Abraham Justified by Faith

(Genesis 15:1–7, Psalm 32:1–11, Hebrews 11:8–19)

What then shall we say [that] Abraham, our forefather according to [the] flesh, has discovered? 2 If Abraham vvv was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what {does} the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[fn]

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Now the wages of [the] worker vvv are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation. 5 However, to the [one who] vvv does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness. 6 And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

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“Blessed [are they] whose lawless acts are forgiven,

whose sins are covered.

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Blessed [is] [the] man

[whose] sin [the] Lord vvv vvv will never count against him.”[fn]

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[Is] this blessing [only] on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited [to him] as righteousness. 10 In what context was it credited? [Was it after] his circumcision, or vvv [before]? [It was] not vvv [after], but vvv [before].[fn]

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And he received [the] sign of circumcision [as] a seal of the righteousness that [he had] by faith [while] [he was still] uncircumcised. So then, he is [the] father of all who believe vvv [but] are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them as well.[fn] 12 And [he is also the] father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith [that] our father Abraham vvv had before he was circumcised.

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