Romans 4:1-8 ▼

1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our earthly forefather, has gained?

2 For if he was held to be righteous on the ground of his actions, he has something to boast of; but not in the presence of God.

3 For what says the Scripture? "And Abraham believed God, and this was placed to his credit as righteousness."

4 But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;

5 whereas in the case of a man who pleads no actions of his own, but simply believes in Him who declares the ungodly free from guilt, his faith is placed to his credit as righteousness.

6 In this way David also tells of the blessedness of the man to whose credit God places righteousness, apart from his actions.

7 "Blessed," he says, "are those whose iniquities have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered over.

8 Blessed is the man of whose sin the Lord will not take account."