Romans Chapter 4 verse 5 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) But to him who puts forward no works, but has faith in God, who justifies men, not for their righteousness, but in spite of their sins, &c.The ungodly.--A stronger word is here used than simply "the unrighteous," "the impious," or "ungodly." Their impiety is condoned to them in virtue of their single exercise of faith. It is characteristic of the Apostle not to flinch from the boldest expression, though, as a matter of fact, the two things, faith and positive impiety, would hardly be found together. "The ungodly" clearly belongs to the general form of the proposition, and is not intended to apply to Abraham.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekHowever,δὲ (de)ConjunctionStrong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.to the [one who]τῷ (tō)Article - Dative Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.does not work,ἐργαζομένῳ (ergazomenō)Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine SingularStrong's 2038: To work, trade, perform, do, practice, commit, acquire by labor. butδὲ (de)ConjunctionStrong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.believesπιστεύοντι (pisteuonti)Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine SingularStrong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.inἐπὶ (epi)PrepositionStrong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. Him whoτὸν (ton)Article - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.justifiesδικαιοῦντα (dikaiounta)Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 1344: From dikaios; to render just or innocent.theτὸν (ton)Article - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.wicked,ἀσεβῆ (asebē)Adjective - Accusative Masculine SingularStrong's 765: Impious, ungodly, wicked. Irreverent, i.e. impious or wicked.hisαὐτοῦ (autou)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularStrong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.faithπίστις (pistis)Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularStrong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. is creditedλογίζεται (logizetai)Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularStrong's 3049: To reckon, count, charge with; reason, decide, conclude; think, suppose. asεἰς (eis)PrepositionStrong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.righteousness.δικαιοσύνην (dikaiosynēn)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 1343: From dikaios; equity; specially justification.Jump to PreviousAccount Accounted Actions Believes Believeth Case Counted Credit Credited Declares Declaring Evil-Doer Faith Free Gives Guilt However Impious Justifies Justifieth Placed Pleads Reckoned Righteous Righteousness Simply Trusts Ungodly Whereas Wicked Work Worketh Working