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Justification by Faith Evidenced in Old Testament

1 What° then° shall we say° that Abraham°, Iour forefather° aaccording° to the flesh°, has found°? 2 For if° Abraham° was justified° Iby works°, he has° something° to boast° about°, but anot IIbefore° God°. 3 For what° does the Scripture° say°? “aABRAHAM° BELIEVED° GOD°, AND IT WAS CREDITED° TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS°.” 4 Now° to the one who aworks°, his wage° is not credited° as a favor°, but as what° is due°. 5 But to the one who does not work°, but abelieves° in Him who justifies° the ungodly°, his faith° is credited° as righteousness°, 6 just° as David° also° speaks° of the blessing° on the man° to whom° God° credits° righteousness° apart° from works°:
  7aBLESSED° ARE THOSE WHOSE° LAWLESS° DEEDS° HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN°,
  AND WHOSE° SINS° HAVE BEEN COVERED°.
  8aBLESSED° IS THE MAN° WHOSE° SIN° THE LORD° WILL NOT bTAKE° INTO ACCOUNT°.”

[1] IOr our forefather, has found according to the flesh aRo 1:3
[2] ILit out of IILit toward a1Co 1:31
[3] aGn 15:6; Ro 4:9, 22; Ga 3:6; Jm 2:23
[4] aRo 11:6
[5] aJn 6:29; Ro 3:22
[7] aPs 32:1
[8] aPs 32:2 b2Co 5:19

9 ¶ Is this° blessing° then° on Iathe circumcised°, or° on IIthe uncircumcised° also°? For bwe say°, “cFAITH° WAS CREDITED° TO ABRAHAM° AS RIGHTEOUSNESS°.” 10 How° then° was it credited°? While he was Icircumcised°, or° IIuncircumcised°? Not while Icircumcised°, but while IIuncircumcised°; 11 and he areceived° the sign° of circumcision°, ba seal° of the righteousness° of the faith° which Ihe had while uncircumcised°, so° that he might be cthe father° of dall° who believe° without° being° circumcised°, that righteousness° might be credited° to them, 12 and the father° of circumcision° to those° who not only° are of the circumcision°, but who also° follow° in the steps° of the faith° of our father° Abraham° which Ihe had while uncircumcised°.

[9] ILit circumcision IILit uncircumcision aRo 3:30 bRo 4:3 cGn 15:6
[10] ILit in circumcision IILit in uncircumcision
[11] ILit was in uncircumcision aGn 17:10f bJn 3:33 cLk 19:9; Ro 4:16f dRo 3:22; 4:16
[12] ILit was in uncircumcision

13 ¶ For athe promise° to Abraham° or° to his Idescendants° bthat he would be heir° of the world° was not IIthrough° the Law°, but through° the righteousness° of faith°. 14 For aif° those° who are Iof the Law° are heirs°, faith° is made° void° and the promise° is nullified°; 15 for athe Law° brings° about° wrath°, but bwhere° there is no° law°, there also is no° violation°.

[13] ILit seed IIOr through law aRo 9:8; Ga 3:16, 29 bGn 17:4-6; 22:17f
[14] IOr of law aGa 3:18
[15] aRo 7:7, 10-25; 1Co 15:56; Ga 3:10 bRo 3:20

16 ¶ For this° reason° [it is] Iby faith°, in order° that [it may be] in accordance° with agrace°, so° that the promise° will be guaranteed° to ball° the IIdescendants°, not only° to IIIthose° who are of the Law°, but also° to IIIcthose° who are of the faith° of Abraham°, who° is dthe father° of us all°, 17 (as it is written°, “aA FATHER° OF MANY° NATIONS° HAVE I MADE° YOU”) in the presence° of Him whom° he believed°, [even] God°, bwho gives° life° to the dead° and Iccalls° into being° dthat which does not exist°. 18 In hope° against° hope° he believed°, so° that he might become° aa father° of many° nations° according° to that which had been spoken°, “bSO° SHALL YOUR IDESCENDANTS° BE.” 19 Without° becoming° weak° in faith° he contemplated° his own° body°, now aas good as dead° since bhe was about° a hundred° years° old°, and cthe deadness° of Sarah’s° womb°; 20 yet°, with respect° to the promise° of God°, he did not waver° in unbelief° but grew° strong° in faith°, agiving° glory° to God°, 21 and abeing fully° assured° that bwhat° God had promised°, He was able° also° to perform°. 22 Therefore° aIT WAS ALSO° CREDITED° TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS°. 23 Now° anot for his sake° only° was it written° that it was credited° to him, 24 but for our sake° also°, to whom° it will° be credited°, as those° awho believe° in Him who braised° Jesus° our Lord° from the dead°, 25 [He] who° was adelivered° over because° of our transgressions°, and was braised° because° of our justification°.

