The Pulpit Commentary — Romans — Section 90

a.nd on a different principle, from thGt of "praise " or "honour," I Thess. ii. 6 is lnw. 'fhe principle of la.w is to onjoin a.ad a.dd11ccd (oi;.,., ('1-r•vv-ru iv dv9p,{,,,,ou 36!a:v); forbid, and to require complete obedience; also Jolin v. 44 (Llo&(u 1rapit a.Jv,:(1>..,,,., >..al'~J.- but Ja.w, even a.a exhibited in the Divine vonH, ~a.l T¾/11 3&!1211 T¾/v_1rapit 'TOV Jl,i)VOIJ e,oii Law of the Jews, ha.a been shown to fail to ob (71"''"•); a.nd eepemo.lly ,John xii. 43, ena.bla man thus to attain to li11<cuo116v11; '!here B&§a. ~. a.a here, followfld by the geni- therefore, e,pe,rt from this exacting principle, t!ve 0,ou Wlthout a.ny connecting preposi- the righteousness of God is now revee,led tion: 'H-y47r7)11a.v -yctp '1'¾,v B&(a.r, -rf;,v dv6pdnrr,,v to man, embracing him in itself. The ua>..>..ov 1)1r,p Tt,11 3&(a.v '1'0110,oii ("the praise of absence of the article before v&µou here, and God," Authorized Version). But, even apart its insertion in the latter clause of the same from the different, a.nd in itself more obnous, verse, where the Mosaic La.w is definitely meaning of the phrase, B&(a. -rou 0,ou, where referred to, is fully explained by what has it OC(,'lll'S elsewhere, it is at least a. question been said a.hove under eh. ii. 13. Being whether in the la.et cited passage it can be witnessed, etc., is introduced parenthetically taken t.o mean praise or honour /ram. God. by way of intimating the,t this manifestation It comes immediately after the quotation of God's righteousness, though "a.part from from lea. vi. 9, etc., followed by " These law," is not in a.ny opposition to the te!lching things ea.id Esaia.s, when he sa.w hi.a glbry of the Law a.nd the prophets, being, in fact, (T¾,v li&(a.v a.ln-ou), and epake of him." Hence anticipated by them. The proof of this the meaning of John xii 43 may probably appears afterwards in eh. iv. be that the persons spoken of loved mundaM Ver. 22.-Even the righteousness of God glory (cf. Matt. iv. 8 ; vi. 29) rather than through faith of J'esua Christ unto ell (and the Di'IJine glory, seen in the vision of fa.ith, upon all is added in the Textus Receptus, manifested to the world in Christ (cf. John but ill supported) them that believe: for i. 14, "We beheld his glory," etc.), and there is no distinotion. We observe that "loved" by those who have not the eyes the expression.here used is not 71 li,a. ,r{11T<.,!, blinded a.nd the heart hardened. So, even but simply li,ct ,r/11.,.• .,s. Thus liu~ ,r[11T•"'s in the previous passage of St. John's Gospel does not naturally connect itself with 1i,- (v. 41, 44), 11 Ii&!<> 11 1ra.pa: ,,.oii 8•ou ma.y denote 1<a.io1161171 ®•011 as defining it, but rather man's participation in the Divine i;lory, with •Is ,rd,11.,.a.s whioh follows, and perhaps rather than praise or honour, while Ii&!<> ra.p.k with reference to the 7rE</Ja.vlp.,.,.a., of ver. 21 lzAA~,_.,., ma.y mean the munda.ne glory con- understood. •The idea., then, may be still that ferred by men on ea.eh other. The..se con- of God's own righteousness, manifested in siderations commend, in the ~ e before Obrist, unto or towards all believers, who us, the interpretation (2) "Signi.ficatur through faith apprehended it a.nd became ipsius Dei viventis gloria, tnlam tribuens sharers in it. When St. Paul elsewhere ( cf. eh. vi. 4) ; a.d quam homini, si nan ~ speaks of the believer's imputed righteous- ca.sset, pa.tuit aditus: sed pecca.tor a.b illo fine ness, hie language is duferen t, so a.s to suo excidit, neque ja.m eum assequitur, neque make his meaning pie.in. Thus eh. iv. 6, gloriam illa.m, qum in illo effulsisset, ullo 91 cl E>•bs Ao-yl(<Ta.< li,,ca.10116111111; iv. 13, li,ct modo tolera.re potest : Heb. xii. 20, et aeq.; li11<a.101161171s ,r/11nr.,s; v. 17, T1)s lio,p•is Tfjs Ps. Jxviii. 2; quo fit ut morti sit obnorius: lill<O.IOl10"71S; ll, 30, lill<0.10110"7111 T¾/11 l,c ,r[,r- na.m gloria et immortalita.s Bllilt synonyma, TEO,S ; Phil. iii. 9, T¾/11 l,c ®•011 li11<a.1ou6117111 et sio mors et corraptio. .Absunt a gloria. Da. l,rl ,,.ii ,r/11.,.... What we contend for is i.e. a. summo fine hominie a.berrorunL At simply this-tho.t the phrase li11ea.101161171 justifi.ca.ti reouperant spam illillll gloria. 8•011 means God's own righteousness, whioh, Yid. omnino c. v. 2, 11, 17; viii. 30, eto.." mo.nifested in the a.toning Christ, embl'llces (Bengel). Further, the sense which the believers, so thnt to them too righteowmass same expression seems evidently to bear in mo.y be imputed (eh. iv. 11). eh. v. 2 of this Epistle is of imporlance for Ver. 23.-ll'or all have sinned, and come our determino.tion of its meaning here. We short of the glory of God. The '' glory of o.re not justified in understanding, with ll)IIlB God," of which a.II men o.re here so.id to oome interpreters. &ny specifio reference to the short (~n,poiivTa.,), he.a been to.ken to mean "image of God" (of. 1 Cor. x:i. 7, ,lo:ilir o:a.1 (1) hQnouT or praise from God. •• Dei fovore Ii&~.. 8•oii tnrd.pxo,v) in which IDWl was et approbutioue ourent" (Schleusner). So crented, o.nd which hl\il been lost by the Fall, dociclodly l\'Coyor, Tholuok, Alford, uud there being nothing to suggest it, or, '_Villi others. In thfa caso 0,oii would bo the ge11. others, e:i:olusiuely to the future glory, Slllce auctoris, which l\Ioyer nrguos is probable the present vunpoun,11 seems to denote e, from its being eo in 0•oii li1,ca.wuJv1). This present defici?ncy. 'f~':I ~cneniJ. o~nceptiu!\ lll'gumo:it (which is not worth much in cmy l\ppenrs suffic1ently pltun m Bengel s a:1.pos1- co.ea) tolls tho other wa.y ff, ns wo hold, it is tio11 nboye given, l\ece>rJing to which " the, not eo iu tho littler phmso. For tho Now glory of God•• m~t\lls the glory .of th~ Divine Toetl1.lllont WIO of 5J(ca in tho sense of rightaollllDe&i (" 9'llllplbrlllll BJU8 virtllll llt  THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE ROMA.NB. [oe. m.1-81,