{"book":"Romans","slug":"romans","ch":4,"genre":"letter","sub":"Romans","prev":"romans/3","next":"romans/5","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"What then shall we say [that] Abraham, our forefather according to [the] flesh, has discovered?","f":[],"h":"Abraham Justified by Faith","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"For what {does} the Scripture say?“ Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”","f":["Genesis 15:6"]},{"v":4,"t":"Now the wages of [the] worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"However, to the [one who] does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"“ Blessed [are they] whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Blessed [are they] whose lawless acts are forgiven,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose sins are covered."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Blessed [is] [the] man [whose] sin [the] Lord will never count against him.”","f":["Psalm 32:1–2 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Blessed [is] [the] man"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[whose] sin [the] Lord will never count against him.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"[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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"In what context was it credited? [Was it after] his circumcision, or [before]? [It was] not [after], but [before].","f":["Literally How then was it reckoned—being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision."]},{"v":11,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"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.","f":[],"h":"Abraham Receives the Promise","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"For if those [who live by] [the] law [are] heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, [there is] no transgression.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"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.","f":["Genesis 17:5"]},{"v":18,"t":"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.”","f":["Genesis 15:5"],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith [and] gave glory to God,","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"being fully persuaded that [God] was able to do what He had promised.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"This is why “ it was credited to him as righteousness.”","f":["Genesis 15:6"]},{"v":23,"t":"Now [the words] “ it was credited to him ” were written not only for [Abraham],","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"but also for us, to whom [righteousness] will be credited — for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from [the] dead.","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"[He] was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.","f":[]}]}