“But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;”
But for us also. It will be credited to us—his people, to whom God will credit righteousness—those of us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. The direct application: believers in Christ inherit Abraham's justification pattern. Faith in God who raised Jesus from the dead becomes the modern form of Abraham's faith. The God who gave life to Abraham's deadened body parallels the God who resurrected Christ.
Church Fathers on Romans 4:24
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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