Romans 4
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
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:
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.
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.
14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
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,
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.
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.
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:
20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- ὁhoG358871× in this chapter
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
- καίkaíG253218× in this chapter
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
- λογίζομαιlogízomaiG304911× in this chapter
to take an inventory, i.e. estimate (literally or figuratively)
- οὐouG375611× in this chapter
the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not
- ὅςhósG373910× in this chapter
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
- πίστιςpístisG410210× in this chapter
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
- αὐτόςautósG84610× in this chapter
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ)) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
- εἰςeisG15199× in this chapter
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
- διάdiáG12238× in this chapter
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
- δικαιοσύνηdikaiosýnēG13438× in this chapter
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
- ἀλλάalláG2358× in this chapter
properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
- ἈβραάμAbraámG117× in this chapter
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
- δέdéG11617× in this chapter
but, and, etc.
- εἰμίeimíG15107× in this chapter
I exist (used only when emphatic)
- ἐκekG15377× in this chapter
literal or figurative; direct or remote)
- μέméG31657× in this chapter
me
- γάρgárG10636× in this chapter
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
- ἐνenG17226× in this chapter
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
- ἀκροβυστίαakrobystíaG2036× in this chapter
the prepuce; by implication, an uncircumcised (i.e. gentile, figuratively, unregenerate) state or person
- θεόςtheósG23166× in this chapter
figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
- πατήρpatḗrG39626× in this chapter
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
- περιτομήperitomḗG40616× in this chapter
circumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively)
- πιστεύωpisteúōG41006× in this chapter
to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
- ἐπίepíG19095× in this chapter
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
- κατάkatáG25965× in this chapter
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
- νόμοςnómosG35515× in this chapter
law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle)
- ἐπαγγελίαepangelíaG18604× in this chapter
an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
- μήmḗG33614× in this chapter
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expects an affirmative one)) whether
- ὅτιhótiG37544× in this chapter
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
- εἶναιeînaiG15113× in this chapter
to exist
- ἤḗG22283× in this chapter
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
- λέγωlégōG30043× in this chapter
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 (ἔπω) and G5346 (φημί) generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 (ῥέω) is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 (λαλέω) means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
- μόνοςmónosG34413× in this chapter
remaining, i.e. sole or single; by implication, mere
- οὖνoûnG37673× in this chapter
(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly
- πᾶςpâsG39563× in this chapter
all, any, every, the whole
- σπέρμαspérmaG46903× in this chapter
something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
- γράφωgráphōG11252× in this chapter
to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe
- δικαιόωdikaióōG13442× in this chapter
to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent
- ἐγείρωegeírōG14532× in this chapter
to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence)
- ἔθνοςéthnosG14842× in this chapter
a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)