But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Ver. 5. His faith] Yet not as a work, not in a proper sense, as Arminius and Bertius held, but as an act of receiving Christ.
That justifieth the ungodly] i.e. Him that was ungodly; but being justified is made godly also; or the ungodly, that is, him that is not perfectly godly; for Abraham is here made the ungodly person.