Romans 3

Romans 3:10-18

Rom. 3:10-18. “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulcher: with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways: and the way of peace have they not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.” The passages here quoted out of the Old Testament are to prove these things - (1.) That mankind are universally sinful - that everyone is corrupt; that is what is aimed at in Romans 3:10-12. (2.) That everyone is not only corrupt, but everyone totally corrupt in every part; that is aimed at in the verses Romans 3:13-15, where the several parts of the body are mentioned. (3.) That everyone is not only in every part, but corrupt throughout in an exceeding degree, in verses Romans 3:16-18.

Rom. 3:23

Romans 3:23

Rom. 3:23. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” i.e., The glory of the reward, as the phrase signifies, chap. Romans 5:2, “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”

Rom. 3:25-26

Romans 3:25-26

Rom. 3:25, 26. “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time His righteousness; that He might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.” Sins that are past, i.e., that were committed in past ages, before Christ died, as Romans 9:15, “For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” And therefore it follows in Romans 3:26, “To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness; that He might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.” Before, the Apostle was speaking of past ages; the righteousness of God in pardoning their sins then committed was not fully declared, then, in the time, but now it is at “this time.”

Chapters 4-14 Rom. 4:3-4