Romans 4:6 - The Message

^6-9 David confirms this way of looking at it, saying that the one who trusts God to do the putting-everything-right without insisting on having a say in it is one fortunate man: Fortunate those whose crimes are whisked away, whose sins are wiped clean from the slate. Fortunate the person against whom the Lord does not keep score. Do you think for a minute that this blessing is only pronounced over those of us who keep our religious ways and are circumcised? Or do you think it possible that the blessing could be given to those who never even heard of our ways, who were never brought up in the disciplines of God? We all agree, don’t we, that it was by embracing what God did for him that Abraham was declared fit before God?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Thus David congratulates the man and pronounces a blessing on him to whom God credits righteousness apart from the works he does:

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,

Common English Bible

⁶ In the same way, David also pronounces a blessing on the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from actions:

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Similarly, David also declares the blessedness of a man, to whom God brings justice without works:

Romans 4:6 Cross References