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 <div class="label">4</div><div class="s"> Abraham&#8217;s Justification by Faith</div><div class="p"> 1What then shall we say that Abraham, #4:1 Or our forefather, has found according to the fleshour forefather according to the flesh, has found? 2For if Abraham was justified #4:2 Lit out ofby works, he has something to boast about; but not #4:2 Lit towardbefore God. 3For what does the Scripture say? &#8220;Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.&#8221; 4Now to the one who works, the wages are not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, 6just as David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:</div><div class="q"> 7&#8220;Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven,</div><div class="q">And whose sins have been covered.</div><div class="q"> 8&#8220;Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 9Is this blessing then on #4:9 Lit circumcisionthe circumcised, or on #4:9 Lit uncircumcisionthe uncircumcised also? For we say, &#8220;Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.&#8221; 10How then was it credited? While he was #4:10 Lit in circumcisioncircumcised, or #4:10 Lit in uncircumcisionuncircumcised? Not while #4:10 Lit in circumcisioncircumcised, but while #4:10 Lit in uncircumcisionuncircumcised; 11and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which #4:11 Lit was in uncircumcisionhe had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, 12and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which #4:12 Lit was in uncircumcisionhe had while uncircumcised.</div><div class="p"> 13For the promise to Abraham or to his #4:13 Lit seeddescendants that he would be heir of the world was not #4:13 Or through lawthrough the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14For if those who are #4:14 Or of lawof the Law are heirs, then faith is made void and the promise is nullified; 15for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.</div><div class="p"> 16For this reason it is #4:16 Or out ofby faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the #4:16 Lit seeddescendants, not only to #4:16 Lit that which isthose who are of the Law, but also to #4:16 Lit that which isthose who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17(as it is written: &#8220;I have made you a father of many nations&#8221;) in the presence of Him whom he believed, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that do not exist. 18In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, &#8220;So shall your #4:18 Lit seeddescendants be.&#8221; 19Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah&#8217;s womb; 20yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, 21and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform. 22Therefore it was also credited to him as righteousness. 23Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, 24but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, to us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25He who was delivered over because of our wrongdoings, and was raised because of our justification.</div>
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What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” Now to the one who works, the wages are not credited as a favor, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
“BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN,
AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED.
“BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.”
Is this blessing then on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, “FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised; and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if those who are of the Law are heirs, then faith is made void and the promise is nullified; for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.
For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (as it is written: “I HAVE MADE YOU A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that do not exist. In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE.” Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb; yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform. Therefore IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, to us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, He who was delivered over because of our wrongdoings, and was raised because of our justification.

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