^4:1 Therefore, what will we say, that Abraham our father has found according-to the flesh? ^4:2 For^* if Abraham was made righteous out-of works, he has grounds for boasting, but not toward God. ^4:3 For^* what does the Scripture say? ‘And Abraham believed God and it was counted to him ^*for righteousness.’ {Gen 15:6} ^4:4 Now to the one who is working, the reward is not counted according-to favor, but according-to debt. ^4:5 But to the one who is not working, but believes upon the one who makes righteous the ungodly, his faith is counted toward righteousness. ^4:6 Just-as David also says concerning the good-fortune of the man to whom God counts righteousness separate from works, ^4:7 saying, ‘Those whose lawlessnesses were forgiven and whose sins were covered are fortunate. ^4:8 The man to whom the Lord should never count sin, is fortunate.’ {Psa 32:1,2} ^4:9 Therefore, is this good-fortune upon the circumcision or also upon the uncircumcision? For^* we say, His faith was counted to Abraham ^*for righteousness. ^4:10 Therefore, how was it counted? While being in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. ^4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith of which he had in the uncircumcision, ^*that^* he himself may be the father of all the ones believing, even through uncircumcision, ^*that^* the righteousness may also be counted to them; {Gen 17:10} ^4:12 and the father of circumcision, to the ones not only from the circumcision, but to the ones also marching in the footprints of the faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

      ^4:13 For^* the promise was to Abraham, or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world {i.e., to inherit the world}, but not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. ^4:14 For^* if the ones from the law are heirs, the faith has been made void and the promise has been done-away-with. ^4:15 For^* the law is working wrath; for^* where there is no law, neither is there transgression. ^4:16 Because of this, it is from faith, in-order-that it may be according-to grace; ^*that^* the promise may be steadfast to all the seed; not to the one from the law only, but also to the one which is from the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all ^4:17 (as it has been written, ‘I have placed you as a father of many nations’ {Gen 17:5}), in front of God, the one whom he believed, who is making^* the dead alive and is calling the things which are not, as though they are. ^4:18 Abraham who, contrary to hope, believed upon hope, ^*that^* he himself may become a father of many nations, according-to what has been spoken, So your seed will be. {Gen 15:5}

      ^4:19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (being^* nearly a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. ^4:20 But he did not doubt in unbelief at the promise of God, but was empowered in the faith, and gave glory to God, ^4:21 and was fully assured that what he has promised, he is also able to do^*. ^4:22 Hence it was also counted to him ^*for righteousness. ^4:23 Now it was not written, ‘It was counted to him,’ because of him only, ^4:24 but also, because of us to whom it is about to be counted, who believe upon the one who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, ^4:25 who was given up because of our trespasses and was raised up because of our justification {Or: being made righteous.}.