Romans 4:1-12 - Abraham's Faith Counted As Righteousness

¹ What, then, are we to say about Abraham, our human ancestor? ² For if Abraham was justified by actions, he would have had something to boast about though not before God. ³ For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

⁴ Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation. ⁵ However, to someone who does not work, but simply believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

⁶ Likewise, David also speaks of the blessedness of the person whom God regards as righteous apart from actions:

⁷ "How blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered! ⁸ How blessed is the person whose sins the Lord will never charge against him!"

⁹ Now does this blessedness come to the circumcised alone, or also to the uncircumcised? For we say, "Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness." ¹⁰ Under what circumstances was it credited? Was he circumcised or uncircumcised? He had not yet been circumcised, but was uncircumcised. ¹¹ Afterward he received the mark of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. Therefore, he is the ancestor of all who believe while uncircumcised, in order that righteousness may be credited to them. ¹² He is also the ancestor of the circumcised those who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.