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Romans 4:4-5
New International Version
Romans 4:4-5
New International Version
4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift(A) but as an obligation. 5 However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.(B)
Romans 4:4-5
New Living Translation
Romans 4:4-5
New Living Translation
4 When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned. 5 But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.
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Romans 4:4-5
The Message
Romans 4:4-5
The Message
4-5 If you’re a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don’t call your wages a gift. But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it’s something only God can do, and you trust him to do it—you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked—well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.
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