Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
What then will
we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found
according
to
the
flesh
?
What then shall
we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered
?
For
if Abraham was justified by works, he has
something to boast about, but not toward
God.
If Abraham was indeed
justified by works, he had
something to boast about, but not before
God.
For what does the Scripture say? "
Abraham believed God, and it was accounted
to him for
righteousness. "
For what does the Scripture say? “
Abraham believed God, and it was credited
to him as
righteousness. ”
Now to
him
who
works,
the reward
is
not counted
as grace
, but as debt
.
Now the wages
of
the
worker
are
not credited
as a
gift
, but as an
obligation
.
But
to him
who doesn't
work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly
, his faith is accounted
for
righteousness.
However,
to the
one
who does
not
work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked
, his faith is credited
as
righteousness.
Even
as
David also
pronounces
blessing
on
the man to whom God counts
righteousness apart from works ,
And
David speaks
likewise
of
the blessedness
of
the
man to whom God credits
righteousness apart from works :
"
Blessed are they whose iniquities
are forgiven, Whose sins are covered.
“
Blessed are they whose lawless
acts
are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the man whom
the Lord will by
no
means
charge
with
sin
. "
Blessed is the man whose
sin
the Lord will never
count
against
him
. ”
Is this blessing then
pronounced
on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also
? For
we say
that faith was accounted
to Abraham
for
righteousness.
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.
How
then
was it counted
? When
he
was in
circumcision, or in
uncircumcision
? Not in
circumcision
, but in
uncircumcision
.
In
what
context
was it credited
? Was it
after
his
circumcision, or before
? It
was
not after
, but before
.
He received the sign of circumcision ,
a seal of the righteousness of
the
faith
which
he had while he was in
uncircumcision
, that
he might
be
the father of all those
who believe, though
they
be
in uncircumcision,
that righteousness might also
be accounted
to them.
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.
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
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
.
For the promise to Abraham and to
his seed
that he should
be heir of the world wasn't
through the law, but through the righteousness of
faith.
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 if those who are
of
the law are heirs, faith is made
void,
and the promise is made
of
no
effect.
For if those who live
by
the law are heirs, faith is useless
and the promise is worthless,
For
the law works
wrath ,
for
where there is no law, neither
is
there disobedience
.
because
the law brings
wrath .
And
where there is no law, there is
no
transgression
.
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
seed,
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,
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.
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
.
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
in
hope
believed
against hope, to
the end
that
he
might
become
a
father of many nations, according
to
that
which
had been spoken
, "
So will
your seed
be. "
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. ”
Without being
weakened
in faith, he didn't
consider
his own
body ,
already
having
been
worn
out,
(he being
about a hundred years old) ,
and the deadness
of Sarah's
womb.
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.
Yet ,
looking
to
the promise of God, he
didn't
waver
through
unbelief,
but grew
strong
through
faith ,
giving
glory to God,
Yet he
did
not
waver
through
disbelief
in
the promise of God, but was
strengthened
in
his
faith and
gave
glory to God,
and
being fully assured
that what he had promised ,
he
was
able
also
to
perform
.
being fully persuaded
that God
was
able
to
do
what He had promised.
Therefore
it also
was "reckoned
to him for
righteousness. "
This
is
why
“
it was credited
to him as
righteousness. ”
Now it
was
not
written
that
it was accounted
to him for his
sake
alone
,
Now the
words
“
it was credited
to him ”
were
written
not
only
for Abraham
,
but for
our
sake
also, to whom it
will be accounted,
who believe in him who raised Jesus ,
our Lord ,
from the dead ,
but also for
us
, to whom righteousness
will be credited—for
us
who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead .
who
was delivered up
for our trespasses ,
and was raised for our justification.
He
was delivered over
to
death
for our trespasses and was raised to
life
for our justification.
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