1813、“祂就以此算他为义”表示主在这一刻第一次成为公义。这也可从内义上的思路清楚可知，就内义而言，所论述的主题是主。唯独主为全人类而成为公义，这一点从以下事实可以看出来：唯独祂出于神性之爱，也就是出于对全人类的爱而争战，人类的拯救就是祂在争战中唯一所寻求和渴望的。就其人性或人身本质而言，主并非生来就是公义，而是通过试探的争战和胜利，并且以祂自己的能力如此行而变成公义的。每次祂争战并得胜，这就算祂为义，也就是添加到祂正在成为的公义上，作为它的每次增长，直到祂最终成为纯粹的公义。
一个从人父而生，或从人父的种而生的人当为自己而争战时，不会出于其它任何爱，只会出于爱自己和爱世界，因而不会出于天堂之爱，而是出于地狱之爱争战，因为这就是他从父亲那里获得的自我，以及他通过自己的行为获得的自我之性质。因此，人若以为他凭自己与魔鬼争战，就大错特错了。同样，一个想凭自己的能力使自己成为公义，也就是说，相信仁之良善和信之真理来自他自己，因而凭它们而配上天堂的人，就在违背信之良善和真理而行事和思考。因为信之真理，即真理本身就是：主是进行争战的那一位。那时，他因违背信之真理行事和思考，故将主的东西从主那里夺走，并据为己有；或也可说，把自己置于主的位置，由此将来自地狱的东西置于自己里面。正因如此，这种人渴望在天上成为大的，或最大的；也正因如此，他们错误地以为主与地狱争战是为了可以成为最大的。人的自我就具有这些幻想，这些幻想看似真理，其实恰恰相反。
主降世是为了成为公义，并且唯独祂是公义，先知们也预言了这一点。因此，甚至在祂降临之前就能知道这一点，还能知道祂只有通过被一切邪恶和一切地狱试探，以及对它们所赢得的胜利才能成为公义。如耶利米书：
在祂的日子，犹大必得救，以色列也安然居住。这是祂的名，人必称祂为耶和华我们的义。（耶利米书23:6）
同一先知书：
在那些日子、那时候，我必为大卫使公义的苗裔长起来，祂必在地上施行公平和公义。在那些日子，犹大必得救，耶路撒冷必安然居住；这就是他们将要称呼祂的：耶和华我们的义。（耶利米书33:15，16）
以赛亚书：
祂见无人，竟无一人代求，甚为诧异；祂的膀臂就为祂施行拯救，祂的公义扶持祂。祂穿上公义为铠甲，将拯救的头盔戴在头上。（以赛亚书59:16-17；尤其参看63:3，5）
“祂的膀臂”表示祂自己的能力。正因唯独主是公义，所以耶利米书 （31:23；50:7）也提到“公义的居所”。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1813. And [Jehovah] credited it to him as uprightness means that at that juncture the Lord first came to embody uprightness, as can also be seen from the inner-sense train of thought, which has to do with the Lord.
The Lord alone became the epitome of uprightness, on behalf of the whole human race. The evidence for this is that he alone fought out of divine love, which is love for the whole human race, whose salvation was the one thing he sought (and sought ardently) in his battles.
In respect to his human side, the Lord was not born a model of uprightness, or justice, but became one by fighting his battles and winning them, and doing so under his own power. Every time he fought and won, he was given credit for being upright. That is, it contributed bit by bit to his transformation into a model of justice, until finally he became pure justice.
[2] When those of us born to human parents — of a human father's seed — fight on our own, we are incapable of fighting from any other love than self-love and love of the material world. So we do not then fight from heavenly but hellish love. This is the nature of the self-centeredness we inherit from our parents, as well as that which we develop on our own by the way we live. So if we think we can fight the Devil on our own, we are grossly mistaken.
The same goes for people who try to become virtuous on the strength of their own abilities. These are people who imagine that they generate their own charitable efforts and think up their own religious truth and who therefore see these efforts and this truth as earning them heaven. Such people violate religious goodness and truth in deed and thought, because what religion truly teaches — the truth itself — is that the Lord does the fighting. Because they violate religious truth in deed and thought, they deny the Lord his role and take it for themselves; or to put it another way, they install themselves and their own hellish tendencies in the Lord's place. That is why they want to become great in heaven, or even the greatest there. That is also why they falsely believe the Lord fought the hells to become the greatest. Our self-absorbed point of view carries with it these delusions that seem so true but are exactly the opposite.
