Romans 4:25
who was surrendered to death because of the offences we had committed, and was raised to life because of the acquittal secured for us.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 3:25He it is whom God put forward as a Mercy-seat, rendered efficacious through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness-- because of the passing over, in God's forbearance, of the sins previously committed--
Romans 5:18It follows then that just as the result of a single transgression is a condemnation which extends to the whole race, so also the result of a single decree of righteousness is a life-giving acquittal which extends to the whole race.
Romans 8:32He who did not withhold even His own Son, but gave Him up for all of us, will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
Matthew Henry on Romans 4:24-25
The Case of Abraham. ( a. d. 58.) 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. In the close of the chapter, he applies all to us; and, having abundantly proved that Abraham was justified by faith, he here concludes that his justification was to be the pattern or sampler of ours: It was not… Read the whole commentary →