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Abraham Justified by Faith

Romans 4:4

In 9 translations

BSB
Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
KJV
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
WEB
Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
ASV
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.
LSV
and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
YLT
and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
DBY
Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:
DRC
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.
GNV
Nowe to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by fauour, but by dette:

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include τό (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τῷ δὲ ἐργαζομένῳ ὁ μισθὸς οὐ λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν ἀλλὰ κατὰ ὀφείλημα·
RP2018
Τῷ δὲ ἐργαζομένῳ ὁ μισθὸς οὐ λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ ὀφείλημα.
TR-Boyd
Τῷ δὲ ἐργαζομένῳ ὁ μισθὸς οὐ λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ ὀφείλημα.
SCR1894
τω δε εργαζομενω ο μισθος ου λογιζεται κατα χαριν αλλα κατα το οφειλημα

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
  • Romans 9:32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
  • Romans 11:35“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
  • Matthew 20:1–16“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. About the third hour he…

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