4:1 What
then
shall
we
say
was
gained
by
Abraham,
our
forefather
according
to
the
flesh
4:2 For
if
Abraham
was
justified
by
works,
he
has
something
to
boast
about,
but
not
before
God.
4:3 For
what
does
the
Scripture
say
"Abraham
believed
God,
and
it
was
counted
to
him
as
righteousness."
4:4 Now
to
the
one
who
works,
his
wages
are
not
counted
as
a
gift
but
as
his
due.
4:5 And
to
the
one
who
does
not
work
but
believes
in
him
who
justifies
the
ungodly,
his
faith
is
counted
as
righteousness,
4:6 just
as
David
also
speaks
of
the
blessing
of
the
one
to
whom
God
counts
righteousness
apart
from
works:
4:7 "Blessed
are
those
whose
lawless
deeds
are
forgiven,
and
whose
sins
are
covered;
4:8 blessed
is
the
man
against
whom
the
Lord
will
not
count
his
sin."
4:9 Is
this
blessing
then
only
for
the
circumcised,
or
also
for
the
uncircumcised
We
say
that
faith
was
counted
to
Abraham
as
righteousness.
4:10 How
then
was
it
counted
to
him
Was
it
before
or
after
he
had
been
circumcised
It
was
not
after,
but
before
he
was
circumcised.
4:11 He
received
the
sign
of
circumcision
as
a
seal
of
the
righteousness
that
he
had
by
faith
while
he
was
still
uncircumcised.
The
purpose
was
to
make
him
the
father
of
all
who
believe
without
being
circumcised,
so
that
righteousness
would
be
counted
to
them
as
well,
4:12 and
to
make
him
the
father
of
the
circumcised
who
are
not
merely
circumcised
but
who
also
walk
in
the
footsteps
of
the
faith
that
our
father
Abraham
had
before
he
was
circumcised.
4:13 For
the
promise
to
Abraham
and
his
offspring
that
he
would
be
heir
of
the
world
did
not
come
through
the
law
but
through
the
righteousness
of
faith.
4:14 For
if
it
is
the
adherents
of
the
law
who
are
to
be
the
heirs,
faith
is
null
and
the
promise
is
void.
4:15 For
the
law
brings
wrath,
but
where
there
is
no
law
there
is
no
transgression.
4:16 That
is
why
it
depends
on
faith,
in
order
that
the
promise
may
rest
on
grace
and
be
guaranteed
to
all
his
offspring--not
only
to
the
adherent
of
the
law
but
also
to
the
one
who
shares
the
faith
of
Abraham,
who
is
the
father
of
us
all,
4:17 as
it
is
written,
"I
have
made
you
the
father
of
many
nations"--in
the
presence
of
the
God
in
whom
he
believed,
who
gives
life
to
the
dead
and
calls
into
existence
the
things
that
do
not
exist.
4:18 In
hope
he
believed
against
hope,
that
he
should
become
the
father
of
many
nations,
as
he
had
been
told,
"So
shall
your
offspring
be."
4:19 He
did
not
weaken
in
faith
when
he
considered
his
own
body,
which
was
as
good
as
dead
(since
he
was
about
a
hundred
years
old),
or
when
he
considered
the
barrenness
of
Sarah's
womb.
4:20 No
distrust
made
him
waver
concerning
the
promise
of
God,
but
he
grew
strong
in
his
faith
as
he
gave
glory
to
God,
4:21 fully
convinced
that
God
was
able
to
do
what
he
had
promised.
4:22 That
is
why
his
faith
was
"counted
to
him
as
righteousness."
4:23 But
the
words
"it
was
counted
to
him"
were
not
written
for
his
sake
alone,
4:24 but
for
ours
also.
It
will
be
counted
to
us
who
believe
in
him
who
raised
from
the
dead
Jesus
our
Lord,
4:25 who
was
delivered
up
for
our
trespasses
and
raised
for
our
justification.