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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. Just as the believing Abraham was accounted righteous, so believing men who are the spiritual seed of Abraham, are also accounted righteous.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So then they which be faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For as many as are of the works of the law,.... The apostle does not say, "as many as were of the law", to whom it belonged, who were born and brought up in it, and to whom it was given, the Jews; for there were some of them who believed in Christ, were blessed with Abraham, and not under the curse of the law; nor does he say, "as many as do the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, which are written in the book of the law to do them. That is all that Moses can say to you, and all that the Old Testament can reveal to you. Apart from faith in Christ, all its rites and ceremonies, all its laws and precepts, if you are resting in them, can only land you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Can any man perfectly keep the whole law of God? Has any man ever continued in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them? No; and,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But that no man is justified,.... There are some that are justified, as all God's elect are, in his own mind and will from eternity; which will of his to justify them, upon the righteousness of his Son, undertook by him to bring in, is their justification in the court of heaven; and all that believe in Christ are openly and manifestly justified in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. Here Paul quotes again from the Old Testament Scriptures: “The just shall live by faith.” Even the just man lives by faith; then, how can you who are not just expect to live in any other way?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that no man is justified by the law, in the sight of God is evident: for the just shall live by faith. This passage is again and again repeated in the Scriptures: “The just shall live by faith.” There are no other just men living, there cannot be any other just men living, but those that live by faith.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. Scripture lays it down as a rule, that justified men live by faith; if this be the rule, then certainly they do not live by works.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the law is not of faith,.... The Arabic version adds, "but of man"; which as it is an addition to the text, so it contains false doctrine; for though the law is not of faith, yet not of man, but of God; the law does not consist of faith in Christ, nor does it require it, and that a man should live by it upon his righteousness; it is the Gospel...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. The very spirit of law is the spirit of works; and as life only comes by faith, it cannot come by the works of the law, for they are not of faith. Now comes the gospel, clear and bright, like the sun rising out of a thick fog.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. The law demands doing, the gospel enjoins believing. The believing man comes in as an heir of the blessing, but, the man who trusts to his own doing is an heir of the curse.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the law is not of faith : but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. The law says nothing about faith; it speaks only about doing: “Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. So that the justified man is not justified by the law, but by faith. He standeth before God, not in what he does, not even in what the Spirit enables him to do; his own prayers, and tears, and communings with Christ, his own labours, his earnest and indefatigable...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,.... The Redeemer is Christ, the Son of God; who was appointed and called to this work by his Father, and which he himself agreed to; he was spoken of in prophecy under this character; he came as such, and has obtained eternal redemption, for which he was abundantly qualified; as man, he was a near...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: Here is substitution; what else can the words mean? Christ hung on a tree for us, bearing our curse, in our room, and place, and stead.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: What a wonderful doctrine this is! We should have hesitated to use such language as this had not the Holy Spirit himself moved Paul to write that Christ was “made a curse for us.” He who is most blessed for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: There is the key of the mystery. Christ is our Substitute. He fulfilled the law’s demands by his perfect obedience, and he suffered the law’s utmost penalty by his death upon the cross; and, now, all those...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. We were all under the curse of the law, but Christ voluntarily took...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That the blessing of Abraham,.... The same blessing Abraham enjoyed, even justification by the righteousness of Christ; and what was promised to Abraham, that in him, his seed, that is Christ, the Gentiles should be blessed, or justified; for though this blessing may in general comprise every spiritual blessing, yet it chiefly regards that of...