“Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;”
The words 'it was credited to him' were written not for him alone. The significance is universal: Abraham's justification by faith is not merely a historical peculiarity but a paradigm for all believers. Scripture's recording of Abraham's faith serves not merely as biography but as theological instruction.
Church Fathers on Romans 4:23
After saying many great things of Abraham, and his faith, and righteousness, and honor before God, lest the hearer should say, What is this to us, for it is he that was justified? He places us close to the Patriarch again. So great is the power of spiritual words. For of one of the Gentiles, one who was recently come near, one who had done no work, he not only says that he is in nothing inferior to the Jew who believes (i.e. as a Jew), but not even to the Patriarch, but…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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