Jaymin Allen
Puritan Board Freshman
A friend asked this query,
"I have a question regarding v. 13, 'For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be justified.'
Is justification, that is, being declared righteous in Christ by God, contingent upon obeying the law?? Is this a case of a Paul/James antinomy (i.e., the seeming contradiction between faith and works)?"
I guess the main issues I'm struggling over are: (1) What presuppositions do I have when resolving the antinomy between Rom. 2:13 and 3:20; and (2) What is the identity of the 'O man' (v. 3), 'one doing good' (v. 7), the 'one who does good' (v. 10), the 'doers of the law' (v. 13), 'Jew...Gentile' (saved or unsaved?; vv. 9, 10, 14)?
What do you guys think?
"I have a question regarding v. 13, 'For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be justified.'
Is justification, that is, being declared righteous in Christ by God, contingent upon obeying the law?? Is this a case of a Paul/James antinomy (i.e., the seeming contradiction between faith and works)?"
I guess the main issues I'm struggling over are: (1) What presuppositions do I have when resolving the antinomy between Rom. 2:13 and 3:20; and (2) What is the identity of the 'O man' (v. 3), 'one doing good' (v. 7), the 'one who does good' (v. 10), the 'doers of the law' (v. 13), 'Jew...Gentile' (saved or unsaved?; vv. 9, 10, 14)?
What do you guys think?