- 1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν ⸀εὑρηκέναι Ἀβραὰμ τὸν ⸀ἡμῶν κατὰ σάρκα
- 2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.εἰ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη ἔχει καύχημα ἀλλ’ οὐ ⸀πρὸς θεόν
- 3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει Ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην
- 4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.τῷ δὲ ἐργαζομένῳ ὁ μισθὸς οὐ λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν ἀλλὰ κατὰ ὀφείλημα
- 5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἀσεβῆ λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην
- 6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,καθάπερ καὶ λέγει τὸν μακαρισμὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ᾧ ὁ θεὸς λογίζεται δικαιοσύνην χωρὶς ἔργων
- 7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.Μακάριοι ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι καὶ ὧν ἐπεκαλύφθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι
- 8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.μακάριος ἀνὴρ ⸀οὗ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται κύριος ἁμαρτίαν
- 9Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.Ὁ μακαρισμὸς οὖν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὴν περιτομὴν ἢ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκροβυστίαν λέγομεν ⸀γάρ Ἐλογίσθη τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἡ πίστις εἰς δικαιοσύνην
- 10How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.πῶς οὖν ἐλογίσθη ἐν περιτομῇ ὄντι ἢ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ οὐκ ἐν περιτομῇ ἀλλ’ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ
- 11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:καὶ σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς σφραγῖδα τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐν τῇ ἀκροβυστίᾳ εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πατέρα πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων δι’ ἀκροβυστίας εἰς τὸ ⸀λογισθῆναι αὐτοῖς τὴν δικαιοσύνην
- 12And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.καὶ πατέρα περιτομῆς τοῖς οὐκ ἐκ περιτομῆς μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς στοιχοῦσιν τοῖς ἴχνεσιν τῆς ⸂ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ πίστεως⸃ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ
- 13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.Οὐ γὰρ διὰ νόμου ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν ⸀εἶναι κόσμου ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης πίστεως
- 14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἐκ νόμου κληρονόμοι κεκένωται ἡ πίστις καὶ κατήργηται ἡ ἐπαγγελία
- 15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται οὗ ⸀δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος οὐδὲ παράβασις
- 16Therefore 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,Διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ πίστεως ἵνα κατὰ χάριν εἰς τὸ εἶναι βεβαίαν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν παντὶ τῷ σπέρματι οὐ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ νόμου μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ ἐκ πίστεως Ἀβραάμ ὅς ἐστιν πατὴρ πάντων ἡμῶν
- 17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι Πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε κατέναντι οὗ ἐπίστευσεν θεοῦ τοῦ τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ καλοῦντος τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα
- 18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.ὃς παρ’ ἐλπίδα ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου
- 19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ ⸀πίστει κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ⸀σῶμα νενεκρωμένον που ὑπάρχων καὶ τὴν νέκρωσιν τῆς μήτρας
- 20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;εἰς δὲ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ διεκρίθη τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ ἀλλὰ ἐνεδυναμώθη τῇ πίστει δοὺς δόξαν τῷ θεῷ
- 21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.καὶ πληροφορηθεὶς ὅτι ὃ δυνατός ἐστιν καὶ ποιῆσαι
- 22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.⸀διὸ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην
- 23Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;Οὐκ ἐγράφη δὲ δι’ αὐτὸν μόνον ὅτι ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ
- 24But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;ἀλλὰ καὶ δι’ ἡμᾶς οἷς μέλλει λογίζεσθαι τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν ἐγείραντα Ἰησοῦν τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν ἐκ νεκρῶν
- 25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.ὃς παρεδόθη διὰ τὰ παραπτώματα ἡμῶν καὶ ἠγέρθη διὰ τὴν δικαίωσιν ἡμῶν
Romans 4 KJV
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392 tagged Greek tokens100 distinct lexical entries25 of 25 verses source-tagged
λογίζομαιG3049
to take an inventory, i.e., estimate (literally or figuratively)
εἰμίG1510
I exist (used only when emphatic)
οὐG3756
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
πίστιςG4102
persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
διάG1223
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
δικαιοσύνηG1343
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
ἈβραάμG11
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
ἀκροβυστίαG203
the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e., gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person
θεόςG2316
a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism)
πατήρG3962
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
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