April 13, 2018 -Romans 3:23-24
FROM
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers:
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers:
(23)
All have sinned and come short.—Strictly, all sinned; the Apostle looking back
upon an act done in past time under the old legal dispensation, without
immediate reference to the present: he then goes on to say that the result of
that act (as distinct from the act itself) continues on into the present. The
result is that mankind, in a body, as he now sees them, and before they come
within the range of the new Christian system, fall short of, miss, or fail to
obtain, the glory of God.
All have sinned and come short.—Strictly, all sinned; the Apostle looking back
upon an act done in past time under the old legal dispensation, without
immediate reference to the present: he then goes on to say that the result of
that act (as distinct from the act itself) continues on into the present. The
result is that mankind, in a body, as he now sees them, and before they come
within the range of the new Christian system, fall short of, miss, or fail to
obtain, the glory of God.
Glory
of God.—What is this glory? Probably not here, as in Romans 8:18; Romans 8:21,
the glory which will be inaugurated for the saints at the Parusià, or Second
Coming of the Messiah—for that is something future—but, rather, something which
is capable of being conferred in the present, viz., the glory which comes from
the favour and approval of God. This favour and approval Jew and Gentile alike
had hitherto failed to obtain, but it was now thrown open to all who became
members of the Messianic kingdom. (Comp. for the sense, Romans 2:29, and for
the use of the word, as well as the sense, John 12:43, “they loved the praise
[glory] of men more than the praise [glory] of God.”)
of God.—What is this glory? Probably not here, as in Romans 8:18; Romans 8:21,
the glory which will be inaugurated for the saints at the Parusià, or Second
Coming of the Messiah—for that is something future—but, rather, something which
is capable of being conferred in the present, viz., the glory which comes from
the favour and approval of God. This favour and approval Jew and Gentile alike
had hitherto failed to obtain, but it was now thrown open to all who became
members of the Messianic kingdom. (Comp. for the sense, Romans 2:29, and for
the use of the word, as well as the sense, John 12:43, “they loved the praise
[glory] of men more than the praise [glory] of God.”)
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