What then shall we say (that) Abraham , our vvv vvv vvv forefather , has discovered ?
If Abraham vvv was indeed justified by works , he had something to boast about , but not before God.
For what {does} the Scripture say ? “ - Abraham believed - God , and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Now the wages of (the) worker vvv are not credited as a gift , but as an obligation.
However , to the (one who) vvv does not work , but believes in Him who justifies the wicked , his - faith is credited as righteousness.
And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom - God credits righteousness apart from works :
“ Blessed (are they) whose - lawless Acts - are forgiven , - whose - sins are covered.
Blessed (is) (the) man (whose) sin (the) Lord vvv vvv will never count against him.”
(Is) this - blessing (only) on the circumcised , or also on the uncircumcised ? - We have been saying that - Abraham’s faith was credited (to him) as righteousness.
In what context ... was it credited ? (Was it after) ... his circumcision , or vvv (before) ? (It was) not vvv (after) , but vvv (before).
And he received (the) sign of circumcision (as) a seal of the righteousness that (he had) by faith (while) - (he was still) uncircumcised. So then , he - is (the) father of all who believe (but) vvv are not circumcised , in order that - righteousness - might be credited to them.
And (he is also the) father of the circumcised who - not only are circumcised , but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith (that) our father Abraham vvv had before he was circumcised.
For the promise - to Abraham (and) his - offspring that he would be heir (of the) world was not (given) through (the) law , but through (the) righteousness that comes by faith.
For if those (who live by) (the) law (are) heirs , - faith is useless and the promise is worthless ,
because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law , (there is) no transgression.
Therefore , (the promise comes) by faith , so that ... - vvv (it) may rest on grace (and) may be guaranteed to all (Abraham’s) offspring — not only to those who are of the law , but also to those who are of (the) faith of Abraham. (He) is (the) father of us all.
As it is written - : “ I have made you a father of many nations.” (He is our father) in the presence of God , in whom he believed , the (God who) gives life to the dead and calls (into) being what {does} not yet exist.
Against all hope , (Abraham) in hope believed and so - - became (the) father of many nations , just as - he had been told , “ So {shall} your - offspring be.”
- Without weakening in (his) faith , he acknowledged the vvv decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old ) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s - womb.
Yet vvv he did not waver - through disbelief in the promise - of God , but was strengthened in his faith (and) gave glory - to God ,
- being fully persuaded that (God) was - able to do - what He had promised.
This is why - “ it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Now (the words) “ it was credited to him ” were written not only for (Abraham) ,
but also for us , to whom vvv (righteousness) will be credited — for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our - Lord from (the) dead.
(He) was delivered over to death for our - trespasses and was raised to life for our - justification.