Romans 4

4What shall we say then that Abraham ^aour father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? ²For if Abraham were ^bjustified by works, he hath ^cwhereof to glory; ^dbut not before God. ³For what saith the scripture? ^eAbraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. ⁴Now ^fto him that worketh is the reward not ^greckoned of grace, but of debt. ⁵But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, ^hhis faith is ^gcounted for righteousness. ⁶Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God ^gimputeth righteousness ⁱwithout works, ⁷Saying, ^jBlessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. ⁸Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. ⁹Cometh this blessedness then upon ^kthe circumcision ^lonly, or upon ^kthe uncircumcision also? for ^ewe say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. ¹⁰How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. ¹¹And he received ^mthe sign of circumcision, ⁿa seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that ^ohe might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: ¹²And 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. ¹³For the promise, that he should be the ^pheir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴For ^qif they which are of the law be heirs, faith is ^rmade void, and ^qthe promise made of none effect: ¹⁵Because ^sthe law worketh wrath: for ^twhere no law is, ^uthere is no transgression. ¹⁶Therefore it is of faith, that it might be ^xby grace; ^yto the end the promise might be sure ^zto all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; ^awho is the father of us all, ¹⁷(As it is written, ^bI have made thee a father of many nations,) ^||before him whom he believed, even God, ^cwho quickeneth the dead, and calleth ^dthose things which be not as though they were. ¹⁸Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, ^eSo shall thy seed be. ¹⁹And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now ^fdead, ^gwhen he was about an hundred years old, neither yet ^hthe deadness of Sara’s womb: ²⁰He ⁱstaggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; ²¹And ^kbeing fully persuaded that, what he had promised, ^lhe was able also to perform. ²²And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. ²³Now ^mit was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; ²⁴But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe ⁿon him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; ^25oWho was delivered for our offences, and ^pwas raised again for our ^qjustification.