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¹ What then shall we say - as touching Abraham our forefather?² For, if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath whereof to boast; - nevertheless, not towards God, - ³ For what doth the Scripture say? And Abraham believed in God, and it was reckoned unto him as righteousness.⁴ Now, unto him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned by way of favour but by way of obligation,⁵ Whereas, unto him that worketh not but believeth on him that declareth righteous the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.⁶ Just as David also affirmeth the happiness of the man unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works: - ⁷ Happy, they whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered,⁸ Happy, the man whose sin the Lord will in nowise reckon.

⁹ This happiness, then, is it for the circumcision, or for the uncircumcision? for we say - His faith was reckoned unto Abraham as righteousness:¹⁰ How, then, was it reckoned? When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;¹¹ And, a sign, he received namely of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while yet uncircumcised; to the end he might be father of all that believe during uncircumcision, to the end the same righteousness might be reckoned unto them, - ¹² And father of circumcision - unto them who are not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, while yet uncircumcised, of our father Abraham.¹³ For, not through means of law, doth the promise belong unto Abraham or unto his seed, - that he should be heir of thee world; but, through a righteousness by faith.¹⁴ For, if they who are of law are heirs, made void is faith and of no effect is the promise.¹⁵ For, the law, worketh out anger, but, where there is no law, neither is there transgression.¹⁶ For this cause, it is by faith, in order that it may be by way of favour, so that the promise is firm unto all the seed, - not unto that by the law only, but unto that also which is such by the faith of Abraham; who is father of us all, -

¹⁷ Even as it is written - Father of many nations, have I appointed thee: before him whom he believed - God, who causeth the dead to live, and calleth the things that are not as things that are: - ¹⁸ Who, past hope, upon hope believed, so that he became father of many nations, - according to what had been said - So shall be thy seed; - ¹⁹ And, without becoming weak in his faith, he attentively considered his own body, already deadened - he being a hundred years old, the deadening also of Sarah's womb;²⁰ In respect, however, of the promise of God, he was not led to hesitate by unbelief, but received power by his faith, giving glory unto God,²¹ And being fully persuaded (that), - what he hath promised, able is he also to perform:²² Wherefore also, it was reckoned unto him as righteousness.

²³ Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was reckoned unto him,²⁴ But for our sakes also - unto whom it is to be reckoned, - even unto them that believe upon him who raised Jesus our Lord from among the dead:²⁵ Who was delivered up on account of our offences and was raised on account of the declaring us righteous.