Roma 4:6

Filipino Cebuano Bible

6 Sa ingon niini usab si David nagahisgot sa kalipay niadtong tawo nga sa Dios ginaisipan sa pagkamatarung nga gawas sa mga binuhatan:

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blessedness: Romans 4:9, Deuteronomy 33:29, Psalms 1:1-3, Psalms 112:1, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Matthew 5:3-12, Galatians 3:8, Galatians 3:9, Galatians 3:14, Galatians 4:15, Ephesians 1:3

imputeth: Romans 4:11, Romans 4:24, Romans 1:17, Romans 3:22, Romans 5:18, Romans 5:19, Isaiah 45:24, Isaiah 45:25, Isaiah 54:17, Jeremiah 22:6, Jeremiah 33:16, Daniel 9:24, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 3:9, 2 Peter 1:1

without: Romans 3:20, Romans 3:21, Romans 3:27, Ephesians 2:8-10, 2 Timothy 1:9

Reciprocal: Leviticus 17:4 - blood shall Numbers 22:12 - for they 2 Samuel 19:19 - Let not Psalms 24:5 - receive Psalms 32:1 - transgression Isaiah 59:6 - neither Matthew 9:2 - be Luke 1:77 - the Acts 26:18 - that they Romans 4:22 - it was imputed 2 Corinthians 5:19 - not Galatians 2:16 - but Galatians 3:6 - accounted Ephesians 1:7 - the forgiveness Colossians 1:14 - the 1 John 2:12 - your

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man,.... the apostle having instanced in Abraham, the father of the Jewish nation, cites some passages from David, king of Israel, a person of great note and esteem among the Jews, in favour of the doctrine he is establishing; who in a very proper and lively manner describes the happiness of such persons:

unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works. This righteousness cannot be the righteousness of the law, or man's obedience to it; for that is a righteousness with works, is a man's own, and not imputed; and indeed is not a righteousness in the sight of God: nor does man's blessedness lie in, or come by it; no man is, or can be instilled by it, nor saved by it, or attain to heaven and eternal happiness by the means of it; but the righteousness here spoken of is the righteousness of Christ, called the righteousness of God; and is better than that of angels or men; is complete and perfect; by which the law is honoured, and justice is satisfied. This is freely bestowed, and graciously "imputed" by God. Just in the same way his righteousness becomes ours, as Adam's sin did, which is by imputation; or in the same way that our sins became Christ's, his righteousness becomes ours; and as we have no righteousness of our own when God justifies us, this must be done by the righteousness of another; and that can be done no other way by the righteousness of another, than by imputing it to us: and which is done "without works"; not without the works of Christ, of which this righteousness consists; but without the works of the creature, or any consideration of them, which are utterly excluded from justification; for if these came into account, it would not be of grace, and boasting would not be removed. Now such who have this righteousness thus imputed to them, are happy persons; they are justified from all sin, and freed from all condemnation; their persons and services are acceptable to God; it will be always well with them; they are heirs of glory, and shall enjoy it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even as David - The apostle having adduced the example of Abraham to show that the doctrine which he was defending was not new, and contrary to the Old Testament, proceeds to adduce the case of David also; and to show that he understood the same doctrine of justification without works.

Describeth - Speaks of.

The blessedness - The happiness; or the desirable state or condition.

Unto whom God imputeth righteousness - Whom God treats as righteous, or as entitled to his favor in a way different from his conformity to the Law. This is found in Psalms 32:1-11. And the whole scope and design of the psalm is to show the blessedness of the man who is forgiven, and whose sins are not charged on him, but who is freed from the punishment due to his sins. Being thus pardoned, he is treated as a righteous man. And it is evidently in this sense that the apostle uses the expression “imputeth righteousness,” that is, he does not impute, or charge on the man his sins; he reckons and treats him as a pardoned and righteous man; Psalms 32:2. See the note at Romans 4:3. He regards him as one who is forgiven and admitted to his favor, and who is to be treated henceforward as though he had not sinned. That is, he partakes of the benefits of Christ’s atonement, so as not henceforward to be treated as a sinner, but as a friend of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 4:6. Even as David also, c.] David, in Psalms 32:1-2, gives us also the true notion of this way of justification, i.e. by faith, without the merit of works, where he says: -