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Romans 3:21-26
Four parts:
1) Restates that God's
righteousness has been revealed in verse 21 (restatement of 1:17)
2) Just as all humans are
equally under sin, they also have equal access to God's righteousness by faith (22-23)
3) The source for humans to
attain God's righteousness is through God's provision of Christ's atoning
sacrifice. (24-25)
4) The atonement solves the age
long problem of pagan religions. How can
a just God forgive sins and still be just?
The righteousness of God is required to be achieved by humans but God who is The Righteous One cannot simply
forgive and forget without destroying his own character. The answer is the atoning sacrifice of
Christ. (25-26) God has both provided man with his righteousness and
maintained his integrity in Christ's death.
Romans 3:21
nuni BUT NOW de
APART cwriV
FROM nomou LAW dikaiosunh RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF qeou GOD pefanerwtai HAS BEEN
MANIFESTED,
marturoumenh
BEING
BORNE WITNESS upo BY tou THE nomou
LAW kai AND twn THE profhtwn PROPHETS:
"But now" is the
hinge on which the door of a dark room (chapters 1-3) opens into the light.
“Righteousness of God” refers
to right standing with God.
First use of Law has no article
so it says “Law” not “the Law” (of Moses).
“Has Been Made Known” (NIV) is
“has been manifested” in the perfect tense and means “stands manifested”
The Hebrew Scriptures (OT) were
made of two sections:
a) the Law
b) the Prophets
In chapter 4 Paul is going to
draw an example from both of these portions of the OT to confirm his
doctrine. From the Law he uses Abraham
and from the Prophets (which included 1
and 2 Samuel) he will use
David.
Romans 3:22
dikaiosunh RIGHTEOUSNESS de EVEN OF qeou GOD
dia THROUGH pistewV FAITH
OF ihsou JESUS cristou CHRIST, eiV TOWARDS pantaV ALL
kai AND epi
UPON pantaV ALL
touV
THOSE
THAT pisteuontaV BELIEVE: ou IS NO gar FOR
estin THERE diastolh DIFFERENCE:
In this verse Paul introduces
the object of faith for the first time: Jesus Christ.
"Through faith in Jesus
Christ" is translated correctly above as "through faith of Jesus Christ"
which means "through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ"
Romans 3:23
panteV ALL gar FOR
hmarton
SINNED kai AND usterountai COME
SHORT thV OF
THE doxhV GLORY tou
OF qeou GOD;
"Sinned" is in the
aorist which may be summarizing all the sins of time in one word or may be referring
to all people sinning in Adam at one time.
"Come Short" is in
the present tense and indicates a continual action. It identifies a continuous failure.
The “Glory of God” refers to
his character.
Since we lack the character of
God we do not have a relationship with God nor do we have fellowship.
Notice in verse 22 that all who
believe receive right standing.
It is not all who have sinned
(verse 23) who are in right standing.
Romans 3:24
dikaioumenoi
BEING
JUSTIFIED dwrean
GRATUITOUSLY
th BY autou HIS cariti GRACE, dia THROUGH thV
apolutrwsewV
REDEMPTION thV WHICH [IS] en IN cristw CHRIST ihsou
JESUS;
Righteousness (right standing)
with God causes us to be justified.
What is justification?
a) Justification is an act, not a process
b) Justification is something God does to
man. Man can not do it to themselves
anymore than a criminal can declare themselves not guilty in a court room. God is the judge and the one who measures us. He declares justified or guilty.
c) Justification is a legal term.
d) Justification means to acquit
e) Justification means to DECLARE righteous. It does not mean to MAKE righteous!
f) Justification is not a change that God
does in us. Justification is a change in
our relationship to God and his righteousness (or, his character).
g) Justification identifies a persons
standing in regard to the Law.
Justification does not describe the person's character.
Justification |
Sanctification |
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Difference between forgiveness
and justified: You can have a debt
cancelled and be forgiven. Or, you can have someone pay your debt and your
character is justified.
Freely is seen when someone
very poor wants to pay someone who is very rich for a sandwich. The very rich king is so rich he doesn't sell
things. He either keeps them or gives
them away.
Romans 3:25
on WHOM proeqeto o SET FORTH qeoV GOD ilasthrion A MERCY
SEAT dia thV
THROUGH pistewV FAITH en tw IN autou HIS aimati BLOOD, eiV FOR A endeixin SHOWING
Romans 3:26
en IN th
THE anoch FORBEARANCE
tou OF qeou GOD
proV FOR [THE] endeixin SHOWING
FORTH thV
OF dikaiosunhV RIGHTEOUSNESS
autou
HIS en IN tw THE nun PRESENT kairw TIME, eiV to FOR einai
BEING auton HIS dikaion JUST
kai AND dikaiounta
JUSTIFYING
ton HIM THAT
[IS] ek OF THE pistewV
FAITH ihsou OF JESUS.
Romans 3:27
pou WHERE oun THEN [IS] h THE kauchsiV BOASTING? exekleisqh IT WAS
EXCLUDED. dia THROUGH poiou
WHAT nomou LAW? twn
OF ergwn WORKS? ouci
NO, alla BUT
dia THROUGH nomou
A LAW pistewV OF FAITH.
Romans 3:28
logizomeqa WE RECKON oun THEREFORE pistei BY FAITH dikaiousqai TO BE
JUSTIFIED anqrwpon A MAN cwriV
APART
FROM ergwn WORKS nomou OF LAW.
Romans 3:29
h OF ioudaiwn JEWS o [IS HE] THE qeoV GOD monon ONLY? ouci de AND NOT kai ALSO eqnwn OF
GENTILES? nai YEA, kai ALSO eqnwn OF GENTILES:
Romans 3:30
epeiper SINCE
INDEED eiV o
ONE qeoV GOD [IT IS] oV WHO dikaiwsei WILL JUSTIFY [THE] peritomhn CIRCUMCISION ek BY pistewV FAITH, kai AND akrobustian
UNCIRCUMCISION dia
thV THROUGH
pistewV FAITH.
Romans 3:31 nomon
LAW oun THEN
katargoumen DO WE
MAKE OF NO EFFECT dia thV
THROUGH pistewV FAITH? mh MAY genoito IT NOT BE! alla BUT nomon LAW istwmen
WE ESTABLISH