ROM 4:5 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) However someone who’s not working but having faith that God will declare disobedient people as guiltless, then that person’s faith is considered to make them guiltless.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Now to the one not working, but believing on the one justifying the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

UST By contrast, when a person does not obey the laws God gave the Jews, but trusts in the God who can make unrighteous people righteous, God considers him to be righteous because he trusted in him.

BSB However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

BLB However, to the one not working, but believing on the One justifying the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness,

AICNT But to the one not working, but believing in the one who justifies the ungodly, that one's faith is credited for righteousness.

OEB while, as for the person who does not rely on their obedience, but has faith in him who can pronounce the godless righteous, their faith is regarded by God as righteousness.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.

LSV and to him who is not working, and is believing on Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned for righteousness—

FBV But God, who makes sinners right, considers them as right not because they've worked for it but because they trust in him. This is why

TCNT However, to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

T4T But suppose that we do not do things to gain God’s acceptance. Suppose that we instead trust in God, who erases the record of sins of wicked people. Then the erasing of the record of our sins because of our trusting in Christ is considered to be a gift to us, not something that we earned.

LEB But to the one who does not work, but who believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness,

BBE But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

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Wymth whereas in the case of a man who pleads no actions of his own, but simply believes in Him who declares the ungodly free from guilt, his faith is placed to his credit as righteousness.

ASV But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

DRA But to him that worketh not, yet believeth in him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reputed to justice, according to the purpose of the grace of God.

YLT and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned — to righteousness:

Drby but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

RV But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

Wbstr But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

KJB-1769 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

KJB-1611 But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth on him that iustifieth the vngodly; his faith is counted for righteousnesse.
(But to him that worketh not, but believes on him that justifieth the ungodly; his faith is counted for righteousness.)

Bshps To hym that worketh not, but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly, his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes.
(To him that worketh not, but believes on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousnes.)

Gnva But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.
(But to him that worketh not, but believes in him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. )

Cvdl owbeit vnto him, yt goeth not aboute with workes, but beleueth on him yt iustifieth the vngodly, is his faith counted for righteousnes.
(owbeit unto him, it goeth/goes not about with works, but believes on him it justifieth the ungodly, is his faith counted for righteousness.)

TNT To him that worketh not but beleveth on him that iustifieth the vngodly is his fayth counted for rightewesnes.
(To him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly is his faith counted for rightewesnes. )

Wyc Sotheli to hym that worchith not, but bileueth in to hym that iustefieth a wickid man, his feith is arettid to riytwisnesse, aftir the purpos of Goddis grace.
(Truly to him that worchith not, but believes in to him that justefieth a wicked man, his faith is arettid to righteousness, after the purpos of Goddis grace.)

Luth Dem aber, der nicht mit Werken umgehet, glaubet aber an den, der die GOttlosen gerecht macht, dem wird sein Glaube gerechnet zur Gerechtigkeit.
(Dem but, the/of_the not with Werken umgehet, glaubet but at den, the/of_the the Godlosen gerecht macht, to_him becomes his Glaube gerechnet to Gerechtigkeit.)

ClVg Ei vero qui non operatur, credenti autem in eum, qui justificat impium, reputatur fides ejus ad justitiam secundum propositum gratiæ Dei.[fn]
(Ei vero who not/no operatur, credenti however in him, who justificat impium, reputatur fides his to justitiam after/second propositum gratiæ of_God. )

4.5 Credenti autem, etc. Non dicit ei. Credit enim illi qui credit vera esse quæ ille loquitur, quod et mali faciunt. Credere illum est credere quod ille sit Deus, quod et diaboli faciunt. Sed credere in eum, est illum credendo amare, credendo diligere, credendo in eum ire, et ejus membris incorporari. Secundum propositum. Quasi dicat: Sine operibus præcedentibus justificatur impius, et hoc secundum propositum gratiæ Dei, id est, secundum gratiam Dei propositam omnibus credentibus, vel secundum quod Deus longe ante posuit.

4.5 Credenti however, etc. Non dicit to_him. Credit because illi who he_believes vera esse which ille loquitur, that and mali faciunt. Credere him it_is credere that ille let_it_be God, that and diaboli faciunt. But credere in him, it_is him credendo amare, credendo diligere, credendo in him ire, and his membris incorporari. After/Second propositum. Quasi let_him_say: Sine operibus præcedentibus justificatur impius, and this after/second propositum gratiæ of_God, id it_is, after/second gratiam of_God propositam to_all credentibus, or after/second that God longe before posuit.

UGNT τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ, πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἀσεβῆ, λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην,
(tōi de maʸ ergazomenōi, pisteuonti de epi ton dikaiounta ton asebaʸ, logizetai haʸ pistis autou eis dikaiosunaʸn,)

SBL-GNT τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ, πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἀσεβῆ, λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην,
(tōi de maʸ ergazomenōi, pisteuonti de epi ton dikaiounta ton asebaʸ, logizetai haʸ pistis autou eis dikaiosunaʸn,)

TC-GNT Τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ, πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἀσεβῆ, λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
(Tōi de maʸ ergazomenōi, pisteuonti de epi ton dikaiounta ton asebaʸ, logizetai haʸ pistis autou eis dikaiosunaʸn. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

δὲ

but

Now here indicates that what follows in this verse is in contrast to what Paul said in the previous verse. Use a natural way in your language to express contrasting ideas. Alternate translation: “But”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῷ & μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ

˱to˲_the_‹one› & not working

Here, the one who does not work refers to a person who does not obey the laws God gave through Moses. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “to the one who is does not obey God’s laws”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸν δικαιοῦντα

the_‹one› justifying

Here, the one who justifies refers to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “God who justifies” or “God who makes righteous”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τὸν ἀσεβῆ

the_‹one› the ungodly

Paul is using the singular adjective phrase the ungodly as a noun in order to describe a group of people. If your language does not use adjectives in the same way, you could translate this with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: “people who are ungodly” or “people who do ungodly things”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην

/is_being/_reckoned the faith ˱of˲_him for righteousness

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who does the action, Paul implies that “God” does it. See how you translated a similar phrase in 4:3. Alternate translation: “God credited his faith as righteousness”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην

the faith ˱of˲_him for righteousness

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of faith and righteousness, you could express the same ideas with different forms. Alternate translation: “how he trusts … as being righteous” or “how he trusts in God … as being right with God”

Parallel ROM 4:5