Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.

Do you have a conviction? Keep it to yourself before God. The man who does not condemn himself by what he approves is blessed.

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

Likewise, David also speaks of the blessing of the man God credits righteousness to apart from works:

Is this blessing only for the circumcised, then? Or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, praised forever. Amen.