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Romans 1:16-17;
3:19-31
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of
Spirit:
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III.X.2,
IV.XXII.2,
IV.XXVII.2,
IV.XXXIV.2,
V.XXII.1, Adversus
Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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I.8, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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II.6,
V.1,
V.3,
VI.6, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter
VII, Exhortation to Chastity,
Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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V.13, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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Chapter II,
Chapter VI,
Chapter VII, On
Modesty,
Tertullian
(c. 217) |
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I.22,
I.23,
I.38, Commentary
on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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XI.18,
XII.21, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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Part 7,
On the Incarnation of the Word,
Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318. |
| From
Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545).
Chapter 3. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
Chapter 3.
 | "Therefore this
righteousness which we gain is altogether freely given, for its
foundation is upon those things which we have not done ourselves, but
rather those things which Christ has suffered for our sakes, to deliver
us from sin." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
Chapter 3.
| "Justifying faith
respects Christ as a Saviour, in all his three anointed offices, as
Prophet, Priest, and King; trusting in him, accepting him, and cleaving
to him." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
Chapter
3.
| "It is not possible to
find words that should more absolutely exclude all consideration of our
own works and obedience, or more emphatically ascribe the whole of our
justification to free, unmerited goodness." |
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| "Justification
by Grace," Romans 3:24, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1857.
| "Justification, you
know, is a forensic term; it is employed always in a legal sense. A
prisoner is brought to the bar of justice to be tried. There is only one
way whereby that prisoner can be justified; that is, he must be found
not guilty; and if he is found not guilty, then he is justified—that
is, he is proved to be a just man." |
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| "Justice
Satisfied," Romans 3:26/1 John 1:9, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1859.
| "Until God can be
unjust, and demand two payments for one debt, he cannot destroy the soul
for whom Jesus died." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
Chapter 3.
| "...though justification
is quite gratuitous, it is not a mere fiat of the divine will,
but based on a "Redemption," that is, "the payment of a
Ransom," in Christ's death." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891. Chapter 3
| "Can
God be just, and yet justify the sinner? Only, because justice was fully
satisfied when the sinless Christ died, not for himself, but for his
people. The believer in Christ Jesus, trusting in him, baptized into
Christ, into his death, is in Christ, and Christ hath paid the penalty
for all who are found in him." |
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| "Exposition of Romans
1:1-25," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1892.
| "The gospel tells us
about this living by faith, this believing, this receiving righteousness
through believing, and not through working. This is the sweet story of
the cross, of which Paul was not ashamed." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 3, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
| "We can abandon special
claims based on our achievements (either the principle of achievements or
perhaps achievements focused on the law; 3:27). God's goodness alone is
our hope (3:28). Jew and Gentile are on a level playing field (3:29-30)
and God's generosity is unlimited towards both." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Second Sunday after Pentecost, God's Saving Work in the Letter to the
Romans: Lectionary Texts for the Pentecost Season, Arland J. Hultgren,
Word & World Texts in Context, Luther
Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1993. |
|
"Repeat Offenders,"
Maureen Dallison Kemeza, The Christian Century,
2002. Religion Online.
| "All are sinners -- how did we forget
this? It is not the offices we occupy or the structures of power that
govern our common life that save us. It is God who saves, and God will
save." |
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"Those Who Are
Righteous Shall Live,"
"Justification by
Faith,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
|
"Sin-Talk
in our World," commentary by Ronald Goetz from The Christian
Century, 1990. At Religion Online.
| "Though many of us were raised
in traditions that stressed the depth of our personal sin, we have
generally allowed ourselves to be talked out of it." |
|
| "Righteousness:
It's Not What You Know Or Who You Are (Romans 1:1 - 3:26)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "Many
“Bible believing Christians” think that righteousness is more a
matter of what you know than of what you do. Many think that if they
possess a great deal of knowledge they are righteous before God, even
though they do not practice the truth. God is more interested in what we
do with what we have learned than in mere learning alone." |
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| "The Basis
and Benefits of Justification (Romans 3:27 - 5:21)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "Paul’s
answer is that salvation is offered to all men, whether Jew or Gentile,
and that salvation is always based on faith. There is no distinction
between Jew and Gentile in justification, just as there is no
distinction between Jew and Gentile in condemnation." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Salvation: Divine Therapy," Vigen Guroian, Theology Today, 2004. |
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"Reflections on Salvation and Justification in the New Testament," D.A.
