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

¹ What advantage then shall we say that Abraham our father had as to the flesh? ² For if Abraham was accepted as righteous through works, he hath ground of boasting. But he hath no ground of boasting before God. ³ For what saith the scripture? "Abraham had faith in God, and it was accounted unto him as righteousness."

⁴ Now to him that performeth works, the reward is not accounted a matter of grace, but of debt; ⁵ but to him who without performing works hath faith in him who accepteth as righteous one that hath been ungodly, his faith is accounted as righteousness;

⁶ as David also speaketh of the blessedness of the man whom God accepteth as righteous without works:

⁷ "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. ⁸ Blessed is the man whom the Lord shall not charge with sin."

⁹ Doth this blessedness belong to the circumcised alone, or to the uncircumcised also? For we are saying that Abrahams faith was accounted as righteousness. ¹⁰ How then was it so accounted? After his circumcision, or while he was uncircumcised? Not after he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised. ¹¹ And he received the outward sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all the uncircumcised who have faith, so that righteousness might be put to their account also; ¹² and that he might be the father of the circumcised, who are not circumcised merely, but who tread in the steps of that faith which our father Abraham had while yet uncircumcised.