Romans
CHAPTER 4
1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as
pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 2 For if Abraham were
justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. 3
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto
him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not
reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but
believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness. 6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of
the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 Saying,
Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are
covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not
impute sin.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only,
or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham
for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in
uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a
seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being
uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though
they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 12
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only,
but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he
had being yet uncircumcised. 13 For the promise, that
he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed,
through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if
they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise
made of none effect: 15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where
no law is, there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is
of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might 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,
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many
nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the
dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. 18
Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many
nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he
was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: 20
†
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in
faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what
he had promised, he was able also to perform. 22 And therefore it
was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was
imputed to him; 24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed,
if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our
justification.
The
Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems,
Inc.
† A Greek word occurs that is not directly translated
in the King James Version.
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