Romans 4:4,16
Romans 4:4-5 The Message (MSG)
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.
Romans 4:16 The Message (MSG)
This is why the fulfillment of God’s promise depends entirely on trusting God and his way, and then simply embracing him and what he does. God’s promise arrives as pure gift. That’s the only way everyone can be sure to get in on it, those who keep the religious traditions and those who have never heard of them. For Abraham is father of us all. He is not our racial father—that’s reading the story backward. He is our faith father.
Romans 4:4 King James Version (KJV)
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Romans 4:16 King James Version (KJV)
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all
Romans 4:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
Romans 4:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
Romans 4:4 New Century Version (NCV)
When people work, their pay is not given as a gift, but as something earned.
Romans 4:16 New Century Version (NCV)
So people receive God’s promise by having faith. This happens so the promise can be a free gift. Then all of Abraham’s children can have that promise. It is not only for those who live under the law of Moses but for anyone who lives with faith like that of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
Romans 4:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.
Romans 4:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
Romans 4:4 New International Version (NIV)
Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.
Romans 4:16 New International Version (NIV)
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
Romans 4:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
Romans 4:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
Romans 4:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him].
Romans 4:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Therefore, [inheriting] the promise depends entirely on faith [that is, confident trust in the unseen God], in order that it may be given as an act of grace [His unmerited favor and mercy], so that the promise will be [legally] guaranteed to all the descendants [of Abraham]—not only for those [Jewish believers] who keep the Law, but also for those [Gentile believers] who share the faith of Abraham, who is the [spiritual] father of us all
Romans 4:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned.
Romans 4:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham’s. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.
Romans 4:4 The Passion Translation (TPT)
When people work, they earn wages. It can’t be considered a free gift, because they earned it.
Romans 4:16 The Passion Translation (TPT)
The promise depends on faith so that it can be experienced as a grace-gift, and now it extends to all the descendants of Abraham. This promise is not only meant for those who obey the law, but also to those who enter into the faith of Abraham, the father of us all.