Romans 4:1

2 Corinthians 11:22; Acts 13:26; Hebrews 12:9; Isaiah 51:2; Luke 16:24; Luke 16:25; Luke 16:29-31; Luke 3:8; Matthew 3:9; Romans 6:1; Romans 7:7; Romans 8:31; Romans 4:16

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What shall we say then? - See Romans 3:1 . This is rather the objection of a Jew. “How does your doctrine of justification by faith agree with w...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

What (1) shall we then say that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the (a) flesh, hath found? (1) A new argument of great weight, taken from the e...
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 Isr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

What, &c. See Romans 3:5 . Forcible form of Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6). Resuming from Romans 3:21 . father . forefather, as the te...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. What then, etc. This is a confirmation by example; and it is a very strong one, since all things are alike with regard to the subject...
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 fou...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? Jew. What shall we then say that Abraham, our father as perta...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

What shall we then say— In the foregoing chapter the Apostle has proved, that neitherJews nor Gentiles have a right to the blessings of God's pecul...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? The apostle has been all along careful to guard his re...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

What.. then ] refers to Romans 3:27 . That] RM 'of.' As pertaining to the flesh ] i.e. by natural descent. The question is put in the mouth of a...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To come back to the question of Romans 3:1 , repeated in Romans 3:9 , in what did the superiority of Abraham, the great representative of the Jewis...
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 t...
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 a...
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 ev...
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 righteousne...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Apostle is prosecuting the same Subject through this Chapter. He brings forward the Patriarch Abraham's Faith, in Proof that there can...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? (2) For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

What shall we say then ,.... The apostle having proved that there is no justification by the works of the law; to make this appear more clear and ev...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? Ver. 1. As pertaining to the flesh ] That is, As touching...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What shall we say then The apostle, in the preceding chapter, having shown the impossibility of man's being justified by the merit of his obedience...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Case of Abraham. A. D. 58. 1 What shall...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ROMANS CHAPTER 4 Romans 4:1-8 Abraham himself was justified by faith, Romans 4:9-12 which was imputed to him for righteousness before circumc...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?' Paul now relates what he has demonstrated, to the Scripture...
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 w...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

What Paul Has Just Described Is Now Seen To Be In Accordance With Ideas Related To Abraham And David (4:1-25). No one was of more importance to th...
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 whi...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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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 h...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 4:1-8 . What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he h...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 4:1 . What shall we say then that Abraham our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? What blessings did really come to Abraham, th...
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, justifie...
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 mo...
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. Th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

What shall we say, then, that Abraham, our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Righteousness of God Demonstrated from History. The justification of Abraham:
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Abraham an Exemplar of Faith Romans 4:1-5 , Romans 4:13-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In our verses there are several things relative to the fait...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That our father Abraham hath found — Acceptance with God. According to the flesh — That is, by works.

¹ What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

Related Commentaries of Romans 4:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Romans 4:1