Romans 4

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?- Romans 4:1

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.- Romans 4:2

For what does the Scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”- Romans 4:3

Now to the one who works, his wage is not reckoned as a favor, but as what is due.- Romans 4:4

But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness,- Romans 4:5

just as David also speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:- Romans 4:6

"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered;- Romans 4:7

blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not reckon.”- Romans 4:8

Is this blessedness then upon the circumcised, or also upon the uncircumcised? For we say, “Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.”- Romans 4:9

How then was it reckoned? While he was circumcised, or while he was uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised;- Romans 4:10

and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be reckoned to them as well,- Romans 4:11

and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.- Romans 4:12

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.- Romans 4:13

For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is nullified and the promise is abolished;- Romans 4:14

for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no transgression.- Romans 4:15

For this reason it is by faith, that it might be in accordance with grace, so that the promise may be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,- Romans 4:16

as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”—before God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.- Romans 4:17

In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”- Romans 4:18

And without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;- Romans 4:19

yet with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,- Romans 4:20

and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was also able to perform.- Romans 4:21

Therefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.- Romans 4:22

Now not for his sake only was it written that it was reckoned to him,- Romans 4:23

but for our sake also, to whom it will be reckoned, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,- Romans 4:24

He who was delivered over on account of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.- Romans 4:25