{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/sco/rom004.htm","path":"bib/cmt/sco/rom004.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/sco/rom004.htm","text":"The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]\nworks\nCompare (Jam 2:24).\nThese are two aspects of one truth. Paul speaks of that which justifies man before God, namely: faith alone, wholly apart from works; James of the proof before men, that he who professes to have justifying faith really has it. Paul speaks of what God sees -- faith; James of what men see -- works, as the visible evidence of faith. Paul draws his illustration from (Gen 15:6) James from (Gen 22:1-19). James' key phrase is \"ye see\" (Jam 2:24) for men cannot see faith except as manifested through works.\nGod\nJehovah. (Gen 15:6).\ncounted\nOr, reckoned, or imputed, that is, put to the account of.\nSee (Plm 1:18); same word:\nrighteousnesss\nSee (Rom 4:5); (Rom 4:6); (Rom 4:9); (Rom 4:11); (Rom 4:13); (Rom 4:22).\nSee (See Scofield) - (Rom 3:21).\nimputed\nOr, reckoned, that is, put to the account of.\niniquites, sins\nSin\n(See Scofield) - (Rom 3:23).\nLord\nJehovah. (Rom 4:7); (Rom 4:8).\nimpute\ntransgression\nraised\nChrist died under our sins (Pe1 2:24); (Co2 5:21) that He was raised and exalted to God's right hand, \"now to appear in the presence of God for us\" (Heb 9:24) is the token that our sins are gone, that His work for us has the divine approbation and that we, for whom He suffered, are completely justified.","title":"The Scofield Bible Commentary: Romans: Romans Chapter 4","type":"page"}