Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The Scripture (h grafh). Genesis 15:6.
Was justified by works (ec ergwn edikaiwqh). Condition of first class, assumed as true for the sake of argument, though untrue in fact. The rabbis had a doctrine of the merits of Abraham who had a superfluity of credits to pass on to the Jews (Luke 3:8).
But not towards God (all ou prov qeon). Abraham deserved all the respect from men that came to him, but his relation to God was a different matter. He had there no ground of boasting at all.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 4:2:
James 2:21
James 2:24
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