The Book of Romans
Chapter 4
Notes on
Justification through Faith
1 What shall we
say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the
flesh, hath found?
2 For if Abraham
were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but
not before God.
3 For what saith
the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted
unto him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that
worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that
worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6 Even as David
also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God
imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed
are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins
are covered.
8 Blessed is the
man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
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.
10 How was it then
reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in
uncircumcision.
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:
12 And the father
of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision
only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our
father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
Notes on Heirs of
Righteousness
13 For the
promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not
to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through
the righteousness of faith.
14 For if they
which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and
the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law
worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no
transgression.
16 Therefore it is
of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the
promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only
which is of the law, but to that also which is of the
faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17 (As it is
written, I have made thee a father of many nations,)
before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the
dead, and calleth those things which be not as though
they were.
18 Who against
hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of
many nations, according to that which was spoken, So
shall thy seed be.
19 And being not
weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead,
when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the
deadness of Sarah's womb:
20 He staggered
not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was
strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 And being fully
persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to
perform.
22 And therefore
it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not
written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us
also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him
that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was
delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our
justification.
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