Romans 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

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 Jew. Therefore it does not follow that the Roman Christians were chiefly Jews. Cp. also 1 Corinthians 10:1, 'our fathers,' though the Corinthian Christians were mostly Gentile. Hath found] RM omits.

Romans 4:1

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