is due, ch. x. 3. [They have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God].
28. A oyi£6/As6a yap) yap for oh, in this sense : So far as regards these things ; for we wished to set it forth as fully proved, that it is by faith , etc. Most copies read oh,1 but it seems to have been repeated from ver. 27, and yap serves the purpose of the argument against boasting, which is now deduced from justification through faith, ver. 22. — by faith) Luther, allein durch den glauben ; by faith alone, or rather only by faith, as he himself explains, T. Y. Jen. f. 141. Arith- metically expressed the demonstration stands thus : —
The matter in dispute involves two elements,
Faith and Works, ... . 2
Works are excluded, ... . 1
Faith alone remains, . .. .. 1
If one be subtracted from two, one remains [comp. ch. xi. 6]. So the /xovov, only, is expressed at ver. 29 ; and so the lxx. added /xovov, only in Deut. vi. 13, in accordance with [to com- plete] the Sense : with which comp. Matt. iv. 10. The Yulgate has solum, only, Job xvii. 1, etc., cr/Vrs/ /aovti, by faith alone, Basil., horn. 22, On Humility. In short, James, in discussing this very subject, and refuting the abuse of the doctrine of Paul, adds povov, only , ch. ii. 24. [And, in fact, volumes are on sale, abounding with testimonies of persons who used the word allein, only, before the time of Luther — Y. g.] Justification takes place through faith itself, not in so far as it is faith [not in the fact of its being faith ; as if there were merit in itself] or a work of the law, but, in so far as it is faith of Christ, laying hold of Christ ; that is, in so far as it has in it something apart from the works of the Law. Gal. iii. 12. [Take care , however, lest this point should be misunderstood. Faith alone justifies ; but it neither is , nor does it remain alone ; it is constantly work- ing inwardly and outwardly • — Y. g.] — avdpumv) any man
whatever, Jew and Greek, with which comp, the following verse. So avdpwKog, a man, 1 Cor. iv. 1.
1 BC and both Syr. Versions with Rec. Text oh. But AAGj^ Vulg. and Memph. Vers, read yap. — Ed.