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Romans

4

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1 What then shall we say Abraham our father discovered according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has ground of boasting, but not toward God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” 4 Now to the one working, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt. 5 However, to the one not working, but believing on the One justifying the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness, 6 just as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will never reckon sin.” 9 Is this blessing then on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision? For we are saying faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it credited? Being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had while in the uncircumcision, for him to be father of all those believing while in uncircumcision, for the righteousness to be credited also to them, 12 and the father of circumcision to those not only of circumcision, but also to those walking in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham during uncircumcision. 13 For the promise was to Abraham or his descendants that he should be heir of the world, not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those of the Law are heirs, faith has been made void and the promise made of no effect. 15 For Law brings wrath; and where there is no Law, neither is transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to that of the Law, but also to that of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us of all— 17 as it has been written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”—before God whom he believed, the One giving life to the dead and calling into being the things not even existing, 18 who against hope, in hope believed, for him to become the father of many nations, according to that having been spoken, “So shall your offspring be.” 19 And not having become weak in the faith, he considered his body already having become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb. 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief at the promise of God, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God, 21 and having been fully assured that what He had promised, He is also able to do. 22 Therefore also “it was credited to him unto righteousness.” 23 Now it was not written on account of him alone that “it was credited to him,” 24 but also on account of us, to whom it is about to be credited, to those believing on the One having raised Jesus our Lord out from the dead, 25 who was delivered over for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
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