Romans 4:4

World English Bible (2000)

Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

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  • Rom 11:6 : 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
  • Rom 11:35 : 35 "Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"
  • Matt 20:1-9 : 1 "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 4 To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. 6 About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?' 7 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.' 8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.' 9 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. 10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household, 12 saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!' 13 "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you. 15 Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?' 16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."
  • Rom 9:32 : 32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:5-11
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    85%

    5But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

    6Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

    7"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

    8Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin."

    9Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

    10How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

    11He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

  • Rom 4:1-3
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    1What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

    3For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."

  • Rom 11:6
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    6And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

    9not of works, that no one would boast.

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    22Therefore it also was "reckoned to him for righteousness."

    23Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,

    24but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,

  • Gal 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

    6Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

  • Rom 2:6
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    6who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

    14For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.

    15For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

    16For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

  • Jas 2:24
    73%

    24You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Gal 5:4
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    4You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

  • 1 Cor 3:14
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    14If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

  • Rom 6:23
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    23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • Col 3:24-25
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    24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

    25But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

  • Gal 3:11-12
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    70%

    11Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith."

    12The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does them will live by them."

  • Jas 2:20-22
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    69%

    20But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

    21Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

    22You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;

  • Rom 9:30
    69%

    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

  • Rom 2:13
    69%

    13For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

  • Jas 4:6
    69%

    6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

  • Rom 4:20
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    20Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn't waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,

  • Rom 3:20
    69%

    20Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 1:17
    69%

    17For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

  • 1 Cor 3:8
    68%

    8Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

  • Rom 3:22
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    22even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,

  • 2 Cor 8:12
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    12For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.

  • Heb 4:10
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    10For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.