Romans 4:1-11
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1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
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2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
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3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
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4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
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5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
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6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
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7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
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8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
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9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
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10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
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11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: