Romans 4:6

Romans 4:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
• New International Version (NIV)David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
• English Standard Version (ESV)just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
• New King James Version (NKJV)just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:

Context of Romans 4:6

4Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered. 8Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”

Romans 4:6 word by word

καθάπερ καὶ Δαυὶδ λέγει τὸν μακαρισμὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ᾧ ὁ θεὸς λογίζεται δικαιοσύνην χωρὶς ἔργων·Read the interlinear

• justκαθάπερkathaper · just asG2509
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• speaksλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• of the blessingμακαρισμόςmakarismos · blessednessG3108
• on the manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• to whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• creditsλογίζομαιlogizomai · to countG3049
• righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
• apartχωρίςchōris · withoutG5565
• from worksἔργονergon · workG2041

Cross-references for Romans 4:6

• Romans 4:9Is this blessing then on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, “Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”
• Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel; Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, Who is the shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! So your enemies will cringe before you, And you will tread upon their high places.”
• Psalms 1:1How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
• Psalms 112:1Praise the Lord! How blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who greatly delights in His commandments.
• Psalms 146:5How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
• Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Galatians 3:8The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”
• Galatians 4:15Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
• Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
• Romans 4:11and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them,
• Romans 1:17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.”
• Romans 3:22even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;
• Romans 5:18So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.
• Isaiah 45:24They will say of Me, ‘Only in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’ Men will come to Him, And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.
• Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 22:6For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, Like the summit of Lebanon; Yet most assuredly I will make you like a wilderness, Like cities which are not inhabited.

Commentaries on Romans 4:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Even as David also, etc. - David, in Psalm 32:1, Psalm 32:2, gives us also the true notion of this way of justification, i.e. by faith, without the merit of works, where he says: -Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Even as David - The apostle having adduced the example of Abraham to show that the doctrine which he was defending was not new, and contrary to the Old Testament, proceeds to adduce the case of David also; and to show that he understood the same doctrine of justification without works. Describeth - Speaks of. The blessedness - The happiness; or the desirable state or condition. Unto whom God imputeth righteousness - Whom God treats as righteous, or as…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. David also describeth--"speaketh," "pronounceth." the blessedness of the man unto whom the Lord imputeth righteousness without works--whom, though void of all good works, He, nevertheless, regards and treats as righteous.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 4:6

• Abraham
• Bigotry
• Catholicity
• Faith
• Justification
• Salvation
• Works

In the dictionaries

• David
• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Flesh
• Impute
• Justification
• Quicken
• Raise
• Reckon
• Stagger

Commentaries on Romans 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings