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James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:24

ATONEMENT‘Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.’ Romans 3:24 This verse and those which follow it are a full statement of the way of salvation. I. The source of salvation.—Our salvation is to be attributed not to works of righteousness we have done, but to the free, undeserved grace of God. There is grace—( a) In the provision made for our salvation ( 2 Timothy 1:9).( b) Grace in its application ( Ephesians 2:8; Romans 4:4), first, in our... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:26

JUSTIFICATION‘That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.’ Romans 3:26 This text brought peace to the mind of Cowper the poet. It suggests— I. The source of our justification.—Salvation has its origin in the grace of God. Only when we understand the heinousness of sin are we in a position to magnify His grace. II. The manner of our justification.—‘Freely by His grace’—without condition, unmerited, unbought. Yet this is the pardon against which natural heart... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:9-20

Both Jew And Gentile Are In The Same Position. All Are Under Sin (3:9-20). Paul does not want any of his readers to think therefore that this puts them in a better position than the Jews, for as he has already demonstrated they are all ‘under sin’. So he continues to underline that fact by the citing of a miscellany of their own Scriptures, coming finally to the conclusion that the whole world is under judgment, and therefore guilty in the eyes of God. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:19

‘Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God,’ The main emphasis here is on the Law as representing the Scriptures (it includes the citations above which come from the Psalms and Isaiah). But that it applies also to Gentiles is because the law that they have written in their hearts (Romans 2:14) can be seen as coming from the same source, that is, from God. In... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:19-20

Thus The Law Ensures That All Are Found Guilty Before God (3:19-20). The consequence of all that has been described is that all men without exception are found by ‘the Law’ (the Scriptures) to be guilty before God. There is none righteous, no not one. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:20

‘Because by the works of the law will no flesh be justified (accounted as in the right) in his sight, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.’ And this results from the fact that no flesh can be seen as ‘accounted as in the right’ in His sight by keeping ‘the works of the Law’, simply because no man can achieve the perfection required. Such a position cannot be achieved by observing the works of the Law (works done in obedience to the Law) for the simple reason that no one can keep them... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:21

‘But now apart from the law a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets,’ This righteousness of God that God has provided is apart from the Law. It is not obtained as a result of observing the Law. It has no connection with the Law. And yet it has been made clear by both the Law and the prophets (the Old Testament Scriptures). And in the prophets this righteousness of God transcends the Law for it is on a par with God’s own righteousness. It is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:21-31

God Has Provided A Way By Which Men Can Be Accounted As In The Right Before God (3:21-4:25). Paul has spent a considerable time, from Romans 1:18 onwards, in demonstrating that all are under sin (weighed down under it and condemned by it). And he has shown that this includes the common herd of idolaters (Romans 1:18-27); the generality of people (Romans 1:28-32); those who for one reason or another see themselves as above the norm (philosophers, judges, Rabbis, Jews - Romans 2:1-16); and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:22

‘Even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them who believe, for there is no distinction,’ And this righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. The reason for adding ‘to all who believe’ is in order to include the Gentiles. ‘Faith in Jesus the Messiah’ may well otherwise have been seen as exclusive to the Jews. But here it is made clear that it is for all. And this is so, whether they be Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:23

‘For all have sinned, and are falling short of the glory of God,’ The reason why this righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ is necessary is now given. It is because, as had been demonstrated in Romans 1:18 to Romans 3:20, all have sinned and are continually revealing it by falling short of the glory of God. Note the change of tense. All ‘have sinned’ (compare Romans 5:12), thus being in a state of sin, and they are now continually falling short of His glory. Here the ‘all’ is... read more

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