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Rom 4:3. Γὰρ, for) This word is to be referred to but not.-ἡ γραφή, the Scripture) The word Scripture is elegantly used. Moses does not speak in this passage, comp. ch. Rom 10:5.-ἐπίστευσε δὲ Ἀβραὰμ, κ.τ.λ.), Gen 15:6, lxx., καὶ ἐπίστευσεν Ἄβραμ, κ.τ.λ. believed in the promise of a numerous seed, and especially of the seed Christ, the seed of the woman, in whom all the promises are yea and amen, and on whose account a numerous seed had been desired.-ἐλογίσθη) λογιζεσθαι, to number, to estimate, to consider, to reckon, signifies here the act of a gracious will. It is repeated in this passage with great effect: ἐλογίσθη, the passive, as λογίζεται, Rom 4:4-5, is reckoned. Heb.; He reckoned it to him, namely, the fact [of his believing] or his faith; for this is to be supplied from the verb immediately preceding, believed.-εἰς) So ch. Rom 2:26 [counted for]; Act 19:27, notes.