[3] The prophets foretold that the Lord would come into the world to become the epitome of uprightness — a role that is his alone — so this could have been known before his Coming. The prophets also revealed that he could not become the epitome of uprightness, or justice, without being tested by all evil and all the hells and winning victories over them. In Jeremiah, for example:
In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live securely, and this is his name that they will call him: Jehovah our justice. (Jeremiah 23:6)
In the same author:
In those days and at that time, I will make an offshoot of justice sprout for David, and he will perform judgment and justice in the land. In those days, Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live securely. And this is what they will call him: Jehovah our justice. (Jeremiah 33:15-16)
In Isaiah:
He looked, and there was no man, and he was astounded that no one was interceding; and his arm achieved salvation for him, and his justice sustained him. And he put justice on like a coat of armor, and a helmet of salvation on his head. (Isaiah 59:16-17; see especially Isaiah 63:3, 5)
His arm stands for his own power.
As the Lord alone embodied justice, he is also called the dwelling place of justice (Jeremiah 31:23; 50:7).
Potts(1905-1910) 1813
1813. He imputed it to him for righteousness. That this signifies that herein the Lord first became righteousness, may also be seen from the connection of things in the internal sense, in which the Lord is treated of. That the Lord alone became righteousness for the whole human race, may be seen from the fact that He alone fought from Divine love, namely, from love toward the whole human race, whose salvation was what in His combats He solely desired and burned for. In regard to His Human Essence the Lord was not born righteousness, but became righteousness through combats of temptations and victories, and this from His own power. As often as He fought and overcame, this was imputed to Him for righteousness, that is, it was added to the righteousness that He was becoming, as a continual increase, until He became pure righteousness. [2] A man who is born of a human father, or of the seed of a human father, when fighting from himself cannot fight from any other love than the love of self and of the world, thus not from heavenly love, but from infernal love, for such is the character of his Own from his father, in addition to the Own acquired by his own conduct. Therefore he who supposes that he fights from himself against the devil is hugely mistaken. In like manner he who desires to make himself righteous by his own powers-that is, to believe that the goods of charity and the truths of faith are from himself, consequently that he merits heaven by them-acts and thinks against the good and truth of faith; for it is a truth of faith, that is, it is the truth itself, that the Lord fights. And therefore because he then acts and thinks against the truth of faith, he takes away from the Lord what is His, and makes what is the Lord's to be his own, or what is the same, he puts himself in the Lord's place, and thereby puts that which is infernal in himself. Hence it is that such men desire to become great, or the greatest, in heaven; and hence it is that they falsely believe that the Lord fought against the hells in order that He might be the greatest. What is man's own is attended with such phantasies,, which appear as if they were truths, but are just the reverse. [3] That the Lord came into the world in order to become righteousness, and that He alone is righteousness, was also foretold by the prophets; and therefore this could have been known before His coming; and also that He could not become righteousness except through temptations, and victories over all evils and all the hells. As in Jeremiah:
In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in confidence, and this is His name whereby they shall call Him, Jehovah our righteousness (Jer. 23:6). In the same:
In those days and in that time will I cause an Offshoot of righteousness to grow onto David, and He shall do judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in confidence; and this is what they shall call Him, Jehovah our righteousness (Jer. 33:15-16). In Isaiah:
He saw, and there was no man; and He wondered that there was none to intercede; and His arm brought salvation unto Him, and His righteousness it upheld Him. And He put on righteousness as a coat of mail, and a helmet of salvation upon His head (Isa. 59:16-17; see especially Isa. 63:3, 5). "His arm" means His own power. Because the Lord alone is righteousness, the "habitation of righteousness" also is mentioned in Jeremiah 31:23; 50:7.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1813
1813. 'He reckoned it to him as righteousness' means that in this the Lord first became righteousness. This too becomes clear from the train of thought in the internal sense, in which the Lord is the subject. That the Lord alone became righteousness for the sake of the whole human race becomes clear from the consideration that He alone has fought out of Divine Love, that is to say, out of love towards the whole human race, whose salvation, that and nothing else, He desired and longed for in His conflicts. The Lord was not born righteousness as regards the Human Essence but became righteousness through the conflicts brought about by temptations and through victories, something He achieved by His own power. And as often as He fought and won the victory, this was reckoned to Him as righteousness, that is, it was added to the righteousness He was becoming, as an increase to it every time, until He became perfect righteousness.
[2] When one who is begotten from a human father, that is, from the seed of a human father, fights for himself, he cannot possibly do so out of any other love than love of self and love of the world, thus not out of heavenly love but out of hellish, for such is the nature of the proprium he possesses from his father in addition to the proprium he has acquired by his own actions. Consequently the person who imagines that he fights the devil from himself is grossly mistaken. So too the person who wishes to make himself righteous by his own powers, that is, to believe that the goods of charity and the truths of faith come from himself, and consequently to merit heaven through them, is acting and thinking contrary to the good and truth of faith. For it is a truth of faith, that is, it is the truth itself, that the Lord is the one who does battle. Thus because he is acting and thinking contrary to a truth of faith, he deprives the Lord of what is His and makes what is the Lord's his own; or what amounts to the same, he replaces the Lord with himself and so with that in himself which is from hell. It is for this reason that people wish to become great or the greatest in heaven, and thus it is that they believe quite wrongly that the Lord fought against the hells so that He might be the greatest. The human proprium has delusions such as these within it which have all the appearance of being truths but which are quite the reverse.
