1What[G5101] shall we say[G2046]then[G3767] that Abraham[G11]our[G2257]father[G3962], as pertaining[G2596] to the flesh[G4561], hath found?[G2147]
2For[G1063]if[G1487]Abraham[G11] were justified[G1344]by[G1537]works[G2041], he hath[G2192] whereof to glory[G2745]; but[G235]not[G3756]before[G4314]God[G2316].
3For[G1063]what[G5101]saith[G3004] the scripture?[G1124]Abraham[G11]believed[G4100]God[G2316], and[G2532] it was counted[G3049] unto him[G846]for[G1519]righteousness[G1343].
4Now[G1161] to him that worketh[G2038]is[G3049] the reward[G3408]not[G3756]reckoned[G3049]of[G2596]grace[G5485], but[G235]of[G2596]debt[G3783].
5But[G1161] to him that worketh[G2038]not[G3361], but[G1161]believeth[G4100]on[G1909] him that justifieth[G1344] the ungodly[G765], his[G846]faith[G4102] is counted[G3049]for[G1519]righteousness[G1343].
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Even as[G2509]David[G1138]also[G2532]describeth[G3004] the blessedness[G3108] of the man[G444], unto whom[G3739]God[G2316]imputeth[G3049]righteousness[G1343]without[G5565]works[G2041],
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Saying, Blessed[G3107] are they whose[G3739]iniquities[G458] are forgiven[G863], and[G2532]whose[G3739]sins[G266] are covered[G1943].
8Blessed[G3107] is the man[G435] to whom[G3739] the Lord[G2962]will[G3049]not[G3364]impute[G3049]sin[G266].
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Cometh this[G3778]blessedness[G3108]then[G3767]upon[G1909] the circumcision[G4061] only, or[G2228]upon[G1909] the uncircumcision[G203]also?[G2532]for[G1063] we say[G3004]that[G3754]faith[G4102] was reckoned[G3049] to Abraham[G11]for[G1519]righteousness[G1343].
10How[G4459]was[G5607]it[G3049]then[G3767]reckoned?[G3049] when he was[G5607]in[G1722]circumcision[G4061], or[G2228]in[G1722]uncircumcision?[G203]Not[G3756]in[G1722]circumcision[G4061], but[G235]in[G1722]uncircumcision[G203].
11And[G2532]he[G846]received[G2983] the sign[G4592] of circumcision[G4061], a seal[G4973] of the righteousness[G1343] of the faith[G4102]which[G3588]he[G846] had yet being[G1722]uncircumcised[G203]: that[G1519]he[G846] might be[G1511] the father[G3962] of all[G3956]them[G846]that[G1519]believe[G4100], though[G1223] they be[G1511] not circumcised[G203]; that[G1519]righteousness[G1343] might be[G1511]imputed[G3049] unto them[G846]also[G2532]:
12And[G2532] the father[G3962]of[G1537]circumcision[G4061] to them who are not[G3756]of[G1537] the circumcision[G4061]only[G3440], but[G235] who also[G2532]walk[G4748] in the steps[G2487]of[G1537] that faith[G4102]of[G1537]our[G2257]father[G3962]Abraham[G11], which he had being[G1722] yet uncircumcised[G203].
13For[G1063]the[G846]promise[G1860], that he should be[G1511]the[G846]heir[G2818] of the[G846]world[G2889], was not[G3756] to Abraham[G11], or[G2228] to his[G846]seed[G4690], through[G1223]the[G846]law[G3551], but[G235]through[G1223]the[G846]righteousness[G1343] of faith[G4102].
14For[G1063]if[G1487] they which are of[G1537] the law[G3551] be heirs[G2818], faith[G4102] is made void[G2758], and[G2532] the promise[G1860] made of[G1537] none effect[G2673]:
15Because[G1063] the law[G3551]worketh[G2716]wrath[G3709]: for[G1063]where[G3757]no[G3756]law[G3551]is[G2076], there is[G2076]no[G3761]transgression[G3847].
16Therefore[G1223] it is[G2076]of[G1537]faith[G4102], that[G2443] it might be[G1511]by[G2596]grace[G5485]; to the end[G1519] the promise[G1860] might be[G1511]sure[G949] to all[G3956] the seed[G4690]; not[G3756] to that[G2443]only[G3440] which is[G2076]of[G1537] the law[G3551], but[G235] to that[G2443]also[G2532] which is[G2076]of[G1537] the faith[G4102]of[G1537]Abraham[G11]; who[G3739]is[G2076] the father[G3962]of[G1537]us[G2257]all[G3956],
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(As[G2531] it is written[G1125], I have made[G5087]thee[G4571] a father[G3962] of many[G4183]nations[G1484],) before[G2713] him whom[G3739] he believed[G4100], even God[G2316], who quickeneth[G2227] the dead[G3498], and[G2532]calleth[G2564] those things which be[G5607]not[G3361] as though[G5613] they were[G5607].
18Who[G3739]against[G3844]hope[G1680]believed[G4100]in[G1909]hope[G1680], that[G1519]he[G846] might become[G1096] the father[G3962] of many[G4183]nations[G1484], according[G2596] to that[G1519] which was spoken[G2046], So[G3779]shall[G2071]thy[G4675]seed[G4690]be[G2071].
19And[G2532] being not[G3361]weak[G770] in faith[G4102], he considered[G2657]not[G3756] his own[G1438]body[G4983]now[G2235]dead[G3499], when he was[G5225]about[G4225] an hundred years old[G1541], neither yet[G2532] the deadness[G3500] of Sara's womb[G3388]:
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He staggered[G1252]not[G3756]at[G1519] the promise[G1860] of God[G2316] through unbelief[G570]; but[G235] was strong[G1743] in faith[G4102], giving[G1325]glory[G1391] to God[G2316];
21And[G2532] being fully persuaded[G4135]that[G3754], what[G3739] he had promised[G1861], he was[G2076]able[G1415]also[G2532] to perform[G4160].
22And[G2532]therefore[G1352] it was imputed[G3049] to him[G846]for[G1519]righteousness[G1343].
23Now[G1161] it was[G1125]not[G3756]written[G1125] for his sake[G1223]alone[G3440], that[G3754] it was[G1125]imputed[G3049] to him[G846];
24But[G235]for[G1223]us[G2248]also[G2532], to whom[G3739] it shall be[G3195]imputed[G3049], if we believe[G4100]on[G1909] him that raised up[G1453]Jesus[G2424]our[G2257]Lord[G2962]from[G1537] the dead[G3498];
25Who[G3739] was delivered[G3860]for[G1223]our[G2257]offences[G3900], and[G2532] was raised again[G1453]for[G1223]our[G2257]justification[G1347].