Romans 4:6 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 4:6

And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,

KJV

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (253)

After these things, as if for the confirmation of his statement which he had made — "But to him who does not work, yet believes in him who justifies the ungodly, faith is reckoned unto righteousness" — he takes up a testimony from the Psalms and says: "As David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God accounts righteousness without works: Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

So David also - David is fitly introduced after Abraham, because be also received and delivered down the promise. Affirmeth - A man is justified by faith alone, and not by works. Without works-That is, without regard to any former good works supposed to have been done by him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Saying, Blessed, &c.-- (Ps 32:1, 2). David here sings in express terms only of "transgression forgiven, sin covered, iniquity not imputed"; but as the negative blessing necessarily includes the positive, the passage is strictly in point.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καθάπερ	kathaper	just as	G2509 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
Δαυὶδ	Dauid	David	G1138 →
λέγει	legei	declares	G3004 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
μακαρισμὸν	makarismon	blessedness	G3108 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπου	anthrōpou	man	G444 →
ᾧ	hō	to whom	G3739 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
λογίζεται	logizetai	credits	G3049 →
δικαιοσύνην	dikaiosunēn	righteousness	G1343 →
χωρὶς	chōris	apart from	G5565 →
ἔργων·	ergōn	works:	G2041 →

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
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.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:8–9
  For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- Titus 3:4–5
  But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Ephesians 1:3–4
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
Through
1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
leads to
- Ephesians 1:7
  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- 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.
- Romans 8:1
  Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 1:2
  To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their…
Through
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.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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