[3] That the Lord came into the world so as to become righteousness, and that He alone is righteousness, was also foretold by the Prophets. Thus it was possible to know of this even before His Coming, and also to know that He could not become righteousness except by means of temptations and victories over all evils and over all the hells, as in Jeremiah,
In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell with confidence. And this is His name which they will call Him. Jehovah our Righteousness. Jer 23:6.
In the same prophet,
In those days and at that time I will cause a shoot of righteousness to sprout forth for David, and he will execute judgement and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell with confidence. And this is what they will call Him, Jehovah our Righteousness. Jer 33:15, 16.
In Isaiah,
He saw and there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor, and His own arm brought salvation to Him, and His righteousness upheld Him. And He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon His head. Isa 59:16, 17.
And see especially Isa 63:3, 5.'His own arm' stands for His own power. Since the Lord alone is righteousness, the expression a habitation of righteousness is also used, in Jer 31:23; 50:7.
Latin(1748-1756) 1813
1813. Quod 'imputavit illud ipsi in justitiam' significet quod Dominus justitia in hoc primum factus, constare quoque potest ex serie rerum in sensu interno, in quo de Domino agitur: quod Dominus solus justitia factus pro universo genere humano, constare potest ex illo quod Ipse solus pugnavit ex Divino Amore, nempe ex amore erga universum genus humanum, cujus salutem in pugnis suis unice desideravit et flagravit. Dominus non natus est justitia quoad Humanam Essentiam, sed factus est justitia per pugnas tentationum et victorias, et hoc ex propria potentia; et quoties pugnavit et vicit, Ipsi hoc imputatum est in justitiam, hoc est, additum justitiae quae fieret, continue ut incrementum, usque dum pura justitia factus. [2] Homo qui a patre homine, seu a semine hominis patris nascitur, nusquam ex alio amore pugnare potest dum ex se, quam ex amore sui et mundi, ita non ex amore caelesti, sed ex infernali; nam proprium ejus a patre, praeter proprium a se actualiter acquisitum, tale est; quare qui putat ex se pugnare contra diabolum, enormiter fallitur; similiter qui se justum facere vult propriis viribus, hoc est, credere quod bona charitatis et vera fidei sint ex semet, consequenter per illa mereri caelum, is contra bonum et verum fidei agit et cogitat; nam verum fidei, hoc est, ipsa veritas est quod Dominus pugnet; sic quia contra verum fidei tunc agit et cogitat, Domino derogat quod Ipsius est, et quod Domini est, suum facit, aut quod idem est, semet loco Domini substituit, ita id apud se quod infernale est; inde est quod velint magni seu maximi fieri in caelo; et inde est quod false credant quod Dominus pugnaverit contra inferna ut maximus esset; proprium humanum secum habet tales phantasias, quae apparent tanquam forent veritates, sed prorsus contrarium est. [3] Quod Dominus in mundum venerit ut fieret justitia, et quod sit solus justitia, etiam a Prophetis praedictum est; ita hoc notum potuit esse ante Adventum Ipsius; tum quod aliter justitia non fieri potuerit quam per tentationes et victorias super omnia mala et omnia inferna; ut apud Jeremiam, In diebus Ipsius salvabitur Jehudah, et Israel habitabit confidenter; et hoc nomen Ipsius, quod appellabunt Ipsum, Jehovah justitia nostra, xxiii 6:apud eundem, In diebus illis, et in tempore illo, germinare faciam Davidi germen justitiae, et faciet judicium et justitiam in terra: in diebus illis salvabitur Jehudah, et Hierosolyma habitabit confidenter: hoc autem quod appellabunt Illum, Jehovah justitia nostra, xxxiii 15, 16:
apud Esaiam, Vidit, et non vir, et obstupuit quod non intercedens, et salutem praestitit Ipsi brachium Ipsius, et justitia ipsius fulcivit Ipsum; et induit justitiam sicut loricam, et galeam salutis super caput Suum, lix 16, (x)17;
videatur imprimis Esai. lxiii 3, 5; 'brachium Ipsius' pro potentia propria: quia Dominus solus justitia, etiam dicitur 'habitaculum justitiae,' Jer. xxxi 23; l 7.