KJV: Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
YLT: Because of this it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham,
Darby: Therefore it is on the principle of faith, that it might be according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,
ASV: For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
τοῦτο | it [is] |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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πίστεως | faith |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: πίστις Sense: conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it. |
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ἵνα | that [it may be] |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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κατὰ | according to |
Parse: Preposition Root: κατά Sense: down from, through out. |
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χάριν | grace |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: χάρις Sense: grace. |
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τὸ | - |
Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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εἶναι | to be |
Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
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βεβαίαν | sure |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: βέβαιος Sense: stable, fast, firm. |
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ἐπαγγελίαν | promise |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ἐπαγγελία Sense: announcement. |
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παντὶ | to all |
Parse: Adjective, Dative Neuter Singular Root: πᾶς Sense: individually. |
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σπέρματι | seed |
Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Singular Root: σπέρμα Sense: from which a plant germinates. |
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τῷ | to that |
Parse: Article, Dative Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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νόμου | law |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: νόμος Sense: anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command. |
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μόνον | only |
Parse: Adverb Root: μόνον Sense: only, alone, but. |
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καὶ | also |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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ἐκ | of [the] |
Parse: Preposition Root: ἐκ Sense: out of, from, by, away from. |
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Ἀβραάμ | of Abraham |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Ἀβραάμ Sense: the son of Terah and the founder of the Jewish nation. |
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πατὴρ | [the] father |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: προπάτωρ Sense: generator or male ancestor. |
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πάντων | of all |
Parse: Adjective, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: πᾶς Sense: individually. |
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ἡμῶν | of us |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Plural Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
Greek Commentary for Romans 4:16
As the source. [source]
As the pattern. To the end that (εις το ειναι eis to einai). Purpose again as in Romans 4:11. Sure Stable, fast, firm. Old adjective from βαινω bainō to walk. Not to that only which is of the law (ου τωι εκ του νομου μονον ou tōi ek tou nomou monon). Another instance where μονον monon (see Romans 4:12) seems in the wrong place. Normally the order would be, ου μονον τωι εκ του νομου αλλα και κτλ ou monon tōi ek tou nomouclass="translit"> alla kai ktl f0). [source]
Purpose again as in Romans 4:11. [source]
Stable, fast, firm. Old adjective from βαινω bainō to walk. Not to that only which is of the law (ου τωι εκ του νομου μονον ou tōi ek tou nomou monon). Another instance where μονον monon (see Romans 4:12) seems in the wrong place. Normally the order would be, ου μονον τωι εκ του νομου αλλα και κτλ ou monon tōi ek tou nomouclass="translit"> alla kai ktl f0). [source]
Another instance where μονον monon (see Romans 4:12) seems in the wrong place. Normally the order would be, ου μονον τωι εκ του νομου αλλα και κτλ ou monon tōi ek tou nomouclass="translit"> alla kai ktl f0). [source]
Stable, valid, something realized, the opposite of made of none effect, Romans 4:14. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Romans 4:16
Coordinate with βεβαιωσαι bebaiōsai and εις το eis to to be repeated with τα ετνη ta ethnē the accusative of general reference and τον τεον ton theon the object of δοχασαι doxasai Thus the Gentiles were called through the promise to the Jews in the covenant with Abraham (Romans 4:11., Romans 4:16.). Salvation is of the Jews. Paul proves his position by a chain of quotations from the O.T., the one in Romans 15:9 from Psalm 18:50. For εχομολογεω exomologeō see note on Romans 14:11. [source]
For a similar phrase see 2 Peter 3:17. Having put yourselves under the economy of salvation by law, you have fallen out of the economy of salvation by the grace of Christ. Paul's declarations are aimed at the Judaisers, who taught that the Christian economy was to be joined with the legal. His point is that the two are mutually exclusive. Comp. Romans 4:4, Romans 4:5, Romans 4:14, Romans 4:16. The verb ἐκπίπτειν tofall out, in the literal sense, Acts 12:7; James 1:11. In Class. of seamen thrown ashore, banishment, deprivation of an office, degeneration, of actors being hissed off the stage. [source]
Ἑκ πίστεως fromor out of faith, is found with the verb to justify (Romans 3:26, Romans 3:30; Romans 5:1): with other verbs, as live (Romans 1:17); eat (Romans 14:23): with the noun δικαιοσύνη righteousness(Romans 1:17; Romans 9:30; Romans 10:6): with other nouns, as promise (Galatians 3:22), law (Galatians 3:12). For parallels to the phrase οἱ ἐκ πίστεως , see Romans 3:26; Romans 4:16; Romans 14:23; Galatians 3:9. It denotes believers as sprung from, or receiving their spiritual condition from that which specially characterizes them. Comp. οἱ ἐξ ἐριθίας theywho are of faction, Romans 2:8; οἱ ἐκ νόμου theywho are of the law, Romans 4:14; ὁ ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας hewho is of the truth, John 18:37. [source]
As being one with Christ. See Galatians 3:7, Galatians 3:16. In Romans 4Paul shows that Abraham was justified by faith, and was thus constituted the spiritual father of all believers in Christ, whether circumcised or uncircumcised. The purpose of God in making the inheritance of the promise dependent on faith was that the promise might be sure to all the seed. Abraham, he says, is “the father of us all ” (Romans 4:16). This spiritual paternity does away with the current Jewish notion of physical paternity. Physical relationship with Abraham is of no significance in the economy of salvation. The apostle “discovers the basis of Christian universalism in the very life of him in whose person theocratic particularism was founded. He has demonstrated the existence of a time when he represented Gentilism, or, to speak more properly, mankind in general; and it was during this period, when he was not yet a Jew, but simply a man, that he received salvation” (Godet). [source]
“These are.” This is Paul‘s astounding doctrine to Jews that the real sons of Abraham are those who believe as he did, “they which be of faith” (οι εκ πιστεως hoi ek pisteōs), a common idiom with Paul for this idea (Galatians 3:9; Romans 3:26; Romans 4:16; Romans 14:23), those whose spiritual sonship springs out of (εκ ek) faith, not out of blood. John the Baptist denounced the Pharisees and Sadducees as vipers though descendants of Abraham (Matthew 3:7; Luke 3:7) and Jesus termed the Pharisees children of the devil and not spiritual children of Abraham (not children of God) in John 8:37-44. [source]