📜WEB · Romans 4:23
What does Romans 4:23 mean?
"Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,"
— Romans 4:23 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,
but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
Explanation
Romans 4:23 is part of a single flowing sentence that continues into verses 24 and 25, so understanding it requires reading it alongside what follows: "Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone, but for us also, to whom it will be accoun
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