1 W hat then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, 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 toward 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 reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

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

5 B ut to him who doesn’t work, but believes in 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 E ven as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

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

7 “ Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

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

8 B lessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”

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

9 I s this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on 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 counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

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

11 H e received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

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 H e is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

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 to Abraham and to his offspring that he should be heir of the world wasn’t 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 is made of no effect.

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

15 F or the law produces wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

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

16 F or this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, 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.

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 A s it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

(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 B esides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring 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 W ithout being weakened in faith, he didn’t consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being 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 Y et, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through 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 assured 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 T herefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”

wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

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

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

24 b ut for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised 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 for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

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