Bible Strands
Romans 4:24
but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Roman believers, bridging his explanation of Abraham’s credited righteousness in the preceding verses with the theological purpose of Jesus’ death and resurrection. He speaks as the apostle clarifying how Old Testament promises apply to the present church.
The words — λογίζεσθαι (logizesthai) = to be credited, and μὲλλει (mellei) = it is about to. These Greek terms establish a fixed accounting where future righteousness is assigned based on present trust.
The thread — God raising Jesus is recorded in Acts 2:24, Acts 13:30, and 1 Peter 1:21, but only 1 Peter 1:21 explicitly ties belief to God as the agent of resurrection. The other passages state the event without framing it as the direct object of faith.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to ground their standing before God in trust toward the One who raised Jesus, not in personal achievement. It shifts the basis of acceptance from lineage or law to reliance on divine power.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
Cross-references
- Acts 2:24 But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.
- 1 Peter 1:21 Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
- Acts 13:30 But God raised Him from the dead,
- Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- John 3:14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
- Acts 2:39 This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- Ephesians 1:18 I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,