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Romans 4:1 KJV
Romans · chapter 4 · verse 1
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?Romans 4:1 · King James Version
Romans 4:1 in context
1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
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Key words (Strong's)
- pertainingkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
- sayereōto utter, speak, sayG2046 →
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Here the apostle proves that Abraham was justified not by works, but by faith. Those that of all men contended most vigorously for a share in righteousness by the privileges they enjoyed, and the works they performed, were the Jews, and therefore he appeals to the case of Abraham their father, and puts his own name to…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8