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Romans, Chapter 4

¹ What then shall we say that Abraham,^aour forefather according to the flesh, has found? ² For if Abraham was justified^b Lit out ofby works, he has something to boast about, but not^c Lit towardbefore God. ³ For what does the Scripture say? “ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” ⁴ Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. ⁵ But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, ⁶ just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: ⁷ “BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED. ⁸ “BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.”	1 Rom 1:3 2 Co1 1:31 3 Gen 15:6 Rom 4:9 Rom 4:22 Gal 3:6 Jam 2:23 4 Rom 11:6 5 Joh 6:29 Rom 3:22 7 Psa 32:1 8 Psa 32:2 Co2 5:19
⁹ Is this blessing then on^d Lit circumcisionthe circumcised, or on^e Lit uncircumcisionthe uncircumcised also? For we say, “FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” ¹⁰ How then was it credited? While he was^f Lit in circumcisioncircumcised, or^g Lit in uncircumcisionuncircumcised? Not while^h Lit in circumcisioncircumcised, but whileⁱ Lit in uncircumcisionuncircumcised; ¹¹ and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which^j Lit was in uncircumcisionhe had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, ¹² and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which^k Lit was in uncircumcisionhe had while uncircumcised.	9 Rom 3:30 Rom 4:3 Gen 15:6 11 Gen 17:10 Joh 3:33 Luk 19:9 Rom 4:16 Rom 3:22 Rom 4:16
¹³ For the promise to Abraham or to his^l Lit seeddescendants that he would be heir of the world was not^m Or through lawthrough the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For if those who areⁿ Or of lawof the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified; ¹⁵ for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.	13 Rom 9:8 Gal 3:16 Gal 3:29 Gen 17:4-6 Gen 22:17 14 Gal 3:18 15 Rom 7:7 Rom 7:10-25 Co1 15:56 Gal 3:10 Rom 3:20
¹⁶ For this reason it is^o Or out ofby faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the^p Lit seeddescendants, not only to^q Lit that which isthose who are of the Law, but also to^r Lit that which isthose who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, ¹⁷ (as it is written, “A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and^scalls into being that which does not exist. ¹⁸ In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “SO SHALL YOUR^t Lit seedDESCENDANTS BE.” ¹⁹ Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb; ²⁰ yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹ and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform. ²² Therefore IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. ²³ Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, ²⁴ but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, ²⁵ He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.	16 Rom 3:24 Rom 4:11 Rom 9:8 Rom 15:8 Gal 3:7 Luk 19:9 Rom 4:11 17 Gen 17:5 Joh 5:21 Isa 48:13 Isa 51:2 Co1 1:28 18 Rom 4:17 Gen 15:5 19 Heb 11:12 Gen 17:17 Gen 18:11 20 Mat 9:8 21 Rom 14:5 Gen 18:14 Heb 11:19 22 Gen 15:6 Rom 4:3 23 Rom 15:4 Co1 9:9 Co1 10:11 Ti2 3:16 24 Rom 10:9 Pe1 1:21 Act 2:24 25 Isa 53:4 Isa 53:5 Rom 5:6 Rom 5:8 Rom 8:32 Gal 2:20 Eph 5:2 Rom 5:18 Co1 15:17 Co2 5:15


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