Romans 4
1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?
What then say we of Abraham, the chief of the fathers, that he found in the flesh?
2 If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
For if Abraham by works was justified, he had cause for boasting; but not with Aloha.
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
For what saith the scripture? That Abraham believed Aloha, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
4 Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
But to him who worketh, his wages are not reckoned to him as of favour, but as that which is owing to him:
5 However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
but to him who worketh not, but believeth only in him who justifieth sinners, his faith is reckoned to him for righteousness.
6 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
As also David hath spoken concerning the blessedness of the man to whom Aloha reckoneth righteousness without works, saying,
7 “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Blessed are they whose iniquity is forgiven, And whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
Blessed is the man to whom Aloha reckoneth not his sin.
9 Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
Is this blessedness, then, upon the circumcision (only), or upon the uncircumcision (also)? Now we have said, that his faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
10 In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
When, then, was it reckoned to him? In circumcision or in uncircumcision? It was not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
For he received the sign of circumcision (as) a seal of the righteousness of his faith, which (was his) in uncircumcision, that he should be the father of all them who believe of the uncircumcision; that it might be accounted also to them for righteousness:
12 And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
and the father of the circumcision, not of them who are of the circumcision only, but of them who pursue the footsteps of the faith of uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
FOR not through the law was the promise unto Abraham and to his seed that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
For if they who are of the law were heirs, faith would be vain, and the promise be abolished.
15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
For the law is the worker of wrath. For where there is no law, there also is no transgression of the law.
16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
Therefore it is by faith, which is through grace, that we are justified, that the promise might be firm unto all his seed; not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all:
17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
(as it is written, I have ordained thee the father of many nations before Aloha, in whom thou hast believed, who maketh alive the dead, and calleth those who are not as though they were: )
18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
and who, without hope, unto hope believed that he should be the father of many nations, as it is written, that " so shall be thy seed."
19 Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
Nor was he weak in his faith, while considering his body dead, (for he was the son of an hundred years, ) and the dead womb of Sara;
20 Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
and at the promise of Aloha he wavered not as deficient in faith, but was strong in faith, and gave glory to Aloha;
21 being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
and was sure that what he had promised to him Aloha could fulfil.
22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Wherefore it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
23 Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,
And not for his sake only was this written, that his faith was reckoned for righteousness,
24 but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
but for our sake, because it should be reckoned to us also who believe in Him who hath raised our Lord Jeshu Meshiha from among the dead;
25 He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
who was delivered for our sins, and rose that he might justify us.
