Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Romans 4:5

JustificationFaithGrace

3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

4 Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.

However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

6 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

7 “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
KJV
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
WEB
But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
ASV
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
DARBY
but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.
BLB
But to the one not working but believing on the One justifying the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness,
ÅB
Men den som ikke arbeider, men tror på ham som rettferdiggjør den ugudelige, for ham regnes troen til rettferdighet.
OTB
Men for den som ikke arbeider, men tror på Ham som rettferdiggjør den ugudelige, blir hans tro regnet som rettferdighet.
B1930
den derimot som ikke har gjerninger, men tror på ham som rettferdiggjør den ugudelige, ham regnes hans tro til rettferdighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Philippians 3:9

    and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

    Read in context

  • Romans 3:22

    And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

    Read in context

  • Titus 3:3–7

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

    Read in context

  • Romans 10:9–10

    that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

    Read in context

  • Galatians 3:8–14

    The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

    Read in context

  • Romans 10:3

    Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

    Read in context

  • Galatians 2:16–17

    know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

    Read in context

  • 1 Corinthians 6:9–11

    Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

    Read in context