3(22) for the righteousness of God through faith of Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction; (23) For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; (24) being justified freely in the grace of Him through the redemption of the Jesus in Christ/Messiah (25) Whom the God set forth to be a propitiation/expiation/mercy seat, through faith, in His blood, unto the proof/sign of the righteousness of Him through the passing over of the sins done aforetime,
See PDF for explanations and interpretations. The Guide for Adventists is not below but in the PDF attached below.
Bernard Weiss 1906 translation of Romans is used here for paraphrasing and explanation by a non-Adventist. His son Johannes Weiss is more known to the scholarly world, only because he tapped into Higher Critical interpretations contrary to his faithful father.
The Nestle Greek New Testament was under his R&D. Bernard was a great scholar and it is a sober scholar for those to whom faith still matters in Bible exposition.
Here are some faithful excerpts from his commentary:
B.
Weiss 1906: 1:1
“As Paul is writing to the congregation in Rome, which he had neither founded nor ever visited, he introduces himself to them
in his official capacity.” B.
Weiss 1906: at 7:11 “For sin, which by the command was called into life, made use of this commandment to deceive him, by representing to him what
was forbidden as something that was desirable and wholesome. The desire for that which was prohibited thus aroused by the command, led him further on in this inner selfcontradiction, with which all
true life ceased.” B. Weiss 1906:
65 at 7:23 Great
Controversy “But this law
is in constant battle with the
law of God, which reason demands that he shall
follow. And the outcome of this struggle is always the
same, namely, that this foreign law takes him captive and
forces him to serve the law of sin, which is that
very law which he finds in his members.” B. Weiss 1906:
65 at 7:23 “With this the proof has been completed from all sides, that through the law we can never attain to this new righteousness of life. For the law can indeed convince reason of the fact that its fulfilment is desh-able, but cannot at all enable us
to accomplish this fulfilment, as it rather only arouses the opposition of our carnal nature against itself and in this way increases sin instead of overcoming it.” B.
Weiss 1906: at 3:26 But He could not show this in the present time by dealing universal punishment to sinners, as this is to be the time of salvation, but only by the establishment of some means of atonement which in His eyes would cover their sins. For He not only purposed to be just, and not suffer sin to go still longer unpunished, nor to leave them without atonement, but to announce their justification. But, if this is the case. He could not visit mankind with a general judgment, for all would then become its victims. Nor could He pronounce those just who were such on the basis of the works of the law, for there were no such persons. He could pronounce a man just only
on the ground of his trust in Jesus, whom He had
sent into the world as a means of redemption. Weiss 1906: 8:4 “Not for the purpose of freeing us from the fulfilment of the will of God, that was revealed in the law, had we been made free of the law, but to make possible this fulfilment through the Spirit, who had come in His place, and who not only reveals to us the will of God, but at the same time, too, invites us to fulfil it.” Weiss 1906: 8:5-6 “Therewith it has then been said, that He will not force us to this. For God does not want an enforced fulfilment of His will. He has sent us His Spirit, who makes this possible ; but whether we in all our conduct will permit Him to direct us or not, is our own affair. Our carnal nature has not been changed thereby. This nature has been delivered from the dominion of sin and can no longer compel us to do the will of sin ; but it retains its own will, which can also take an antagonistic attitude towards God. If then we permit ourselves to be governed in all our doings by this nature, then the demands of the law will not be fulfilled in us. But it is not a matter of decision in individual cases. If our 5 whole being is ruled by the fiesh, then we will seek after that which belongs to our natural peculiarities, that which our selfish and carnal self-will demands, as only those who are already spiritually inclined can also become spiritual-minded. The will of God, which is revealed in the law, however, not only demands that all our efforts shall be directed toward the fulfilment of His will and not toward the fulfilment of our natural self-will ; but He has also made life a condition on the former and death on the latter.” B. Weiss 1906: 8:8 “only God can determine our will to submit itself to His will, and our self-will does not want to be determined by the will of another. Those, however, who find their life's element in their carnal self-will, cannot be pleasing to God. He must be their enemy, and for this reason death must impend over them, which is destined for all who are hostile to God. He, then, who refuses to be guided by the Spirit, without whom there can be no life, again falls under the dominion of sin and of death.” B. Weiss 1906: 8:10 “For to be a Christian means to belong to Christ ; but not only to confess Him and to serve Him, but also to become one with Him.” B. Weiss 1906: 8:11 Resurrection “For a body which He had deemed worthy of being the temple of His Spirit cannot be subject to death for all time. It must, as was the case with the body of Christ, be raised from the dead and be transformed to an imperishable heavenly glory.” B. Weiss 1906: 8:14 “For this is the new thought that the Apostle wants 14 to develop, that this being moved by the Spirit of God, is for us the proof that we are the sons of God. Not as though through our being led by the Spirit we become the children of God. For only the children of God can receive the Spirit and can be led by Him. But as children can be recognized by their likeness to their father, thus, too, we are able to recognize the children of God by the fact that they, being led by His Spirit, become like unto Him and thereby receive all the privileges of the sons of God, and shall later participate in all of His possessions. This results from 15 the kind of Spirit which they have received in baptism.”