Romans 4:5-8 However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. ⁶ And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: ⁷ “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered. ⁸ Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”