Romans 4:5

Easy To Read Version

But a person cannot do any work that will make him right with God. So that person must trust in God. Then God accepts that person’s faith (trust), and that makes him right with God. God is the One who makes even evil people right.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:4

This message can’t help people that refuse to listen to it. But a \{good person will believe this message. And the\} good person will live because of his faith.”

Mark 9:23

Jesus said to the father, “You said, ‘Help him if you can.’ All things are possible for the person that believes.”

John 5:24

“I tell you the truth. If a person hears what I say and believes in the One (God) who sent me, that person has life forever. That person will not be judged guilty. He has already left death and has entered into life.

John 6:29

Jesus answered, “The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the One that God sent.”

Romans 10:3

They did not know the way that God makes people right with him. And they tried to make themselves right in their own way. So they did not accept God’s way of making people right.

Romans 3:22

God makes people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. God does this for all people that believe in Christ. All people are the same.

Romans 4:24

Those words were also written for us. God will also accept us because we believe. We believe in the One (God) that raised Jesus our Lord from death.

Romans 4:3

The Scripture {\cf2\super [33]} says, “Abraham believed God. And God accepted Abraham’s faith. That made Abraham right with God.” {\cf2\super [34]}

Romans 4:6

David {\cf2\super [35]} said the same thing. David said that a person is truly happy when God does not look at the things that person has done but accepts him like a good person:

Philippians 3:9

It allows me to be in Christ. In Christ I am right with God, and this being right does not come from my following the law. It comes from God through faith. God uses my faith in Christ to make me right with him.

Joshua 24:2

Then Joshua spoke to all the people. He said, “I am telling you what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you: