“God gave Jesus to die for our sins, and he raised him to life, so that we would be made acceptable to God” (Romans 4:25 CEV).
Romans Chapter Four – Epilogue
“In chapter 4, Paul presented several irrefutable reasons why justification is by faith: (1) Since justification is a gift, it cannot be earned by works (vv. 1-8). (2) Since Abraham was justified before he was circumcised, circumcision has no relationship to justification (vv. 9-12). (3) Since Abraham was justified centuries before the Law, justification is not based on the Law (vv. 13-17). (4) Abraham was justified because of his faith in God, not because of his works (vv. 18-25).” (1)
“In this chapter, Paul clearly demonstrated that in no way does the Old Testament contradict the gospel of salvation by grace through faith. Instead the gospel is the fulfillment of the Old Testament, and Abraham – justified through faith – is our pattern.” (2)
“What can we learn from this chapter? The noun faith occurs ten times in this chapter and the corresponding verb believe occurs six times. Together the idea of believing faith is found no less than sixteen times in Romans 4. The words count, reckon, or impute, all of which mean to charge to one’s account, occur eleven times in Romans 4. The word righteousness occurs in one of its forms eight times in this chapter and the corresponding verb justified occurs in one of its forms three times. Together the idea of righteousness is found no less than eleven times in Romans 4. It is significant that, apart from the common words of our language, these three words occur so frequently. The application of Romans 4 is simple: faith imputes righteousness. There isn’t a thing anyone can do to become clothed with God’s righteousness except have faith in Jesus Christ as his Saviour from sin. (3)
“In Rom 4:1-25, Paul presented several irrefutable reasons why justification is by faith: (1) Since justification is a gift, it cannot be earned by works (Rom 4:1-8). (2) Since Abraham was justified before he was circumcised, circumcision has no relationship to justification (Rom 4:9-12). (3) Since Abraham was justified centuries before the Law, justification is not based on the Law (Rom 4:13-17). (4) Abraham was justified because of his faith in God, not because of his works (Rom 4:18-25).” (4)
“Anyone who believes in salvation by works must answer at least three questions: How do you know when you have done enough good works to be saved? How can you ever be sure of your salvation, and if you could save yourself by your good works, why did Jesus die on the cross?” (5)
(1) Witmer, John A. “The Man with Two Countries.” Bibliotheca Sacra 133:532 (October-December 1976) [pg.455]. Quoted in Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Notes on Romans 2026 Edition https://soniclight.com/tcon/notes/html/romans/romans.htm
(2) Guzik, D. (2025, April 3). Enduring Word Bible Commentary Romans Chapter 4. Enduring Word. https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/romans-4/
(3) Edward E. Hindson and Woodrow Michael Kroll, eds., KJV Bible Commentary (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1994), 2227.
(4) John F. Walvoord and Roy B. Zuck, Bible Knowledge Commentary (1983), David C Cook. [Romans 4:25].
(5) Dick Woodward, Mini Bible College Booklet Thirty-Two The Book Of Romans Verse By Verse (part 4) [pg.45] https://mbc.icm.org/