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butἀλλὰalsoκαὶfor the sake ofδι’us,ἡμᾶςto whomοἷςit willμέλλειbe counted,λογίζεσθαιwhoτοῖςbelieveπιστεύουσινinἐπὶhim whoτὸνraisedἐγείρανταJesusἸησοῦνour Lordτὸν κύριον ἡμῶνfromἐκthe dead,νεκρῶν
Romans 4:24
Study it in the app“but also for the sake of us, to whom it will be counted, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,”
He was handed over for our faults and raised to declare us righteousThe Resurrection
With the Greek beneath
Romans 4:24, word by word
- it willμέλλειmellei
be about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellei” appears- be countedλογίζεσθαιlogizesthai
reckon
To put something to someone's account: "it was reckoned as righteousness".
Where else “logizesthai” appears- believeπιστεύουσινpisteuousin
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuousin” appears- raisedἐγείρανταegeiranta
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egeiranta” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears- our Lordκύριονkyrion
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrion” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears
The context
23But it was not written for the sake of him alone that it was counted to him,
24 · This verse (above)
25who was handed over for our trespasses and was raised for our declaration of righteousness.
To study Romans 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say happened to Abraham when he believed God? (vv. 3, 20-22)
2. What it means
Why does Paul use the example of Abraham to speak of faith? What does he want to show? (vv. 1-3, 9-12)
3. How I live it
Abraham kept trusting although it seemed impossible (vv. 18-21). In what situation is trust hard for you, and what would help you keep hoping?