Romans 4:4 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And to him working, the reward is not reckoned according to favor, but according to debt.

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Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

Now to a laborer, his wages are not counted as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation (something owed to him).

Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.

Workers’ salaries aren’t credited to them on the basis of an employer’s grace but rather on the basis of what they deserve.

But for he who works, wages are not accounted according to grace, but according to debt.

Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.

Or who first gave to him, and it shall be given back to him?

And if to grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. And if of works, it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

Being justified as a gift by his grace by the redemption which is in Christ Jesus:

Wherefore? Because not of faith, but as of the works of the law. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone;

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