Romans 4:4
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Now to him that worketh, his reward is reckoned not according to grace, but according to debt.
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.
Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him].
Now to a laborer, his wages are not counted as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation (something owed to him).
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Now to the one who works, pay is not credited as a gift, but as something owed.
Workers’ salaries aren’t credited to them on the basis of an employer’s grace but rather on the basis of what they deserve.
Now the account of someone who is working is credited not on the ground of grace but on the ground of what is owed him.
Money paid to workers isn't a gift. It is something they earn by working.
Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:
Now to the one working, the wages are not credited to him based-on grace, but based on debt.
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.
When people work, their pay is not given to them as a gift. They earn the pay they get.
When a person works to get money, it is right for him to receive his money. That money is not a gift. It is what that person ought to receive as a result of his work.
Now to a person who works, his pay is not counted as a gift but as something owed.
Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
When people work, their ·pay [wage] is not ·given [credited; counted] as ·a gift [grace], but as something ·earned [due to them].
Now to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by favor, but by debt:
When people work, their pay is not regarded as a gift but something they have earned.
A person who works is paid wages, but they are not regarded as a gift; they are something that has been earned.
Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.
When a person works, his pay is not given to him as a gift. He earns the pay he gets.
Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation.
Now if a man works his wages are not counted as a gift but as a fair reward. But if a man, irrespective of his work, has faith as righteousness, then that man’s faith is counted as righteousness, and that is the gift of God. This is the happy state of the man whom God accounts righteous, apart from his achievements, as David expresses it: ‘Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin’.
But unto him that works, the reward is not reckoned as grace, but as debt.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Now to the one who works, his wage is not counted according to grace, but according to what is due.
Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due.
But didn’t he earn his right to heaven by all the good things he did? No, for being saved is a gift; if a person could earn it by being good, then it wouldn’t be free—but it is! It is given to those who do not work for it. For God declares sinners to be good in his sight if they have faith in Christ to save them from God’s wrath.
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.
Now to him who works, wages are not given as a gift, but as a debt.
Now to the one who works, his wages are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
When people work, their pay is not regarded as a gift but something they have earned.
A worker’s wage is credited not as a gift, but as something due.
Now to the one who works, the wages are not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
Now when a man works, his wages are not regarded as a gift but as something that is due to him.
When people work, their pay is not given as a gift, but as something earned.
Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.
When a person works, their pay is not considered a gift. It is owed to them.
Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.
Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.
Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
If a man works, his pay is not a gift. It is something he has earned.
When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned.
To him who works, the reward is not reckoned from favour, but as his due.
Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
Now when someone “works,” the “reward” they get is not calculated on the basis of generosity, but on the basis of what they are owed.
Now to him who works, the loin (wages, batzalon [remuneration]) is not credited to one’s account as a favor or gift of chesed but as a choiv (debt).
Now, to one who works, the wages are not counted by grace, but by debt.
Now to one who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due.
Now to one who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due.
Now to the one who works, the pay is not credited as a gift, but as what is due.
Now, when you work a job, do your wages come as a gift or as compensation for your work? It is most certainly not a gift—you are only paid what you have earned.
Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
When a person works, his pay is not a gift to him. His pay belongs to him.
And to him that worketh meed is not areckoned by grace [is not given to, or reckoned, after grace], but by debt.
and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
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