Romans 4:4-8

⁴Now to him who works, the pay is not counted as a gift but as an obligation.

⁵But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

⁶Just as David speaks of the blessing of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

⁷“Blessed are they whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered up.

⁸Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin!”