1 W hat then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

What shall we say then that Abraham our father according to flesh has found?

2 F or if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

For if Abraham has been justified on the principle of works, he has whereof to boast: but not before God;

3 F or what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

4 N ow to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. David Celebrates the Same Truth

Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:

5 B ut to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,

but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

6 j ust as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:

Even as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness without works:

7 “ Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered;

Blessed whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered:

8 B lessed is the man to whom the L ord shall not impute sin.” Abraham Justified Before Circumcision

blessed man to whom Lord shall not at all reckon sin.

9 D oes this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

this blessedness then on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision? For we say that faith has been reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.

10 H ow then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised.

How then has it been reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

11 A nd he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also,

And he received sign of circumcision seal of the righteousness of faith which being in uncircumcision, that he might be father of all them that believe being in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also;

12 a nd the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised. The Promise Granted Through Faith

and father of circumcision, not only to those who are of circumcision, but to those also who walk in the steps of the faith, during uncircumcision, of our father Abraham.

13 F or the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For not by law that the promise was to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of world, but by righteousness of faith.

14 F or if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect,

For if they which of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.

15 b ecause the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

For law works wrath; but where no law is neither transgression.

16 T herefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

Therefore on the principle of faith, that according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which of the law, but to that also which of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,

17 ( as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations” ) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

(according as it is written, I have made thee father of many nations,) before the God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls the things which be not as being;

18 w ho, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”

who against hope believed in hope to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be:

19 A nd not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

and not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body already become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,

20 H e did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;

21 a nd being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.

and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;

22 A nd therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

23 N ow it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,

Now it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,

24 b ut also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,

but on ours also, to whom, believing on him who has raised from among dead Jesus our Lord,

25 w ho was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.

who has been delivered for our offences and has been raised for our justification, it will be reckoned.