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Romans 4:8

"BLESSED and HAPPY and FAVORED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT nor CHARGE AGAINST HIM."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abraham;   Bigotry;   Catholicity;   Faith;   Justification;   Quotations and Allusions;   Salvation;   Sin;   Works;   Scofield Reference Index - Grace;   Imputation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Blessed, the;   Justification before God;   Pardon;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Jesus christ;   Justification;   Law;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blessing;   Genesis, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Justification;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Impute;   Justification;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Church;   Impute, Imputation;   Justification;   Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament;   Romans, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Grace;   Hebrews, Epistle to;   Justification, Justify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Blessedness;   James Epistle of;   Law;   Lord;   Master;   Romans Epistle to the;   Sin (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Impute, to,;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Impute;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Justification;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Imputation;   Justification;   Psalms, Book of;   Quotations, New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
It is a great blessing when the Lord accepts people as if they are without sin!"
Revised Standard Version
blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon his sin."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Blessed is that ma to whom the Lorde imputeth not synne.
Hebrew Names Version
Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin."
International Standard Version
How blessed is the person whose sins the Lord will never charge against him!"Psalm 32:1-2">[fn]
New American Standard Bible
"BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT."
New Century Version
Blessed is the person whom the Lord does not consider guilty." Psalm 32:1–2
Update Bible Version
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not reckon.
Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
English Standard Version
blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin."
World English Bible
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not charge with sin."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Happy is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Weymouth's New Testament
Blessed is the man of whose sin the Lord will not take account."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Blessid is that man, to whom God arettide not synne.
English Revised Version
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin.
Berean Standard Bible
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him."
Contemporary English Version
The Lord blesses people whose sins are erased from his book."
American Standard Version
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin.
Bible in Basic English
Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.
Complete Jewish Bible
Blessed is the man whose sin Adonai will not reckon against his account."
Darby Translation
blessed [the] man to whom [the] Lord shall not at all reckon sin.
Etheridge Translation
Blessed is the man to whom Aloha reckoneth not his sin.
Murdock Translation
and, Blessed is the man, to whom God will not reckon his sin.
King James Version (1611)
Blessed is the man to whome the Lord will not impute sinne.
New Living Translation
Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of sin."
New Life Bible
Those people are happy whose sins the Lord will not remember."
New Revised Standard
blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessed is the man, to whom the Lord imputeth not sinne.
George Lamsa Translation
Blessed is the man whose sins God will not hold against him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Happy, the man whose sin the Lord will in nowise reckon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessed is that man to who the Lorde wyll not impute sinne.
Good News Translation
Happy is the person whose sins the Lord will not keep account of!"
Christian Standard Bible®
Blessed is the personthe Lord will never charge with sin.
King James Version
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Lexham English Bible
Blessed is the person against whom the Lord will never count sin."
Literal Translation
blessed the man to whom the Lord will in no way charge sin." LXX-Psa. 31:1, 2; MT-Psa. 32:1, 2
Young's Literal Translation
happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Blessed is the man, vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne.
Mace New Testament (1729)
happy is the man to whom the Lord will not account sin."
New English Translation
blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin ."
New King James Version
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin." Psalms 32:1, 2 ">[fn]
Simplified Cowboy Version
Blessed is the cowboy whose sins the Boss won't never hold against him."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT."
Legacy Standard Bible
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account."

Contextual Overview

1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather humanly speaking, has found? [Has he obtained a favored standing?] 2For if Abraham was justified [that is, acquitted from the guilt of his sins] by works [those things he did that were good], he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED IN (trusted, relied on) GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIS ACCOUNT AS RIGHTEOUSNESS (right living, right standing with God)." 4Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him]. 5But to the one who does not work [that is, the one who does not try to earn his salvation by doing good], but believes and completely trusts in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God). 6And in this same way David speaks of the blessing on the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7"BLESSED and HAPPY and FAVORED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS ACTS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED UP and COMPLETELY BURIED. 8"BLESSED and HAPPY and FAVORED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT nor CHARGE AGAINST HIM."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to whom: Isaiah 53:10-12, 2 Corinthians 5:19-20, Philemon 1:18, Philemon 1:19, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:4 - the blessing Exodus 34:7 - forgiving Numbers 23:21 - hath not 1 Samuel 2:2 - none holy Acts 15:1 - Except Romans 7:17 - it is no more Romans 8:1 - no

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
And in the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground.
Genesis 4:6
And the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you so angry? And why do you look annoyed?
Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he [lied and] said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
Genesis 4:10
The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice].
Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."
Genesis 4:15
And the LORD said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, a sevenfold vengeance [that is, punishment seven times worse] shall be taken on him [by Me]." And the LORD set a [protective] mark (sign) on Cain, so that no one who found (met) him would kill him.
Genesis 4:24
"If Cain is avenged sevenfold [as the LORD said he would be], Then Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-sevenfold."
Genesis 4:26
To Seth, also, a son was born, whom he named Enosh (mortal man, mankind). At that [same] time men began to call on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].
2 Samuel 3:27
So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate to speak to him privately, and there he struck Abner in the abdomen so that he died, to avenge the blood of Asahel, Joab's brother.
2 Samuel 14:6
"Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled and fought in the field. There was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. As he does not to those whom he justifies in Christ, and by his righteousness; for the sins of such he has imputed to his Son, as their surety; and he has bore them, took them away, having made full satisfaction for them; so that these persons will never be charged with them: they now appear before the throne without fault, and are blameless and irreproveable in the sight of God, and therefore must be eternally happy; for he will never think of their sins any more to their hurt; he will remember them no more; he "will never reckon them to them", but acquit them from them, justify and accept them; wherefore they must be secure from wrath and condemnation, enjoy much peace and comfort now, and be happy hereafter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Will not impute sin - On whom the Lord will not charge his sins; or who shall not be reckoned or regarded as guilty. This shows clearly what the apostle meant by imputing faith without works. It is to pardon sin, and to treat with favor; not to reckon or charge a man’s sin to him; but to treat him, though personally undeserving and ungodly Romans 4:5, as though the sin had not been committed. The word “impute” here is used in its natural and appropriate sense, as denoting to charge on man what properly belongs to him. See the note at Romans 4:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 4:8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. — That man is truly happy to whose charge God does not reckon sin; that is, they alone are happy who are redeemed from the curse of the law and the consequence of their ungodly life, by having their sins freely forgiven, through the mercy of God.


 
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