Romans 4:5

But to someone who does no work, yet believes in the God who declares the ungodly righteous, that faith is counted as righteousness.
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  1. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Distinctive Doctrine of Protestantism: Justification by Faith cites Rom. 4:5

    …believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness."—Rom. 4:5. These are two remarkable passages and this chapter will be occupied with an exposition…

  2. The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards · Ochorus Originals

    Justification by Faith Alone cites ROMANS 4:5

    …but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ROMANS 4:5 In November 1734 Edwards preached a series of sermons at Northampton on justification by…

  3. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Introduction cites Rom. iv. 5

    …faith is a grace that “worketh not,” but simply trusts, rests, and leans on Christ. (Rom. iv. 5.) Sanctifying faith is a grace of which the very life is action: it “worketh by love,”…

  4. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Rom. iv. 5

    …2 Cor. v. 19; and justification through an imputation of righteousness, Jer. xxiii. 6, Rom. iv. 5, 1 Cor. i. 30; — although these things are so far from being separated, that they are…

  5. The Key Teachings of Martin Luther · Ochorus Originals

    Faith Alone cites ROMANS 4:5

    …but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ROMANS 4:5 Notice the startling phrase in that verse: him that justifieth the ungodly. God does not…

  6. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites Rom. 4:5

    …hath done by himself in the days of his flesh, and suffered when he did hang on the tree. Rom. 4:5; Col. 1:14; 1 Pet. 1:19. I asked him further, how that man’s righteousness could be of…

  7. The Key Teachings of John Wesley · Ochorus Originals

    Justification by Faith cites ROMANS 4:5

    …but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ROMANS 4:5 Wesley’s opponents in the Church of England often accused him of neglecting good works.…

  8. All of Grace (For Teens) · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Good News for the Ungodly cites Romans 4:5

    …but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness.” — Romans 4:5 (ESV) Spurgeon builds this chapter on four words from Romans: God “justifies the…

  9. The Key Teachings of George MacDonald · Ochorus Originals

    Obedience, the Opener of Eyes cites ROMANS 4:5

    …but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ROMANS 4:5 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of…

  10. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 17 — Christ Rightly and Properly Said to Have Merited Grace and Salvation for Us cites Rom. 4:5

    …to pay? Hence that imputation of righteousness without works, of which Paul treats (Rom. 4:5), the righteousness found in Christ alone being accepted as if it were ours. And…

  11. The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon · Ochorus Originals

    God Justifieth the Ungodly cites ROMANS 4:5

    …but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ROMANS 4:5 When Spurgeon sat down to write a small book for people who were not yet Christians, he…

  12. The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey · Ochorus Originals

    Justified and Born Again cites ROMANS 4:5

    …but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ROMANS 4:5 Two sermons in The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith belong together. One is…

  13. The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson · Ochorus Originals

    Christ Our Saviour cites ROMANS 4:5

    …but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ROMANS 4:5 He was honest all his life that no great emotion accompanied this. He simply took what…

  14. The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter · Ochorus Originals

    Faith and Justification cites ROMANS 4:5

    …but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. ROMANS 4:5 If our sincere faith and repentance constitute a personal righteousness that contributes…

  15. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Salvation by Faith cites Rom. 4:5

    …no glorying for him “that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly” (Rom. 4:5). To the same effect are the words both preceding and following the text (Eph. 2:4ff.)…

  16. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Justification by Faith cites Romans 4:5

    …believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” Romans 4:5. 1. How a sinner may be justified before God, the Lord and Judge of all, is a question of…

  17. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 11 — Of Justification by Faith cites Rom. 4:5

    …of David he speaks of the man to whom the Lord imputeth righteousness without works (Rom. 4:5, 6). No cavils, therefore, can enable them to prove that the exclusion of works is not…

  18. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Thirst Relieved cites Rom. iv. 5

    …believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” (Rom. iv. 5.) Happy is he that can lay hold on the principle laid down in that matchless hymn— Just…

  19. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Covenant of Grace cites Rom 4:5

    …12:24. (2.) The first covenant ran all upon ‘working,’ the second is upon ‘believing.’ Rom 4:5. But are not works required in the covenant of grace? Yes. ‘This is a faithful saying…

  20. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Justification! cites Rom. iv. 5

    …conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.” (Rom. iv. 5; iii. 28.) Having this faith, a man is at once completely justified. His sins are at once…

  21. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Christ’s Invitation cites Rom. iv. 5

    …believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” (Rom. iv. 5.) It is the peculiar mark of the faith that justifies and saves, that it brings to Christ…

  22. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the Third cites Rom. iv. 4-5

    …believeth in Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness,” (Rom. iv. 4-5), according to the purpose of the grace of God. Then he adduces David, saying the same…

  23. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    The Confession of Faith cites Romans 4:1-12

    …People of faith will always respond to that yearning. In his teaching on faith found in Romans 4:1-12, the apostle Paul says, “What shall we say about Abraham?” He believed God and it was…

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