Berean BlueApp preview

John Calvin on Romans 4:22

Commentaries. Browse this work.

Romans4:22

22. And it was therefore imputed, As in a former instance in Romans 4:3, there is no nominative case to this verb: it is supplied by the sentence. This is the case not unfrequently in languages, such as Greek and Hebrew, in which the person is included in the verb itself. There is no nominative in the Welsh version, and there seems to be no need of it, Amhyny y cyvrivwyd iddo yn gyviawnder

“It is most true, as Paul says to the Romans, that by faith Abraham was justified, and not by obedience: but it is just as true what he says to the Hebrews, that it was by faith that Abraham obeyed.” — Chalmers. etc. It becomes now more clear, how and in what manner faith brought righteousness to Abraham; and that was, because he, leaning on God’s word, rejected not the promised favor. And this connection of faith with the word ought to be well understood and carefully remembered; for faith can bring us nothing more than what it receives from the word. Hence he does not become immediately just, who is imbued only with a general and confused idea that God is true, except he reposes on the promise of his favor.

Romans 4:23-25

23. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

23. Non est autem scriptum propter ipsum tantum, imputatum fuisse illi;

24. But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

24. Sed etiam propter nos, quibus imputabitur credentibus in eum, qui excitavit lesum Dominum nostrum ex mortuis:

25. Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

25. Qui traditus fuit propter delicta nostra, et excitatus propter nostram justificationem.

John Calvin, Commentaries, Romans 4:22. Public domain.

Permanent link. Source edition.

Read Romans 4. Compare commentaries on this chapter.

Source and publication rights

Public domain. Public Domain. Source edition.

Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.