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NASB | Psalm 14:5 There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 14:5 There they tremble with great fear, For God is with the [consistently] righteous generation. |
Subject: Psalms 14 and Romans 3 |
Bible Note: John, You said: "My own interpretation is that the generation of the righteous refers to believers. The true children of Abraham who were accounted righteous on the basis of faith. Rom 4:13 "For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith."" I think you are right on the money here. But if there is a generation of the rightoeus among the Jews, then also among the Gentiles since 3:9 lumps them together. Of course we also remember that Abraham was a Gentile and had Gentile offspring. But how would the faith of Abraham and his offspring be manifested other than by "the obedience of faith," and all this before the Law and any "works of the Law" were delivered? By grace to be sure, flowing from the atonement of Christ, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. But grace is a gift that, once accepted, produces a fruitful obedient faith, without "works of the Law," but with works of faith that manifests the righteousness of faith by God's grace in Christ. What do you think? Emmaus |