Romans 4:22-23

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Romans 4:19-25 The Message (MSG)

Abraham didn’t focus on his own impotence and say, “It’s hopeless. This hundred-year-old body could never father a child.” Nor did he survey Sarah’s decades of infertility and give up. He didn’t tiptoe around God’s promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said. That’s why it is said, “Abraham was declared fit before God by trusting God to set him right.” But it’s not just Abraham; it’s also us! The same thing gets said about us when we embrace and believe the One who brought Jesus to life when the conditions were equally hopeless. The sacrificed Jesus made us fit for God, set us right with God.

Romans 4:22-23 King James Version (KJV)

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him

Romans 4:22-23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Therefore IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him

Romans 4:22-23 New Century Version (NCV)

So, “God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God.” Those words (“God accepted Abraham’s faith”) were written not only for Abraham

Romans 4:22-23 American Standard Version (ASV)

Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned unto him

Romans 4:22-23 New International Version (NIV)

This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone

Romans 4:22-23 New King James Version (NKJV)

And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him

Romans 4:22-23 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Therefore his faith WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS (right standing with God). [Gen 15:6] Now not for his sake alone was it written that it was credited to him

Romans 4:22-23 New Living Translation (NLT)

And because of Abraham’s faith, God counted him as righteous. And when God counted him as righteous, it wasn’t just for Abraham’s benefit. It was recorded

Romans 4:22-23 The Passion Translation (TPT)

So now you can see why Abraham’s faith was credited to his account as righteousness before God. And this declaration was not just spoken over Abraham

Romans 4:22-23 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone