Romans 4:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

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  • Rom 11:6 : 6 and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.
  • Rom 11:35 : 35 or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?
  • Matt 20:1-9 : 1 `For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, 2 and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 `And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle, 4 and to these he said, Go ye -- also ye -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you; 5 and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner. 6 And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle? 7 they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive. 8 `And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last -- unto the first. 9 And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary. 10 `And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary, 11 and having received `it', they were murmuring against the householder, saying, 12 that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat. 13 `And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me? 14 take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee; 15 is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'
  • Rom 9:32 : 32 wherefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

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  • Rom 4:5-11
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    5and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:

    6even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:

    7`Happy they whose lawless acts were forgiven, and whose sins were covered;

    8happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'

    9`Is' this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision -- for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham -- to righteousness?

    10how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

    11and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

  • Rom 4:1-3
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    1What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh?

    2for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;

    3for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;'

  • Rom 11:6
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    6and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

  • Eph 2:8-9
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    8for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift,

    9not of works, that no one may boast;

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    75%

    22wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.

    23And it was not written on his account alone, that it was reckoned to him,

    24but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned -- to us believing on Him who did raise up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,

  • Gal 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you -- by works of law or by the hearing of faith `is it'?

    6according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;

  • Rom 2:6
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    6who shall render to each according to his works;

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    73%

    13For not through law `is' the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

    14for if they who are of law `are' heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;

    15for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither `is' transgression.

    16Because of this `it is' of faith, that `it may be' according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which `is' of the law only, but also to that which `is' of the faith of Abraham,

  • Jas 2:24
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    24Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

  • Rom 3:24
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    24being declared righteous 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 was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

    28therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

  • Gal 5:4
    70%

    4ye were freed from the Christ, ye who in law are declared righteous; from the grace ye fell away;

  • 1 Cor 3:14
    70%

    14if of any one the work doth remain that he built on `it', a wage he shall receive;

  • Gal 2:16
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    16having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

  • Rom 6:23
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    23for the wages of the sin `is' death, and the gift of God `is' life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

  • Col 3:24-25
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    24having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve;

    25and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.

  • Gal 3:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'

    12and the law is not by faith, but -- `The man who did them shall live in them.'

  • Jas 2:20-22
    3 verses
    69%

    20And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

    21Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

    22dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

  • Rom 9:30
    69%

    30What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that `is' of faith,

  • Rom 2:13
    69%

    13for not the hearers of the law `are' righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

  • Jas 4:6
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    6and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

  • Rom 4:20
    69%

    20and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,

  • Rom 3:20
    69%

    20wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

  • Rom 1:17
    69%

    17For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

  • 1 Cor 3:8
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    8and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,

  • Rom 3:22
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    22and the righteousness of God `is' through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, -- for there is no difference,

  • 2 Cor 8:12
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    12for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

  • Heb 4:10
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    10for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.