Rom 4:4-5 | JFB | STEP | 4, 5. Now to him that worketh —as a servant for wages. is the reward not reckoned of grace —as a matter of favor. but of debt

Romans 4:4-5

4, 5. Now to him that worketh—as a servant for wages.

is the reward not reckoned of grace—as a matter of favor.

but of debt—as a matter of right.

5. But to him that worketh not—who, despairing of acceptance with God by "working" for it the work of obedience, does not attempt it.

but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly—casts himself upon the mercy of Him that justifieth those who deserve only condemnation.

his faith, &c.—(See on Ro 4:3).

Second: David sings of the same justification.