4What then are we to say was gained by* Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?
2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
3For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
4Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
5But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
18Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become the father of many nations, according to what was said, So numerous shall your descendants be.
19He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already* as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarahs womb.
20No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
21being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
22Therefore his faith* was reckoned to him as righteousness.
23Now the words, it was reckoned to him, were written not for his sake alone,
24but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.
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