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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now it was not written for his sake alone,.... This was not left on the sacred records, Genesis 15:6, that it was imputed to him; purely on his account, merely for his sake, as an encomium of his faith, and an honourable testimony to it, and for the encouragement of it; though this was doing him a very great honour, and was one design of it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. See the great object of saving faith,-Christ, once dead, has been raised from the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed,.... What was written in the books of the Old Testament, was not written merely on account of them who are the subjects thereof, but for the use, learning, instruction and profit of saints under the New Testament dispensation; and particularly this concerning the pulsation of Abraham's faith for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. May the Lord bless to us our meditation upon this precious portion of his Word! This exposition consisted of readings from Romans 3, and Rom_4:16-25.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Who was delivered for our offences,.... Christ was delivered into the hands of men, and into the hands of justice, and unto death; and he was delivered by men, by Judas, to the chief priests, and by them to Pilate, and by Pilate to the Jews and Roman soldiers to be put to death; and he was also delivered up by his Father into the hands of justice...