Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- البر المحسوب
- Transliteration
- al-birr al-mahsūb
- Rejected alternatives
- البر المكتسب
Imputed Righteousness
CRITICAL: al-birr alone does not convey forensic crediting. البر المكتسب (‘earned/acquired righteousness’) is the exact opposite of Paul’s argument and is explicitly rejected; the compound must retain ‘credited/reckoned,’ never ‘earned.’