Romans 4:8
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.
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
9 Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
10 In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
- KJV
- Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
- WEB
- Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
- ASV
- Blessed is the man to whom, the Lord will not reckon sin.
- DARBY
- blessed [the] man to whom [the] Lord shall not at all reckon sin.
- BLB
- blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord shall never reckon sin.”
- ÅB
- Salig er den som Herren ikke tilregner synd.»
- OTB
- Salig er den
som Herren ikke tilregner synd." - B1930
- salig er den mann som Herren ikke tilregner synd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Read in context1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:19–20
that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Read in context1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Read in contextIsaiah 53:10–12
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
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