Romans 4,1 - 12

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4:1 Tiv ou\n ejr ou'm en euJr hkevn ai jA braaVm toVn propavt ora hJm w'n kataV savr ka; jA braaVm ejx e[r gwn ejd ikaiwvq h, e[c ei kauvc hma, ajl l= ouj proV" qeovn .

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eij gaVr

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tiv gaVr hJ grafhV levg ei; ejp ivs teusen deV jA braaVm tw'/ qew'/ kaiV ejl ogivs qh aujt w'/ eij" dikaiosuvn hn. 4 tw'/ deV ejr gazomevn w/ oJ misqoV" ouj logivz etai kataV cavr in ajl laV kataV ojf eivl hma, 5 tw'/ deV mhV ejr gazomevn w/ pisteuvo nti deV ejp iV toVn dikaiou'n ta toVn ajs ebh' logivz etai hJ pivs ti" aujt ou' eij" dikaiosuvn hn: 6

kaqavp er kaiV DauiVd levg ei toVn makarismoVn tou' ajn qrwvp ou w|/ oJ qeoV" logivz etai dikaiosuvn hn cwriV" e[r gwn: 7 makavr ioi w|n ajf evq hsan aiJ ajn omiva i kaiV w|n ejp ekaluvf qhsan aiJ aJm artiva i: 8 makavr io" ajn hVr ou| ouj mhV logivs htai kuvr io" aJm artiva n. 9 O J makarismoV" ou\n ou|t o" ejp iV thVn peritomhVn h] kaiV ejp iV thVn ajk robustiva n; levg omen gavr : ejl ogivs qh tw'/ A j braaVm hJ pivs ti" eij" dikaiosuvn hn. 10

pw'" ou\n ejl ogivs qh; ejn peritomh'/ o[n ti h] ejn ajk robustiva /; oujk ejn peritomh'/ ajl l= ejn ajk robustiva /: 11 kaiV shmei'o n e[l aben peritomh'" sfragi'd a th'" dikaiosuvn h" th'" pivs tew" th'" ejn th'/ ajk robustiva /, eij" toV ei\n ai aujt oVn patevr a pavn twn tw'n pisteuovn twn di= ajk robustiva ", eij" toV logisqh'n ai (kaiV) aujt oi'" (thVn ) dikaiosuvn hn, 12 kaiV patevr a peritomh'" toi'" oujk ejk peritomh'" movn on ajl laV kaiV toi'" stoicou's in toi'" i[c nesin th'" ejn ajk robustiva / pivs tew" tou' patroV" hJm w'n jA braavm .]

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Even Abraham had no boast A. Never before God 4:1 W hat then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God. B. The basis for Abraham’s salvation 3 For what does the Scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” 1. 4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not reckoned as a favour, but as what is due. 2. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness,

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David–Forgiveness::Justification A. 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works: 1. 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, 2. And whose sins have been covered. 3. 8 “Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”

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W ho is this all for? A. Only the circumcised? 9 Is this blessing then upon the circumcised, or upon the uncircumcised also? B. Faith is reckoned::imputed For we say, “Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.” C. How & W hen? 10 How then was it reckoned? W hile he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised; 11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, D. W hy? For all people! that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be reckoned to them, 12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.

Are you leaving what you know? W as Paul trying to assure the Jews that what sounded so terribly new, radical and dangerous was in fact the truth that they always knew, but didn’t know they knew? 2.

Is this, then, about fear too?

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“But not before God” –does this phrase mean that Abraham cannot boast at all, because of his place “before God,” or can only boast before men, but not God?