Romans 4:22 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 4:22

This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

KJV

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (253)

Therefore Abraham "against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations," which were to be as the stars of heaven, not only in multitude but also in brightness; and he, faithfully believing him who promised, "was not," he says, "weakened in faith." What he says, "he was not weakened in faith," seems to me to show that there is a certain weakness in faith. But if there is weakness, there is without doubt also health, as he shows in other places when he says: "Rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This shows why faith is chosen to be the prime condition of our justification, because it is a grace that of all others gives glory to God. 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness - The verse is thus paraphrased by Dr. Taylor: “For which reason God was graciously pleased to place his faith to his account; and to allow his fiducial reliance upon the Divine goodness, power, and faithfulness, for a title to the Divine blessing, which, otherwise, having been an idolater, he had no right to.” Abraham’s strong faith in the promise of the coming Savior, for this was essential to his faith, was reckoned to him for justification: for it is not said that any righteousness, either his own, or that of another, was imputed or reckoned to him for justification; but it, i.e. his faith in God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὸ	dio	Therefore	G1352 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἐλογίσθη	elogisthē	it was credited	G3049 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
εἰς	eis	unto	G1519 →
δικαιοσύνην.¶	dikaiosunēn	righteousness.	G1343 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 4:3
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
leads to
- Genesis 15:6
  Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
- James 2:23
  And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
- Galatians 3:6–8
  So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
- Romans 4:9
  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.
- Romans 4:22–25
  This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Through
Romans 4:6
And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
leads to
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Ephesians 2:8–10
  For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans