Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
What then shall we say that
Abraham ,
our forefather
, has
discovered
?
What ,
then ,
shall we say Abraham our father
, to
have
found,
according
to
flesh
?
If Abraham was
indeed
justified
by works, he had
something
to boast about,
but not before God .
for
if Abraham by works was
declared
righteous
, he hath
to boast --
but not before god ;
For what does
the Scripture
say? “
Abraham believed
God, and it was credited
to him as
righteousness .”
for what doth
the writing
say? `And
Abraham did
believe
God, and it was reckoned
to him --
to
righteousness ;'
Now
the
wages
of
the worker
are
not credited
as
a
gift
, but as
an
obligation.
and
to
him
who
is
working,
the reward
is
not reckoned
of
grace
, but of
debt;
However,
to the
one
who does
not work
, but
believes
in
Him who justifies
the wicked
, his faith is credited
as
righteousness .
and
to him
who is
not working
, and
is
believing
upon
Him who is
declaring
righteous
the impious
, his faith is reckoned
--
to
righteousness :
And
David speaks
likewise
of the blessedness
of the man to whom God credits
righteousness apart from works:
even
as
David also
doth
speak
of the happiness
of the man to whom God doth
reckon
righteousness apart from works:
“Blessed
are
they whose lawless acts are
forgiven, whose sins are
covered .
`Happy
they whose lawless acts were
forgiven, and
whose sins were
covered ;
Blessed
is
the man whose
sin
the Lord will
never
count
against
him
. ”
happy
the man to
whom
the Lord may
not
reckon
sin
. '
Is this blessing
only
on
the circumcised
, or also on
the uncircumcised?
We have
been
saying
that Abraham’s
faith was credited
to him
as
righteousness .
`
Is '
this happiness,
then,
upon
the circumcision
, or also upon
the uncircumcision
--
for
we say
that the
faith was reckoned
to Abraham
--
to
righteousness ?
In
what
context
was it credited
? Was
it
after
his
circumcision, or before
? It
was
not after
, but before.
how
then
was it reckoned
? he
being
in
circumcision, or in
uncircumcision
? not in
circumcision
, but in
uncircumcision;
And he
received
the
sign of circumcision as
a seal of the righteousness that
he
had
by
faith while
he
was
still
uncircumcised.
So
then,
he
is
the father of all who
believe
but
are
not
circumcised
, in
order
that
righteousness might
be
credited
to them .
and a
sign he
did
receive
of circumcision ,
a seal of the righteousness of
the
faith in
the uncircumcision,
for
his
being
father of all those
believing
through
uncircumcision
, for
the
righteousness also
being
reckoned
to them ,
And he
is
also
the
father of the
circumcised
who
not only are
circumcised
, but who also walk in the footsteps
of the faith that our father Abraham had
before
he
was
circumcised
.
and father of circumcision
to
those
not of
circumcision
only, but who also walk in the steps
of the faith ,
that `is'
in
the
uncircumcision
of
our father Abraham.
For the promise to Abraham and
his offspring
that
he
would
be
heir of the world was
not
given
through
the
law
, but through the righteousness that
comes
by
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 ;
For if those
who live
by
the
law are heirs, faith is
useless
and the promise is
worthless,
for if they
who are
of
law `
are '
heirs, the
faith hath
been
made
void,
and the promise hath
been
made
useless;
because
the law brings
wrath .
And
where there
is
no
law, there
is no
transgression.
for
the law doth
work
wrath ;
for
where law is
not
, neither
`
is '
transgression.
Therefore,
the
promise
comes
by
faith, so
that it may rest
on
grace
and
may
be guaranteed
to all Abraham’s
offspring—
not only
to those
who
are
of the law, but also to those
who
are
of the faith of Abraham .
He
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 ,
As it is
written :
“I
have
made
you
a father of many nations .”
He
is
our
father
in
the
presence
of
God
, in
whom he believed,
the
God who gives
life
to
the dead and calls
into
being
what
does
not yet
exist
.
who
is
father
of
us
all
(according
as it hath
been
written --
`
A father of many nations I
have
set
thee
, ')
before
Him
whom he did
believe
--
God ,
who is
quickening
the dead ,
and is
calling
the
things
that
be
not as
being
.
Against all
hope ,
Abraham
in hope believed
and
so
became
the
father of many nations ,
just
as
he
had
been
told,
“
So shall your
offspring
be .”
Who,
against hope in hope did
believe,
for
his
becoming
father of many nations according
to
that
spoken:
`
So shall thy
seed
be ;'
Without
weakening
in his
faith, he acknowledged
the
decrepitness
of
his body ( since
he
was
about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness
of Sarah’s
womb .
and
not
having
been
weak
in the
faith, he did
not
consider
his own
body ,
already
become
dead,
( being
about a hundred years old ,
) and the deadness
of Sarah's
womb ,
Yet
he
did
not
waver
through
disbelief
in
the promise of God, but was strengthened in his
faith and
gave
glory to God,
and
at
the promise of God did
not
stagger
in
unbelief
, but was strengthened in faith ,
having
given
glory to God,
being
fully persuaded that God
was
able
to
do
what He had
promised .
and
having
been
fully persuaded that what He hath
promised He
is
able
also
to
do:
This
is
why
“
it was credited
to him as
righteousness. ”
wherefore
also
it was reckoned
to him to
righteousness.
Now
the
words
“
it was credited
to him ”
were
written
not
only
for
Abraham
,
And
it was not
written
on
his
account
alone,
that
it
was
reckoned
to him,
but also for
us
, to whom righteousness
will
be credited—for
us who
believe
in
Him who raised
Jesus our Lord from
the dead .
but also on
ours
, to whom it
is
about
to
be reckoned
--
to
us believing
on
Him who did
raise
up
Jesus our Lord out
of
the dead ,
He
was delivered over
to
death
for
our trespasses
and was raised to
life
for
our justification
.
who
was delivered up
because
of
our offences,
and was raised up
because
of
our being
declared
righteous
.
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