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| Chapter XXXII.—We are justified not by our own works, but by faith.
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Chapter XXXII.—We are justified not
by our own works, but by faith.
Whosoever will candidly consider each
particular, will recognise the greatness of the gifts which were given by
him.130
| 130 The meaning is here
very doubtful. Some translate “the gifts which were given to Jacob
by Him,” i.e., God. | For from him131
| 131 MS. αὐτῶν,
referring to the gifts: we have followed the emendation αὐτοῦ, adopted by most
editors. Some refer the word to God, and not Jacob.
| have sprung the priests and all the Levites who minister at the
altar of God. From him also [was descended] our Lord Jesus Christ
according to the flesh.132
From him [arose]
kings, princes, and rulers of the race of Judah. Nor are his other tribes
in small glory, inasmuch as God had promised, “Thy seed shall be as
the stars of heaven.”133
All these, therefore, were highly
honoured, and made great, not for their own sake, or for their own works,
or for the righteousness which they wrought, but through the operation of
His will. And we, too, being called by His will in Christ Jesus, are not
justified by ourselves, nor by our own wisdom, or understanding, or
godliness, or works which we have wrought in holiness of heart; but by
that faith through which, from the beginning, Almighty God has justified
all men; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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