And (A)he believed the Lord, and (B)he counted it to him as righteousness.

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Now (A)to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but (B)believes in[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

(C)“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
    and whose sins are covered;
blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not (D)count his sin.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:5 Or but trusts; compare verse 24

just as (A)Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

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“Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
    but (A)the righteous shall live by his faith.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness

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