Carson, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1997. |
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"Salvation
by Trust? Reading the Bible Faithfully," Richard B. Hays, The
Christian Century, 1997. At
Religion
OnLine.
| "A trusting hermeneutic is
essential for who believe the word of the resurrection but do not
yet see death made subject to God. The hermeneutics of trust turns
out read to be, on closer inspection, a hermeneutics of death and
resurrection—a way of seeing the whole word through the lens of
the kerygma. Our reliance on God entails a death to common sense,
and our trust is validated only by the resurrection." |
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"Soteriology and Eschatology in Romans," Robert E Longacre & Wilber B
Wallis, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
| "At all events we approach this epistle
not simply as an object of analysis but as a book meant to exercise a
regulative and inspirational effect upon us." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Adeyemi, Femi, "Paul's 'Positive'
Statements about the Mosaic Law," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2007.
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| Augsburger, Myron S., "Justice in
Forgiveness," The Living Pulpit, 2007. (See also
"Atonement," issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 16.2, 2007.)
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| Blackman, Cyril,
"Romans 3:26b: A Question of Translation," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1968.
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| Brindle, Wayne A.,
"'To the Jew First': Rhetoric, Strategy, History or Theology?"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2002.
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| Calhoun, Robert Matthew, "John
Chrysostom on EK PISTEWS EIS PISTIN in Rom. 1:17: A Reply to
Charles L. Quarles," Novum Testamentum, 2006.
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| Campbell, Douglas, A., "Romans 1:17 - A Crux
Interpretum for the PISTIS CHRISTOU Debate," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1994.
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| Campbell, W.S.,
"Romans 3 as a Key to the Structure and Thought of the Letter," Novum
Testamentum, 1981.
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| Carson, D.A., "Reflections on
Salvation and Justification in the New Testament," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 1997.
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| Charry, Ellen T.,
"The Grace of God and the Law of Christ," Interpretation, 2003.
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| Cosgrove, Charles H.,
"Justification in Paul: A Linguistic and Theological Reflection,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1987.
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| Cousar, Charles B.,
"Paul and the Death of Jesus," Interpretation, 1998.
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| Cranfield, C.E.B.,
"'The Works of the Law' in the Epistle to the Romans," Journal for
the Study of the New Testament, 1991.
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| Dockery, David S., "Romans 1:16-17,"
Review & Expositor, 1989.
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| Ekem, John D.K., "A Dialogical Exegesis of Romans
3:25a," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2007.
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| Gaventa, Beverly R., "The Cosmic Power of Sin in Paul's Letter to the Romans,"
Interpretation, 2004. (See also,
Romans, issue focus for
Interpretation, 2004.)
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| Goetz, Ronald, "Sin-Talk in Our
World," The Christian Century, 1990.
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| Guroian, Vigen,
"Salvation: Divine Therapy," Theology Today, 2004.
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| Haddix, James L., "Between Text and Sermon: Romans 3:21-31,"
Interpretation, 2004.
(See also,
Romans, issue focus for
Interpretation, 2004.)
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| Hannah, John D.,
"The Meaning of Saving Faith: Luther's Interpretation of Romans 3:28,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1983.
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| Harless, Hal, "The Cessation of the Mosaic Covenant,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2003.
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| Hays, Richard B.,
"Psalm 143 and the Logic of Romans 3," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1980.
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| Hays, Richard B., "Salvation by
Trust? Reading the Bible Faithfully," The Christian Century,
1997.
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| Hultgren, Arland J., "God's Saving
Work in the Letter to the Romans: Lectionary Texts for the Pentecost
Season," Word & World, 1993.
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| Ito, Akio,
"NOMOS (TON) ERGON and NOMOS PISTEOS: The Pauline Rhetoric and
Theology of NOMOS," Novum Testamentum, 2003.
