The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Romans 04
1 What then will we say that Abraham,
our forefather, has found according to the
flesh?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works,
he has something to boast about, but not
toward God.
3 For what does the Scripture say?
“Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to
him for righteousness.”*
4 Now to him who works, the reward
is not counted as grace, but as
something owed.
5 But to him who doesn’t work, but
believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his
faith is accounted for righteousness.
6 Even as David also pronounces blessing
on the man to whom God counts righteousness
apart from works:
7 “Blessed are they whose iniquities are
forgiven, whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by
no means charge with sin.” *
9 Is this blessing then pronounced only
on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised
also? For we say that faith was accounted
to Abraham for righteousness.
10 How then was it counted? When
he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision,
but in uncircumcision.
11 He received the sign of circumcision, a
seal of the righteousness of the faith which
he had while he was in uncircumcision,
that he might be the father of all those who
believe, though they might be in
uncircumcision, that righteousness might also
be accounted to them.
12 He is the father of circumcision to
those whonot only are ofthe circumcision,
but who also walk in the steps of that faith
of our father Abraham, which he had in
uncircumcision.
13 For the promise to Abraham and to
his offspring that he would be heir of the
world wasn’t through the law, but through
the righteousness of faith.
14 For if those who are of the law are
heirs, faith is made void, and the promise
is made of no effect.
15 For the law produces wrath; for where
there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may
be according to grace, to the end that the
promise may be sure to all the offspring,
not to that only which is of the law, but to
that also which is of the faith of Abraham,
who is the father of us all.
17 As it is written, “I have made you a
father of many nations.”* This is in the
presence of him whom he believed: God,
who gives life to the dead, and calls the
things that are not, as though they were.
18 Against hope, Abraham in hope believed,
to the end that he might become a
father of many nations, according to that
which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”*
19 Without being weakened in faith, he
didn’t consider his own body, already
having been worn out, (he being about a
hundred years old), and the deadness of
Sarah’s womb.
20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he
didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew
strong through faith, giving glory to God,
21 and being fully assured that what he
had promised, he was also able to perform.
22 Therefore it also was “credited to him
for righteousness.”*
23 Now it was not written that it was
accounted to him for his sake alone,
24 butfor our sake also,to whomit willbe
accounted, who believe in him who raised
Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 who was delivered up for our trespasses,
and was raisedfor our justification.