us [is not obligatory] on the same principle [grounds] as it was [when] given by Moses. In the New Testament we have abso- lutely no works of the law without [independently of] grace ; for the law confers no strength. It is not without good reason, that Paul, when he mentions works , so often adds, of the law ; for it was on these that his opponents were relying : and were ignorant of those better works, which flow as results from faith and justification. — ou d/xouutiijffsra,/, shall not he justified) on the signification of this word, see Luke vii. 35. In the writings of Paul at least, the judicial meaning is quite manifest, ver. 19, 24, etc., ch. iv. 5, taken in connection with the context. Con- cerning the future tense, comp. v. 30, note. — vatu <ra pg, all flesh) synonymous with the world , ver. 19, but with the accompanying notion implied of the cause : the world with its righteousness is flesh ; therefore it is not justified [by works flowing] out of itself. — ivwKiov avrovj in His sight) ch. iv. 2, ii. 29. — vo^ov, law) which was given for that very purpose. — the knowledge of sins does not justify by itself, but it feels and confesses the want of righteousness. — pr/ag, of sin) Sin and righteousness are directly and commensurately opposed to each other [ade- quate ; so that one on its side is exactly commensurate -with the other on its side] ; but sin implies both guilt and depravity ; therefore righteousness denotes the reverse of both. Righteous- ness is more abundant, ch. v. 15, 17. Apol. A. C. says well, Good works in the saints are the fruits of [appertain to] righte- ousness, and are pleasing on account of faith ; on this account they are the fulfilling of the law. Hence dixaiovv is to make a man righteous, or in other words, to justify ; a notion quite in accord- ance with the form of the verb in ow : nor is there any difficulty in the derivative verb, but in hixatog. He then, who is justified, is brought over [translated] from sin to righteousness, that is, from guilt or criminality to a state of innocence, and from de- pravity and corruption to spiritual health. Nor is there a homonymy,1 or twofold idea, [when by analogy things different by nature are expressed by one word], but a signification at once simple, and pregnant in the terms sin and righteousness , the same as also everywhere prevails in the term a <ps<fig, forgiveness ,
1 See Appendix.