Romans 4:8

8 Blessed is the man of whose sin the Lord will not take account."

Romans 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 4:8

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
] As he does not to those whom he justifies in Christ, and by his righteousness; for the sins of such he has imputed to his Son, as their surety; and he has bore them, took them away, having made full satisfaction for them; so that these persons will never be charged with them: they now appear before the throne without fault, and are blameless and irreproveable in the sight of God, and therefore must be eternally happy; for he will never think of their sins any more to their hurt; he will remember them no more; he "will never reckon them to them", but acquit them from them, justify and accept them; wherefore they must be secure from wrath and condemnation, enjoy much peace and comfort now, and be happy hereafter.

Romans 4:8 In-Context

6 In this way David also tells of the blessedness of the man to whose credit God places righteousness, apart from his actions.

7 "Blessed," he says, "are those whose iniquities have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered over.

8 Blessed is the man of whose sin the Lord will not take account."

9 This declaration of blessedness, then, does it come simply to the circumcised, or to the uncircumcised as well? For Abraham's faith--so we affirm--was placed to his credit as righteousness.

10 What then were the circumstances under which this took place? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before?