The Promise Realized Through Faith
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Rom 4:22
And therefore it... Meaning because of his genuine faith.
Righteousness is not earned but received by faith. We are made righteous in God’s sight when we are washed in the blood of the Lamb.
Paul concluded his illustration about Abraham by saying, This is why (dio kai, “wherefore also”) it was credited to him as righteousness. Abraham’s response of faith to God and God’s promise to him was the human requirement for God’s justifying Abraham, for God’s declaring that Abraham stood righteous before Him. No wonder God credited such faith with righteousness!
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