Romans 4:1

The Illustration of Justification

4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ¹  has discovered regarding this matter? ² 

Romans 4:3

4:3 For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited ³  to him as righteousness.” ⁴ 

Romans 8:31

8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 9:19

9:19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”

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¹ tn Or “according to natural descent” (BDAG 916 s.v. σάρξ 4).

² tn Grk “has found?”

³ tn The term λογίζομαι (logizomai) occurs 11 times in this chapter (vv. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24). In secular usage it could (a) refer to deliberations of some sort, or (b) in commercial dealings (as virtually a technical term) to “reckoning” or “charging up a debt.” See H. W. Heidland, TDNT 4:284, 290-92.

⁴ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.