Romans 4:1-12
Abraham Justified by Faith
1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
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2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory; but not before God.
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3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
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4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
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5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
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6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
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7 [Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
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8 Blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
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9 [Cometh] this blessedness then upon the circumcision [only], or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
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10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
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11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
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12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.
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