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Is thisὉ οὗτοςhappiness,μακαρισμὸςthen,οὖνuponἐπὶthe circumcisedτὴν περιτομὴνorἢalsoκαὶuponἐπὶthe uncircumcised?τὴν ἀκροβυστίανForγάρwe sayλέγομενthatfaithἡ πίστιςwas countedἘλογίσθηto Abrahamτῷ Ἀβραὰμasεἰςrighteousness.δικαιοσύνην
Romans 4:9
Study it in the app“Is this happiness, then, upon the circumcised or also upon the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 4:9, word by word
- happinessμακαρισμὸςmakarismos
blessedness
Blessedness: declaring someone blessed, happy.
Where else “makarismos” appears- the circumcisedπεριτομὴνperitomēn
the circumcised
Those who bear that sign, that is, the Jews.
Where else “peritomēn” appears- the uncircumcisedἀκροβυστίανakrobystian
Gentile
Those who are not Jews.
Where else “akrobystian” appears- we sayλέγομενlegomen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legomen” appears- faithπίστιςpistis
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistis” appears- was countedἘλογίσθηElogisthē
reckon
To put something to someone's account: "it was reckoned as righteousness".
Where else “Elogisthē” appears- to AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraam
Abraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
Where else “Abraam” appears- righteousnessδικαιοσύνηνdikaiosynēn
righteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynēn” appears
The context
8happy is the man to whom the Lord will never count sin.
9 · This verse (above)
10How then was it counted? When he was circumcised or uncircumcised? Not circumcised, but uncircumcised.
To study Romans 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say happened to Abraham when he believed God? (vv. 3, 20-22)
2. What it means
Why does Paul use the example of Abraham to speak of faith? What does he want to show? (vv. 1-3, 9-12)
3. How I live it
Abraham kept trusting although it seemed impossible (vv. 18-21). In what situation is trust hard for you, and what would help you keep hoping?