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Meanwhile, he is the father of those who are circumcised, as long as they do not merely take their stand on circumcision, but follow in the steps of that faith which he, our father Abraham, had before circumcision began. (Romans 4, 12)
It was not through obedience to the law, but through faith justifying them, that Abraham and his posterity were promised the inheritance of the world.✻ (Romans 4, 13)
The inheritance, then, must come through faith (and so by free gift); thus the promise is made good to all Abraham’s posterity, not only that posterity of his which keeps the law, but that which imitates his faith. We are all Abraham’s children; (Romans 4, 16)
he shewed no hesitation or doubt at God’s promise, but drew strength from his faith, confessing God’s power, (Romans 4, 20)
But here, as if God meant to prove how well he loves us, it was while we were still sinners (Romans 5, 8)
The law intervened, only to amplify our fault; but, as our fault was amplified, grace has been more amply bestowed than ever; (Romans 5, 20)
she will be held an adulteress if she gives herself to another man during her husband’s lifetime, but once he is dead she is quit of his claim, and can give herself to another man without adultery. (Romans 7, 3)
Does this mean that law and guilt are the same thing? God forbid we should say that. But it was only the law that gave me my knowledge of sin; I should not even have known concupiscence for what it is, if the law had not told me, Thou shalt not covet. (Romans 7, 7)
But the sense of sin, with the law’s ban for its foothold, produced in me every sort of concupiscence. Without the law, the sense of sin is a dead thing. (Romans 7, 8)
My own actions bewilder me; what I do is not what I wish to do, but something which I hate. (Romans 7, 15)
meanwhile, my action does not come from me, but from the sinful principle that dwells in me. (Romans 7, 17)
Of this I am certain, that no principle of good dwells in me, that is, in my natural self; praiseworthy intentions are always ready to hand, but I cannot find my way to the performance of them; (Romans 7, 18)
