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Romans 4 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Justification by Faith Evidenced in Old Testament

(Gen 17:10 )

Rom 4:1

Rom 4:1What then shall we say that Abraham, [fn]our forefather according to the flesh, has found?

Rom 4:2

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

Rom 4:3

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

Rom 4:4

Rom 4:4Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.

Rom 4:5

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

Rom 4:6

Rom 4:6just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

Rom 4:7

Rom 4:7“BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN,
AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED.

Rom 4:8

Rom 4:8“BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.”

Rom 4:9

Rom 4:9Is this blessing then on [fn]the circumcised, or on [fn]the uncircumcised also? For we say, “FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

Rom 4:10

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

Rom 4:11

Rom 4:11and 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,

Rom 4:12

Rom 4:12and 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.

Rom 4:13

Rom 4:13For 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.

Rom 4:14

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

Rom 4:15

Rom 4:15for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.

Rom 4:16

Rom 4:16For 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,

Rom 4:17

Rom 4:17(as it is written, “A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and [fn]calls into being that which does not exist.

Rom 4:18

Rom 4:18In 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.”

Rom 4:19

Rom 4:19Without 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;

Rom 4:20

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

Rom 4:21

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

Rom 4:22

Rom 4:22Therefore IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Rom 4:23

Rom 4:23Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him,

Rom 4:24

Rom 4:24but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

Rom 4:25

Rom 4:25He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Or, our forefather, has found according to the flesh
Literally: out of
Literally: toward
Literally: circumcision
Literally: uncircumcision
Literally: in circumcision
Literally: in uncircumcision
Literally: was in uncircumcision
Literally: was in uncircumcision
Literally: seed
Or, through law
Or, of law
Or, out of
Literally: seed
Literally: that which is
Literally: calls the things which do not exist as existing
Literally: seed
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