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For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness."

Therefore, is this blessing on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, "Faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness."

For the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith has been made empty and the promise has been abolished;

for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no trespass.

For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be according to grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the seed, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all—

Now not for his sake only was it written that it was counted to him,

but for our sake also, to whom it will be counted, as those who believe upon Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For one will hardly die for a righteous man, though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the gracious gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.

For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

For as through the one man's disobedience the many were appointed sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be appointed righteous.

For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,

for he who has died has been justified from sin.

For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all, but the life that He lives, He lives to God.