Romans
Romans 4
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Romans 4 — Scripture text (King James Version)
What shall we say then that our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if were justified by works, he hath whereof to ; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? believed God, and it was counted unto him for . Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of , but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth him that justifieth the ungodly, his is counted for . Even as also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Cometh this blessedness then upon the only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that was reckoned to for . How was it then reckoned? when he was in , or in uncircumcision? Not in , but in uncircumcision. And he received the of , a of the of the which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that might be imputed unto them also: And the father of to them who are not of the only, but who also walk in the steps of that of our father , which he had being yet uncircumcised. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to , or to his seed, through , but through the of . For if they which are of be heirs, is made void, and the promise made of none effect: Because worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of , that it might be by ; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of , but to that also which is of the of ; who is the father of us all, (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. 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. And being not weak in , he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of ’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in , giving to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for . Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe him that raised up our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our .