Romans 4:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

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  • Rom 3:22 : 22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Titus 3:3-7 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another. 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.
  • Gal 3:8-9 : 8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing. 9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith. 10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law. 11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them. 13 Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree: 14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.
  • Gal 2:16-17 : 16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness. 17 But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!
  • Rom 10:9-9 : 9 Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation: 10 For with the heart man has faith to get righteousness, and with the mouth he says that Jesus is Lord to get salvation.
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men, 10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
  • Hab 2:4 : 4 As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
  • Rom 3:26-30 : 26 And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus. 27 What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith. 28 For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles: 30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.
  • Rom 4:3 : 3 But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
  • Rom 4:24-5:2 : 24 But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead, 25 Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness. 1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; 2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
  • Rom 5:6-8 : 6 For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers. 7 Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life. 8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
  • Rom 8:30-34 : 30 And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory. 31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? 32 He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things? 33 Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil; 34 Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.
  • John 5:24 : 24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.
  • Acts 13:38-39 : 38 And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you: 39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.
  • Rom 1:17-18 : 17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith. 18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;
  • Zech 3:3-4 : 3 Now Joshua was clothed in unclean robes, and he was in his place before the angel. 4 And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;
  • Josh 24:2 : 2 And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.
  • 1 Tim 1:13-15 : 13 Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith; 14 And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:

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  • Rom 4:6-11
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    6 As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

    7 Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.

    8 Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.

    9 Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.

    10 How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:

    11 And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

  • Rom 4:2-4
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    2 For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

    3 But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

    4 Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.

  • Gal 3:5-6
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    5 He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?

    6 Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    26 And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.

    27 What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28 For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

  • Jas 2:20-24
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    20 Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

    21 Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

    22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;

    23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

    24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • Rom 3:20-22
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    20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

    21 But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;

    22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,

  • Gal 3:11
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    11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    22 For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.

    23 Now, it was not because of him only that this was said,

    24 But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,

  • Rom 1:17
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    17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6 And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24 And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

  • Rom 5:1
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    1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

    9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

  • Gal 5:5
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    5 For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

  • Jas 2:17
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    17 Even so faith without works is dead.

  • Rom 4:13
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    13 For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:15-17
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    15 For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.

    16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17 (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

  • Rom 11:6
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    6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13 For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

  • Gal 3:9
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    9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

  • Acts 13:39
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    39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

  • Rom 3:5
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    5 But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?

  • Jas 2:26
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    26 For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.

  • Jas 2:14
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    14 What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

  • Hab 2:4
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    4 As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.

  • Rom 10:3
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    3 Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.