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| Johnson, Luke Timothy,
"Romans 3:21-26 and the Faith of Jesus," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1982.
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| Leonard, Bill J., "A Place to Believe: Romans
1:16-18," Review & Expositor, 1989.
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| Longacre, Robert E., and Wilber B.
Wallis, "Soteriology and Eschatology in Romans," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
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| Kemeza, Maureen Dallison, "Repeat
Offenders," The Christian Century, 2002.
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| Kim, Johann D.,
"Between Text and Sermon: Romans 1:28-32,"
Interpretation, 2004.
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| Lambrecht, Jan, S.J.,
"Paul's Logic in Romans 3:29-30," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2000.
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| Matlock, R. Barry,
"Dethologizing the PISTIS CHRISTOU Debate: Cautionary Remarks from a
Lexical Semantic Perspective," Novum Testamentum, 2000.
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| Matlock, R. Barry,
"'Even the Demons Believe': Paul and pistis Xristou," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2002.
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| Matlock, R. Barry, "The Rhetoric of
PISTIS in Paul: Galatians 2:16, 3:22, Romans 3:22, and
Philippians 3:9," Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
2007.
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| Owen, Paul L., "The 'Works of the
Law' in Romans and Galatians: A New Defense of the Subjective Genitive,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007.
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| Pederson, Sigfred,
"Paul's Understanding of the Biblical Law," Novum Testamentum,
2002.
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Peterson, Jeffrey, "The Extent of Christian Theological Diversity:
Pauline Evidence," Restoration Quarterly,
2005.
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| Piper, John,
"The Demonstration of the Righteousness of God in Romans 3:25,26,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1980.
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| Reno, R.R.,
"Pride and Idolatry," Interpretation, 2006. (See also,
"No Other Gods," issue focus of Interpretation 60.2, 2006.)
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| Reumann, John,
"The Gospel of the Righteousness of God," Interpretation, 1966.
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| Quarles, Charles L.,
"From Faith to Faith: A Fresh Examination of the Prepositional Series in
Romans 1:17," Novum Testamentum, 2003.
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| Snodgrass, Klyne,
"Spheres of Influence: A Possible Solution to the Problem of Paul and the
Law," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1988.
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| Talbert, Charles H.,
"A Non-Pauline Fragment at Romans 3:24-26?" Journal of Biblical
Literature, 1966.
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| Talbert, Charles H.,
"Paul on the Covenant," Review and Expositor, 1987.
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| Tobin, Thomas H., S.J.,
"Controversy and Continuity in Romans 1:18-3:20," Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1993.
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| Waetjen, Herman C.,
"The Trust of Abraham and the Trust of Jesus Christ: Romans 1:17,"
Currents in Theology and Mission, 2003.
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| Westerholm, Stephen, "The Righteousness of the Law and the Righteousness of Faith in Romans,"
Interpretation, 2004.
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| Yarnell, Malcolm, "Christian
Justification: A Reformation and Baptist View," Criswell Theological
Review, 2005.
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| Reviews:
| Simon J. Gathercole Where Is Boasting?: Early Jewish Soteriology and
Paul's Response in Romans 1-5. Eerdmans, 2002.
|
Review by James P.
Sweeney in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review by Jouette M
Bassler in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003. |
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Review by Sigurd
Grindheim in The Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 2004. |
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Review by Douglas Moo,
Trinity Journal, 2004. |
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| Sermons:
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"Me and
My Shadow,"
"The Penalty Is Too Great for Me to Pay," from a series of sermons on the book of Romans by Pastor
Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Washington. |
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"I
Am Not Ashamed of Jesus Christ,"
"Mother Teresa: Saved by Grace," Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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"A Theology of
Baseball," Nancy Becker,
30 Good
Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1992. |
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| With Children:
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"Pull Yourself Up,"
Talks to Children, Rev. Donald
McCorkindale, Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland. |
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"A Shot in the Arm,"
"We All Make Mistakes,"
and "One at a
Time," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. |
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"God Gives Us Faith and Makes Us Free," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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