man’s thoughts ever since he became a sinner. Con...
Romans 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Saying, blessed are they ,.... These words are cited from Psalms 32:1 , and contain the proof of the happiness of justified persons. In this citation the singular number is changed into the plural...
Romans 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Saying , Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Ver. 7. Are covered ] Sic velantur ut in iudicio non revelentur; so covered as that he never see them ag...
Romans 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Even as David also David is fitly introduced after Abraham, because he also received and delivered down the promise; describeth the blessedness or happiness of the man Or affirms that the man i...
Romans 4:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Abraham and David Justified by Faith Now there is deepest patience and grace shown on the part of God through Paul, His instrument in writing this epistle: for it is blessed to see that He gives n...
Romans 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Case of Abraham. A. D. 58. 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining...
Romans 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This testimony is taken out of Psalms 32:1 , and it is well enough accommodated to the occasion, for those two, to remit sin, and to impute righteousness, are inseparable. The one is put here figu...
Romans 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Way Of Justification Through Faith Illustrated In Abraham And Announced By David (4:1-8). Paul now demonstrates that Abraham's acceptability with God was by faith, not works, something which i...
Romans 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 4:1 .—Alford, following Meyer, says κατὰ σάρκα is in contrast to κατὰ πνεῦμα, and refers to that part of our being from which spring works in contrast with that which is the...
Romans 4:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

iniquites, sins Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
Romans 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 3:31 ; Romans 4 A Crucial Case. I. It was by his faith Abraham was justified, not by his works of obedience. Paul's proof of this is very simple. He finds a remarkable proof-text ready...
Romans 4:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 4:1-3 . 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 to glory; but not before God. For what...
Romans 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 4:1 . What shall we say then that Abraham, our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? How was he a sinner, an idolater, justified? Was it by the flesh, as indicated by the word...
Romans 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? Lessons from the case of Abraham I. However much the most perfect of the species may have to glory of in...
Romans 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 4:1-45 (5) Abraham himself shown to have been justified by faith, and not by works, believers being his true heirs. The main points of the argument may be summarized th...
Romans 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A proof from the Psalms:
Romans 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 40:1 ; Isaiah 40:2 ; Jeremiah 33:8 ; Jeremiah 33:9 ; Luke 7:47-50 ; Micah 7:18-20 ; Matthew 9:2 ; Psalms 130:3 ; Psalms 130:4 ; Psalms 32:1 ; Psalms 32:2 ; Psalms 51:8 ; Psalms 51...
Romans 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Happy are they whose sins are covered — With the veil of divine mercy. If there be indeed such a thing as happiness on earth, it is the portion of that man whose iniquities are forgiven, and who en...

Romans 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Romans 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Romans 4:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Romans 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Romans 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Romans 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Romans 4:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Romans 4:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Romans 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Romans 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Romans 4:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Romans 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Romans 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Romans 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 4:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Romans 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Romans 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Romans 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Romans 4:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

Romans 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 4:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Romans 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Romans 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Romans 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes