Romans 4
1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
What shall we say then that Abraham our father according to flesh has found?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
For if Abraham has been justified on the principle of works, he has whereof to boast: but not before God;
3 For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
4 Now to the one who works, the pay is not counted as a gift, but as an obligation.
Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as 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.
but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.
6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
Even as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness without works:
7 "Happy are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Blessed [they] whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered:
8 Happy is the one whom the Lord will not charge with sin."
blessed [the] man to whom [the] Lord shall not at all reckon sin.
9 Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.
[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.
10 How then was it credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
How then has it been reckoned? when he was 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 [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;
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 Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
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.
13 For the promise to Abraham and to his descendants that he should be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
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.
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 which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.
15 For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
For law works wrath; but where no law is neither [is there] 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 Abraham, who is the father of us all.
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,
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.
(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;
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 to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy 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 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,
20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he did not waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;
21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;
22 And therefore "it was credited to him as righteousness."
wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
23 Now it was not written that it was credited to him for his sake alone,
Now 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 Jesus our Lord from the dead,
but on ours also, to whom, believing on him who has raised from among [the] dead Jesus our Lord,
25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
who has been delivered for our offences and has been raised for our justification, it will be reckoned.
