Romans 4

1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father according to flesh has found?

What, then, will we say Abraham our father to have found, according to flesh?

2 For if Abraham has been justified on the principle of works, he has whereof to boast: but not before God;

For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has to boast—but not before God;

3 for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

for what does the writing say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”;

4 Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:

and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

5 but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

and to him who is not working, and is believing on Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned for righteousness—

6 Even as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness without works:

even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:

7 Blessed [they] whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered:

“Blessed [are] they whose lawless acts were forgiven, And whose sins were covered;

8 blessed [the] man to whom [the] Lord shall not at all reckon sin.

Blessed [is] the man To whom the LORD may not reckon sin.”

9 [Does] this blessedness then [rest] on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision? For we say that faith has been reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.

[Is] this blessedness, then, on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision—for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness?

10 How then has it been reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

How then was it reckoned? He being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

11 And he received [the] sign of circumcision [as] seal of the righteousness of faith which [he had] being in uncircumcision, that he might be [the] father of all them that believe being in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also;

and he received a sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

12 and father of circumcision, not only to those who are of [the] circumcision, but to those also who walk in the steps of the faith, during uncircumcision, of our father Abraham.

and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of faith, that [is] in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

13 For [it was] not by law that the promise was to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of [the] world, but by righteousness of faith.

For not through law [is] the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

14 For if they which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.

for if they who are of law [are] heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless;

15 For law works wrath; but where no law is neither [is there] transgression.

for the Law works wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.

16 Therefore [it is] on the principle of faith, that [it might be] according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which [is] of the law, but to that also which [is] of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,

Because of this [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which [is] of the Law only, but also to that which [is] of the faith of Abraham,

17 (according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations, ) before the God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being;

who is father of us all (according as it has been written: “A father of many nations I have set you,”) before Him whom he believed—God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that are not as being.

18 who against hope believed in hope to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be:

Who, against hope, believed in hope, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: “So will your seed be”;

19 and not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body already become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,

and having not been weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead (being about one hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb,

20 and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;

and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,

21 and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;

and having been fully persuaded that what He has promised He is also able to do:

22 wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

for this reason also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.

23 Now it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,

And it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,

24 but on ours also, to whom, believing on him who has raised from among [the] dead Jesus our Lord,

but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned—to us believing on Him who raised up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,

25 who has been delivered for our offences and has been raised for our justification, it will be reckoned.

who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.