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 Living Translation (NLT)David also spoke of this when he described the happiness of those who are declared righteous without working for it:

Context of Romans 4:6

4Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. 5But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: 7“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; 8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

Romans 4:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even asκαθάπερkathaper · just asG2509
• DavidΔαυείδ, Δαυίδ, ΔαβίδDabid · DavidG1138
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• describethλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• the blessednessὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the blessednessμακαρισμόςmakarismos · blessednessG3108
• of the manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• unto whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• imputethλογίζομαιlogizomai · to countG3049
• righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
• withoutχωρίςchōris · withoutG5565
• worksἔργονergon · workG2041

Cross-references for Romans 4:6

• Romans 4:9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
• Deuteronomy 33:29Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, The shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their high places.”
• Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
• Psalms 112:1Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who delights greatly in His commandments.
• Psalms 146:5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, 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 3:8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.”
• Galatians 4:15What then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own 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 still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also,
• Romans 1:17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
• Romans 3:22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;
• Romans 5:18Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
• Isaiah 45:24He shall say, ‘Surely in the Lord I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him.
• Isaiah 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 22:6For thus says the Lord to the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to Me, The head of Lebanon; Yet I surely will make you a wilderness, 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
• Flesh
• Impute
• Justification
• Quicken
• Raise
• Reckon
• Stagger
• Unbelief

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