Romans 4:23-25 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;… A man is denominated righteous as a wall may be esteemed red or green. Now that comes to pass two manners of ways — either by the colour inherent and belonging to the wall itself, or by the same colour in some diaphanous, transparent body, as glass, which, by the beam of the sun shining on the wall, doth externally affect the same as if it were its own, and covers that true inherent colour which it hath of itself. In like manner, by the strict covenant of the law, we ought to be righteous from a righteousness inherent in and performed by ourselves; but in the new covenant of grace we are righteous by the righteousness of Christ, which shineth upon us, and presenteth us in His colour unto the sight of His Father. Here, in both covenants, the righteousness from whence the denomination groweth is the same, namely, the satisfying of the demands of the whole law; but the manner of our right and property thereunto is much varied. In the one we have right unto it by law, because we have done it ourselves; in the other we have right unto it only by grace and favour, because another man's doing of it is bestowed upon us and accounted ours. (G. H. Salter.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;WEB: Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone, |
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