| 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 . |
