genesis 15

This is my first post on this site, I am excited to get feedback on this topic. As many of you probably know, there is a polemic against the doctrine of justification by faith alone that says that if Abraham was truly justified by faith alone, then Paul in Romans 4 should have cited Genesis 12...

I was reading Vos’ Biblical Theology and he makes a point which hinges on a certain rendering of Gen 15:1. In the KJV (see also NIV and ASV) the reward is God himself “I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward” whereas the ESV (and others) have the reward as distinct from God. The ESV...