Rom 4 | NASB1995 | STEP | What then shall we say that Abraham , our forefather according to the flesh , has found ?

Romans 4

Justification by Faith Evidenced in Old Testament

1 What then shall we say that Abraham, ^{▼▼ Or our forefather, has found according to the flesh}our forefather ^baccording to the flesh, has found? 2 For if Abraham was justified ^{▼▼ Lit out of}by works, he has something to boast about, but ^dnot ^{▼▼ Lit toward}before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? ^f“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who ^gworks, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but ^hbelieves in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7 ⁱ“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven,
And whose sins have been covered.
8 ^j“Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not ^k take into account.”

9 Is this blessing then on ^{▼▼ Lit circumcision
,} ^mthe circumcised, or on ^{▼▼ Lit uncircumcision}the uncircumcised also? For ^owe say, ^p“Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” 10 How then was it credited? While he was ^{▼▼ Lit in circumcision}circumcised, or ^{▼▼ Lit in uncircumcision}uncircumcised? Not while ^{▼▼ Lit in circumcision}circumcised, but while ^{▼▼ Lit in uncircumcision}uncircumcised; 11 and he ^ureceived the sign of circumcision, ^va seal of the righteousness of the faith which ^{▼▼ Lit was in uncircumcision}he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be ^xthe father of ^yall who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, 12 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 ^{▼▼ Lit was in uncircumcision}he had while uncircumcised.

13 For ^aathe promise to Abraham or to his ^{▼▼ Lit seed}descendants ^acthat he would be heir of the world was not ^{▼▼ Or through law}through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For ^aeif those who are ^{▼▼ Or of law}of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified; 15 for ^agthe Law brings about wrath, but ^ahwhere there is no law, there also is no violation.

16 For this reason it is ^{▼▼ Or out of}by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with ^ajgrace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to ^akall the ^{▼▼ Lit seed}descendants, not only to ^{▼▼ Lit that which is}those who are of the Law, but also to ^{▼▼ Lit that which is
,} ^aothose who are of the faith of Abraham, who is ^apthe father of us all, 17 (as it is written, ^aq“A father of many nations have I made you”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, ^arwho gives life to the dead and ^{▼▼ Lit calls the things which do not exist as existing
,} ^atcalls into being ^authat which does not exist. 18 In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become ^ava father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, ^aw“So shall your ^{▼▼ Lit seed} descendants be.” 19 Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now ^ayas good as dead since ^azhe was about a hundred years old, and ^bathe deadness of Sarah’s womb; 20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, ^bbgiving glory to God, 21 and ^bcbeing fully assured that ^bdwhat God had promised, He was able also to perform. 22 Therefore ^be it was also credited to him as righteousness. 23 Now ^bfnot for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those ^bgwho believe in Him who ^bhraised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 He who was ^bidelivered over because of our transgressions, and was ^bjraised because of our justification.