<vn='1'><sn="5101">What</s> shall we <sn="2046">say</s><sn="3767">then</s> that <sn="11">Abraham</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">father</s>, as <sn="2596">pertaining</s> to the <sn="4561">flesh</s>, hath <sn="2147">found</s>? </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="11">Abraham</s> were <sn="1344">justified</s><sn="1537">by</s><sn="2041">works</s>, he <sn="2192">hath</s> whereof to <sn="2745">glory</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="4314">before</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5101">what</s><sn="3004">saith</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1124">Scripture</s>? <sn="11">Abraham</s><sn="4100">believed</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> it was <sn="3049">counted</s> unto <sn="846">him</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">Now</s> to him that <sn="2038">worketh</s> is <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3408">reward</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3049">reckoned</s><sn="2596">of</s><sn="5485">grace</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2596">of</s><sn="3783">debt</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1161">But</s> to him that <sn="2038">worketh</s><sn="3361">not</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="4100">believeth</s><sn="1909">on</s> him that <sn="1344">justifieth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="765">ungodly</s>, <sn="848">his</s><sn="4102">faith</s> is <sn="3049">counted</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Even <sn="2509">as</s><sn="1138">David</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3004">describeth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3108">blessedness</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="444">man</s>, unto <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="3049">imputeth</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s><sn="5565">without</s><sn="2041">works</s>, </v>
<vn='7'> Saying, <sn="3107">Blessed</s> are they <sn="3739">whose</s><sn="458">iniquities</s> are <sn="863">forgiven</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3739">whose</s><sn="266">sins</s> are <sn="1943">covered</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3107">Blessed</s> is the <sn="435">man</s> to <sn="3739">whom</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s> will <sn="3364">not</s><sn="3049">impute</s><sn="266">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='9'> Cometh <sn="3778">this</s><sn="3108">blessedness</s><sn="3767">then</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4061">circumcision</s> only, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="203">uncircumcision</s><sn="2532">also</s>? <sn="1063">for</s> we <sn="3004">say</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="4102">faith</s> was <sn="3049">reckoned</s> to <sn="11">Abraham</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="4459">How</s> was it <sn="3767">then</s><sn="3049">reckoned</s>? when he <sn="5607">was</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4061">circumcision</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="203">uncircumcision</s>? <sn="3756">Not</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4061">circumcision</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="203">uncircumcision</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2983">received</s> the <sn="4592">sign</s> of <sn="4061">circumcision</s>, a <sn="4973">seal</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4102">faith</s><sn="3588">which</s> he had yet being uncircumcised: <sn="1722 203">that</s><sn="846">he</s> might <sn="1511">be</s> the <sn="3962">father</s> of <sn="3956">all</s> them that <sn="4100">believe</s>, though they be not <sn="1223 203">circumcised</s>; that <sn="1343">righteousness</s> might be <sn="3049">imputed</s> unto <sn="846">them</s><sn="2532">also</s>: </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2532">And</s> the <sn="3962">father</s> of <sn="4061">circumcision</s> to <sn="3588">them</s> who are <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="4061">circumcision</s><sn="3440">only</s>, <sn="235">but</s> who also <sn="4748 2532">walk</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2487">steps</s> of that <sn="4102">faith</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">father</s><sn="11">Abraham</s>, which he had being yet <sn="1722 203">uncircumcised</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s>, that <sn="846">he</s> should <sn="1511">be</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2818">heir</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, was <sn="3756">not</s> to <sn="11">Abraham</s>, <sn="2228">or</s> to <sn="848">his</s><sn="4690">seed</s>, <sn="1223">through</s> the <sn="3551">law</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1223">through</s> the <sn="1343">righteousness</s> of <sn="4102">faith</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="3588">they</s> which are <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="3551">law</s> be <sn="2818">heirs</s>, <sn="4102">faith</s> is made <sn="2758">void</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s> made of none <sn="2673">effect</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1063">Because</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="2716">worketh</s><sn="3709">wrath</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3757">where</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="2076">is</s>, there is <sn="3761">no</s><sn="3847">transgression</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1223 5124">Therefore</s> it is <sn="1537">of</s><sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> it might be <sn="2596">by</s><sn="5485">grace</s>; to the end <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s> might <sn="1511">be</s><sn="949">sure</s> to <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4690">seed</s>; <sn="3756">not</s> to <sn="3588">that</s><sn="3440">only</s> which is <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>, <sn="235">but</s> to <sn="3588">that</s><sn="2532">also</s> which is <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="4102">faith</s> of <sn="11">Abraham</s>; <sn="3739">who</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="3962">father</s> of <sn="2257">us</s><sn="3956">all</s>, </v>
<vn='17'>( <sn="2531">As</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, I have <sn="5087">made</s><sn="4571">thee</s> a <sn="3962">father</s> of <sn="4183">many</s><sn="1484">nations</s>,) <sn="2713">before</s> him <sn="3739">whom</s> he <sn="4100">believed</s>, even <sn="2316">God</s>, who <sn="2227">quickeneth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3498">dead</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2564">calleth</s> those things which <sn="5607">be</s><sn="3361">not</s> as <sn="5613">though</s> they <sn="5607">were</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3739">Who</s><sn="3844">against</s><sn="1680">hope</s><sn="4100">believed</s><sn="1909">in</s><sn="1680">hope</s>, that <sn="846">he</s> might <sn="1096">become</s> the <sn="3962">father</s> of <sn="4183">many</s><sn="1484">nations</s>, <sn="2596">according</s> to that which was <sn="2046">spoken</s>, <sn="3779">So</s> shall <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4690">seed</s><sn="2071">be</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2532">And</s> being not <sn="770 3361">weak</s> in <sn="4102">faith</s>, he <sn="2657">considered</s><sn="3756">not</s> his <sn="1438">own</s><sn="4983">body</s><sn="2235">now</s><sn="3499">dead</s>, when he <sn="5225">was</s><sn="4225">about</s> a hundred years <sn="1541">old</s>, <sn="2532">neither</s> yet <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3500">deadness</s> of <sn="4564">Sarah</s> 's <sn="3388">womb</s>: </v>
<vn='20'><sn="*1161">He</s><sn="1252">staggered</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1519">at</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> through <sn="570">unbelief</s>; <sn="235">but</s> was <sn="1743">strong</s> in <sn="4102">faith</s>, <sn="1325">giving</s><sn="1391">glory</s> to <sn="2316">God</s>; </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">And</s> being fully <sn="4135">persuaded</s><sn="3754">that</s>, <sn="3739">what</s> he had <sn="1861">promised</s>, he <sn="2076">was</s><sn="1415">able</s><sn="2532">also</s> to <sn="4160">perform</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1352">therefore</s> it was <sn="3049">imputed</s> to <sn="846">him</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">Now</s> it was <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1125">written</s> for his <sn="1223 846">sake</s><sn="3440">alone</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> it was <sn="3049">imputed</s> to <sn="846">him</s>; </v>
<vn='24'><sn="235">But</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="2532">also</s>, to <sn="3739">whom</s> it <sn="3195">shall</s> be <sn="3049">imputed</s>, if <sn="3588">we</s><sn="4100">believe</s><sn="1909">on</s> him that raised <sn="1453">up</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>; </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3739">Who</s> was <sn="3860">delivered</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3900">offenses</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> was raised <sn="1453">again</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="1347">justification</s>. </v>