Romans 4:4-8

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⁴Now to the one who works,^(A) pay is not credited as a gift, but as something owed. ⁵But to the one who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly,^(B) his faith is credited for righteousness.

David Celebrating the Same Truth

⁶Likewise, David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

⁷Blessed are those whose lawless acts are forgiven
and whose sins are covered.
⁸Blessed is the person
the Lord will never charge with sin.^[a]^(C)

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Footnotes

4:7–8 Ps 32:1–2

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