Romans 4
1 What then will we say that Avraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
What, then, will we say Abraham our father to have found, according to flesh?
2 For if Avraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, 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 Avraham believed God, and it was credited 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 the one who works, the pay is not counted as a gift, but as an obligation.
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 in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited 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 Dawid also pronounces blessing on the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
even as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:
7 "Happy are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
“Blessed [are] they whose lawless acts were forgiven, And whose sins were covered;
8 Happy is the one whom the Lord will not charge with sin."
Blessed [is] the man To whom the LORD may not reckon sin.”
9 Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was credited to Avraham 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 was it credited? 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 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, so that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be credited to them.
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 The father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Avraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
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 to Avraham and to his descendants that he should be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the 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 those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is 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 the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
for the Law works wrath; for where law is not, neither [is] transgression.
16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the descendants, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Avraham, who is the 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 As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are 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 Who hoped in spite of hopeless circumstances, with the result that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "so will your descendants 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 his own body, which was as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness 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 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he did not waver through unbelief, but grew strong through 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 assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
and having been fully persuaded that what He has promised He is also able to do:
22 And therefore "it was credited to him as righteousness."
for this reason also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written that it was credited to him for his sake alone,
And it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, who believe in him who raised Yeshua 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 delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
