Rom 1:3 | JFB | STEP | 3, 4. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord —the grand burden of this "Gospel of God." made of the seed of David —as, according to "the holy scriptures," He behooved to be. (See on ). according to the flesh —that is, in His human nature (compare ); implying, of course, that He had another nature, of which the apostle immediately proceeds to speak.

Romans 1:3

3, 4. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord—the grand burden of this "Gospel of God."

made of the seed of David—as, according to "the holy scriptures," He behooved to be. (See on Mt 1:1).

according to the flesh—that is, in His human nature (compare Ro 9:5; Joh 1:14); implying, of course, that He had another nature, of which the apostle immediately proceeds to speak.