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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.