4:6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

4:7 “Blessed⁸ are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
4:8 blessed is the one against whom the Lord does not count sin.”⁹

4:9 Is this blessedness¹⁰ then for¹¹ the circumcision¹² or also for¹³ the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”¹⁴ 4:10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised! 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised,¹⁵ so that he would become¹⁶ the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised,¹⁷ that they too could have righteousness credited to them. 4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised,¹⁸ who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.¹⁹

4:13 For the promise²⁰ to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 4:14 For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.²¹ 4:15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression²² either. 4:16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace,²³ with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants—not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham,²⁴ who is the father of us all 4:17 (as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”).²⁵ He is our father²⁶ in the presence of God whom he believed—the God who²⁷ makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.²⁸ 4:18 Against hope Abraham²⁹ believed³⁰ in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations³¹ according to the pronouncement,³² “so will your descendants be.”³³ 4:19 Without being weak in faith, he considered³⁴ his own body as dead³⁵ (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 4:20 He³⁶ did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. 4:21 He was³⁷ fully convinced that what God³⁸ promised he was also able to do. 4:22 So indeed it was credited to Abraham³⁹ as righteousness.

4:23 But the statement it was credited to him⁴⁰ was not written only for Abraham’s⁴¹ sake, 4:24 but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 4:25 He⁴² was given over⁴³ because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of⁴⁴ our justification.