Romans 4:9-25

9Is thisG3778 blessingG3108 thenG3767 on 12the circumcisedG4061, orG2228 on 3the uncircumcisedG203 alsoG2532? For 4we sayG3004, “5FaithG4102 was creditedG3049 to AbrahamG11 as righteousnessG1343.” 10HowG4459 thenG3767 was it creditedG3049? While he was 6circumcisedG4061, orG2228 7uncircumcisedG203? Not while 8circumcisedG4061, but while 9uncircumcisedG203; 11and he 10receivedG2983 the signG4592 of circumcisionG4061, 11a sealG4973 of the righteousnessG1343 of the faithG4102 which 12he had while uncircumcisedG203, soG1519 that he might be 13the fatherG3962 of 14allG3956 who believeG4100 withoutG203 beingG203 circumcisedG203, that righteousnessG1343 might be creditedG3049 to them, 12and the fatherG3962 of circumcisionG4061 to thoseG3588 who not onlyG3440 are of the circumcisionG4061, but who alsoG2532 followG4748 in the stepsG2487 of the faithG4102 of our fatherG3962 AbrahamG11 which 15he had while uncircumcisedG203.

13For 16the promiseG1860 to AbrahamG11 orG2228 to his 17descendantsG4690 18that he would be heirG2818 of the worldG2889 was not 19throughG1223 the LawG3551, but throughG1223 the righteousnessG1343 of faithG4102. 14For 20ifG1487 thoseG3588 who are 21of the LawG3551 are heirsG2818, faithG4102 is madeG2758 voidG2758 and the promiseG1860 is nullifiedG2673; 15for 22the LawG3551 bringsG2716 aboutG2716 wrathG3709, but 23whereG3757 there is noG3756 lawG3551, there also is noG3756 violationG3847.

16For thisG3778 reasonG1223 it is 24by faithG4102, in orderG2443 that it may be in accordanceG2596 with 25graceG5485, soG1519 that the promiseG1860 will be guaranteedG949 to 26allG3956 the 27descendantsG4690, not onlyG3440 to 28thoseG3588 who are of the LawG3551, but alsoG2532 to 2930thoseG3588 who are of the faithG4102 of AbrahamG11, whoG3739 is 31the fatherG3962 of us allG3956, 17(as it is writtenG1125, “32A fatherG3962 of manyG4183 nationsG1484 have I madeG5087 you”) in the presenceG2713 of Him whomG3739 he believedG4100, even GodG2316, 33who givesG2227 lifeG2227 to the deadG3498 and 3435callsG2564 into beingG1510 36that which does not existG1510. 18In hopeG1680 againstG1909 hopeG1680 he believedG4100, soG3779 that he might becomeG1096 37a fatherG3962 of manyG4183 nationsG1484 accordingG2596 to that which had been spokenG3004, “38SoG3779 shall your 39descendantsG4690 be.” 19WithoutG3361 becomingG770 weakG770 in faithG4102 he contemplatedG2657 his ownG1438 bodyG4983, now 40as good as deadG3499 since 41he was aboutG4225 a hundredG1541 yearsG1541 oldG1541, and 42the deadnessG3500 of Sarah’sG4564 wombG3388; 20yetG1161, with respectG1519 to the promiseG1860 of GodG2316, he did not waverG1252 in unbeliefG570 but grewG1743 strongG1743 in faithG4102, 43givingG1325 gloryG1391 to GodG2316, 21and 44being fullyG4135 assuredG4135 that 45whatG3739 God had promisedG1861, He was ableG1415 alsoG2532 to performG2038. 22ThereforeG1352 46it was alsoG2532 creditedG3049 to him as righteousnessG1343. 23NowG1161 47not for his sakeG1223 onlyG3440 was it writtenG1125 that it was creditedG3049 to him, 24but for our sakeG1223 alsoG2532, to whomG3739 it willG3195 be creditedG3049, as thoseG3588 48who believeG4100 in Him who 49raisedG1453 JesusG2424 our LordG2962 from the deadG3498, 25He whoG3739 was 50deliveredG3860 over becauseG1223 of our transgressionsG3900, and was 51raisedG1453 becauseG1223 of our justificationG1347.