Romans 4:15 KJV — MannaFest

Romans 4:15

Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

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ASV

for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

WEB

because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

YLT

for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither is transgression.

DBT

For law works wrath; but where no law is neither [is there] transgression.

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Romans — Paul's gospel set out in order. Four great movements: sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty — closing with sustained calls to service and unity.

Author: Paul the apostle, dictated to Tertius (Rom 16:22)
Date: c. AD 57, from Corinth before the Jerusalem offering

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35 verses on the floor

1 John 3:4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Romans 5:13
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
Romans 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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Or, rather, it points at Christ, the seed here mentioned; compare Gal. iii. 16 , To thy seed, which is Christ. Now Christ is the heir of the world, the ends of the earth are his possession, and it is in him that Abraham was so.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

How the law works wrath he shows very concisely in the latter part of the verse: Where no law is there is no transgression, an acknowledged maxim, which implies, Where there is a law there is transgression and that transgression is provoking, and so the law worketh wrath. Why the promise was made to him by faith; for three reasons,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Therefore, &c.--A general summary: "Thus justification is by faith, in order that its purely gracious character may be seen, and that all who follow in the steps of Abraham's faith--whether of his natural seed or no--may be assured of the like justification with the parent believer."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Because the law - Considered apart from that grace, which though it was in fact mingled with it, yet is no part of the legal dispensation, is so difficult, and we so weak and sinful, that, instead of bringing us a blessing, it only worketh wrath; it becomes to us an occasion of wrath, and exposes us to punishment as transgressors.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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