Romans:4:3-25

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* For what does the Scripture say ? "Abraham believed God , and it was credited to him as righteousness ." * Now to him who works , his wage is not reckoned as a gift , but as his due . * But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly , his faith is credited as righteousness , * just as David also speaks of the blessing of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works : * "Blessed [are ] [they ] whose lawless deeds have been forgiven , and whose sins have been covered ; * Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall by no means impute sin ." * Does this blessing then come upon the circumcision , or also upon the uncircumcised ? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness . * How then was it credited ? While he was circumcised , or in uncircumcision ? Not in circumcision , but in uncircumcision . * And he received the sign of circumcision , a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had while ]in uncircumcision , so that he should be the father of all those that believe , although uncircumcised , so that righteousness should also be imputed to them , * and the father of circumcision to those not only of circumcision , but also to those following in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham [ had while ] in uncircumcision . * For the promise that he should be heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through [the ] law , but through [the ] righteousness of faith . * For if those who are of [the ] law are heirs , faith is made void and the promise has been nullified , * because the law produces wrath ; for where there is no law neither is there transgression . * Therefore it is of faith that it may be according to grace , so that the promise might be sure to all the seed , not only to those [ ]of the law , but also to those of the faith of Abraham , who is the father of us all , * (just as it is written , "I have appointed you a father of many nations ") before God , whom he believed , the [One ] who gives life to the dead and calls those things which are not as though they were ; * who , contrary to hope , on hope believed , so that he should become a father of many nations , according to what was spoken , "So shall your descendants be ." * And not weakening in faith , he did not consider his own body , already having been worn out (being about a hundred years old ), and the deadness of Sarah 's womb , * he did not waver at the promise of God in unbelief , but was empowered by faith , giving glory to God , * and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to do . * And therefore "it was credited to him as righteousness ." * Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was credited to him , * but for us also , to whom it was going to be credited , those believing on Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead , * who was delivered up for our transgressions , and was raised for our justification .

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