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However, when someone who does not work places his faith in one who justifies the godless, such faith is reckoned as righteousness. [a]In the same way, David speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God attributes righteousness apart from works:

“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven
    and whose sins are blotted out.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:6 When a sinner repents, God takes away his unrighteousness by forgiving him when he confesses his sins (see Ps 32:3-5; Ezek 18:23, 27f, 32; 33:14-16).