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Romans 4
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The Example of Abraham

4What, then, are we to say about Abraham, our human ancestor -G5101G2046G3767G11G2257G3962G2596G4561G2147
2For if Abraham was justified by actions, he would have had something to boast about - though not before God.G1063G1487G11G1344G1537G2041G2192G2745G235G3756G4314G2316
3For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."G1063G5101G3004G1124G1161G11G4100G2316G2532G3049G846G1519G1343
4Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation.G1161G2038G3049G3408G3756G3049G2596G5485G235G2596G3783
5However, to someone who does not work, but simply believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.G1161G2038G3361G1161G4100G1909G1344G765G846G4102G3049G1519G1343
6Likewise, David also speaks of the blessedness of the person whom God regards as righteous apart from actions:5G2509G1138G2532G3004G3108G444G3739G2316G3049G1343G5565G2041
7"How blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered!G3107G3739G458G863G2532G3739G266G1943
8How blessed is the person whose sins the Lord will never charge against him!"G3107G435G3739G2962G3049G3364G3049G266
9Now does this blessedness come to the circumcised alone, or also to the uncircumcised? For we say, "Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness."G3778G3108G3767G1909G4061G2228G1909G203G2532G1063G3004G3754G4102G3049G11G1519G1343
10Under what circumstances was it credited? Was he circumcised or uncircumcised? He had not yet been circumcised, but was uncircumcised.G4459G3049G3767G3049G5607G1722G4061G2228G1722G203G3756G1722G4061G235G1722G203
11Afterward he received the mark of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. Therefore, he is the ancestor of all who believe while uncircumcised, in order that righteousness may be credited to them.G2532G2983G4592G4061G4973G1343G4102G3588G1722G203G1519G846G1511G3962G3956G4100G1223G203G1519G1343G3049G846G2532
12He is also the ancestor of the circumcised - those who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.G2532G3962G4061G3756G1537G4061G3440G235G2532G4748G2487G4102G2257G3962G11G1722G203

The Promise Comes through Faith

13For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law, but through the righteousness produced by faith.G1063G1860G1511G846G2818G2889G3756G11G2228G846G4690G1223G3551G235G1223G1343G4102
14For if those who were given the law are the heirs, then faith is useless and the promise is worthless,G1063G1487G1537G3551G2818G4102G2758G2532G1860G2673
15for the law produces wrath. Now where there is no law, neither can there be any violation of it.G1063G3551G2716G3709G1063G3757G3756G3551G2076G3761G3847
16Therefore, the promise is based on faith, so that it may be a matter of grace and may be guaranteed for all of Abraham's descendants - not only for those who were given the law, but also for those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.G1223G5124G1537G4102G2443G2596G5485G1519G1860G1511G949G3956G4690G3756G3440G1537G3551G235G2532G1537G4102G11G3739G2076G3962G2257G3956
17As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations." Abraham acted in faith when he stood in the presence of God, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence things that don't yet exist.G2531G1125G3754G5087G4571G3962G4183G1484G2713G3739G4100G2316G2227G3498G2532G2564G5607G3361G5613G5607
18Hoping in spite of hopeless circumstances, he believed that he would become "the father of many nations," just as he had been told: "This is how many descendants you will have."G3739G3844G1680G4100G1909G1680G1519G846G1096G3962G4183G1484G2596G2046G3779G2071G4675G4690G2071
19His faith did not weaken when he thought about his own body (which was already as good as dead now that he was about a hundred years old) or about Sarah's inability to have children,G2532G3361G770G4102G2657G3756G1438G4983G2235G3499G5225G4225G1541G2532G3500G4564G3388
20nor did he doubt God's promise out of a lack of faith. Instead, his faith became stronger and he gave glory to God,G1161G1252G3756G1519G1860G2316G570G235G1743G4102G1325G1391G2316
21being absolutely convinced that God would do what he had promised.G2532G4135G3754G3739G1861G2076G1415G2532G4160
22This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."4G2532G1352G3049G846G1519G1343
23Now the words "it was credited to him" were written not only for himG1161G1125G3756G1125G1223G846G3440G3754G3049G846
24but also for us. Our faith will be regarded in the same way, if we believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.G235G1223G2248G2532G3739G3195G3049G4100G1909G1453G2424G2257G2962G1537G3498
25He was sentenced to death because of our sins and raised to life to justify us.G3739G3860G1223G2257G3900G2532G1453G1223G2257G1347


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