Romans 4:4-5

4:4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation. ¹  4:5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, ²  his faith is credited as righteousness.

Romans 4:14

4:14 For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified. ³ 

Romans 4:16

4:16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, ⁴  with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants – not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, ⁵  who is the father of us all

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¹ tn Grk “not according to grace but according to obligation.”

² tn Or “who justifies the ungodly.”

³ tn Grk “rendered inoperative.”

⁴ tn Grk “that it might be according to grace.”

⁵ tn Grk “those who are of the faith of Abraham.”