Romans 4
1 What shall we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?
What, then, will we say Abraham our father to have found, according to flesh?
2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.
For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has to boast—but not before God;
3 For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.
for what does the writing say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”;
4 Nowe to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by fauour, but by dette:
and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
5 But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.
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 Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednesse of the man, vnto whom God imputeth righteousnes without workes, saying,
even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:
7 Blessed are they, whose iniquities are forgiuen, and whose sinnes are couered.
“Blessed [are] they whose lawless acts were forgiven, And whose sins were covered;
8 Blessed is the man, to whom the Lord imputeth not sinne.
Blessed [is] the man To whom the LORD may not reckon sin.”
9 Came this blessednesse then vpon the circumcision onely, or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was imputed vnto Abraham for righteousnesse.
[Is] this blessedness, then, on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision—for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness?
10 Howe was it then imputed? when he was circumcised, or vncircumcised? not when he was cricumcised, but when he was vncircumcised.
How then was it reckoned? He being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;
11 After, he receiued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the righteousnesse of ye faith which he had, when he was vncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that beleeue, not being circumcised, that righteousnesse might be imputed 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 the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised.
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 the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse 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 the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, and the promise is made of none effect.
for if they who are of law [are] heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been made useless;
15 For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.
for the Law works wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.
16 Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs 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 (As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.
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 Which Abraham aboue hope, beleeued vnder hope, that he should be the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken to him, So shall thy seede 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 he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was nowe dead, being almost an hundreth yeere olde, neither the deadnes of Saraes wombe.
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 Neither did he doubt of the promise of God through vnbeliefe, but was strengthened in the faith, and gaue glorie to God,
and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,
21 Being fully assured that he which had promised, was also able to doe it.
and having been fully persuaded that what He has promised He is also able to do:
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnesse.
for this reason also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
23 Nowe it is not written for him onely, that it was imputed to him for righteousnesse,
And it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
24 But also for vs, to whom it shalbe imputed for righteousnesse, which beleeue in him that raised vp Iesus our Lord from the dead,
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 was deliuered to death for our sinnes, and is risen againe for our iustification.
who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
