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Romans 4 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Abraham’s Justification by Faith

(Gen 17:10 )

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What then shall we say that Abraham, [fn]our forefather according to the flesh, has found?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:2 - For if Abraham was justified [fn]by works, he has something to boast about; but not [fn]before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:3 - For what does the Scripture say? “ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:4 - Now to the one who works, the wages are not credited as a favor, but as what is due.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:5 - But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:6 - just as David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

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“BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN,

AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED.

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“BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.”

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Is this blessing then on [fn]the circumcised, or on [fn]the uncircumcised also? For we say, “FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:10 - How then was it credited? While he was [fn]circumcised, or [fn]uncircumcised? Not while [fn]circumcised, but while [fn]uncircumcised;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:11 - and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [fn]he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:12 - and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which [fn]he had while uncircumcised.

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For the promise to Abraham or to his [fn]descendants that he would be heir of the world was not [fn]through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:14 - For if those who are [fn]of the Law are heirs, then faith is made void and the promise is nullified;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:15 - for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.

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For this reason it is [fn]by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the [fn]descendants, not only to [fn]those who are of the Law, but also to [fn]those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:17 - (as it is written: “I HAVE MADE YOU A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, that is, God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that do not exist.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:18 - In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, “SO SHALL YOUR [fn]DESCENDANTS BE.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:19 - Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:20 - yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:21 - and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:22 - Therefore IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:23 - Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:24 - but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, to us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:25 - He who was delivered over because of our wrongdoings, and was raised because of our justification.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Or our forefather, has found according to the flesh
Lit out of
Lit toward
Lit circumcision
Lit uncircumcision
Lit in circumcision
Lit in uncircumcision
Lit in circumcision
Lit in uncircumcision
Lit was in uncircumcision
Lit was in uncircumcision
Lit seed
Or through law
Or of law
Or out of
Lit seed
Lit that which is
Lit that which is
Lit seed
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