[16] IOr out of IILit seed IIILit that which is aRo 3:24 bRo 4:11; 9:8; 15:8 cGa 3:7 dLk 19:9; Ro 4:11
[17] ILit calls the things which do not exist as existing aGn 17:5 bJn 5:21 cIs 48:13; 51:2 d1Co 1:28
[18] ILit seed aRo 4:17 bGn 15:5
[19] aHe 11:12 bGn 17:17 cGn 18:11
[20] aMt 9:8
[21] aRo 14:5 bGn 18:14; He 11:19
[22] aGn 15:6; Ro 4:3
[23] aRo 15:4; 1Co 9:9f; 10:11; 2Ti 3:16f
[24] aRo 10:9; 1P 1:21 bAc 2:24
[25] aIs 53:4, 5; Ro 5:6, 8; 8:32; Ga 2:20; Ep 5:2 bRo 5:18; 1Co 15:17; 2Co 5:15


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Abraham's faith was imputed to him for righteousness,

1 ¶ Whatº shall we sayºª thenº that Abrahamº ourº father,º as pertainingº to the flesh,º hath found?ºª 2 Forº ifº Abrahamº were justifiedºª byº works,º he hathºª [whereof] to glory;º butº notº beforeº God.º 3 Forº whatº saithºª the² scripture?ºº Abrahamº believedºª God,º andº it was countedºª unto himº forº righteousness.º 4 Nowº to him that workethºª is¹ª the² rewardº notº reckonedºª ofº grace,º butº ofº debt.º 5 Butº to him that workethºª not,º butº believethºª onº him that justifiethºª the² ungodly,º his¹² faithº is countedºª forº righteousness.º 6 Even asº Davidº alsoº describethºª the² blessednessº of the² man,º unto whomº Godº imputethºª righteousnessº withoutº works,º 7 [Saying], Blessedº [are] they whoseº iniquitiesº are forgiven,ºª andº whoseº sinsº are covered.ºª 8 Blessedº [is] the manº to whomº the Lordº will¹ª notº imputeºª sin.º 9 [Cometh] thisº blessedness¹² thenº uponº the² circumcisionº [only], orº uponº the² uncircumcisionº also?º forº we sayºª thatº faithº was reckonedºª to Abrahamº forº righteousness.º

[1] Is 51:2; Mt 3:9; Lk 3:8; 16:24, 29; Jn 8:33, 37, 53, 56; Ac 13:26; Ro 4:16; 6:1; 7:7; 8:31; 2Co 11:22; He 12:9.
[2] Gn 12:12, 18, 20; 20:9; Jsh 24:2; Jr 9:23; Ezk 8:9; Ro 3:20, 27; 15:17; 1Co 1:29; 4:7; 9:16; 2Co 5:12; 11:12, 30; 12:1; Ga 3:22; 6:13; Ep 2:9; Php 3:9.
[3] Gn 15:6; Ps 106:31; Is 8:20; Mk 12:10; Ro 4:5, 9, 11, 22; 9:17; 10:11; 11:2; Ga 3:6; Jm 2:23; 4:5; 2P 1:20.
[4] Mt 20:1; Ro 9:32; 11:6, 35.
[5] Jsh 24:2; Hab 2:4; Zc 3:3; Jn 5:24; Ac 13:38; Ro 1:17; 3:22, 26; 4:3, 24; 5:1, 6; 8:30; 10:3, 9; 1Co 6:9; Ga 2:16; 3:8, 9; Php 3:9; 1Ti 1:13; Tit 3:3.
[6] Dt 33:29; Ps 1:1; 112:1; 146:5; Is 45:24; 54:17; Jr 22:6; 33:16; Dn 9:24; Mt 5:3; Ro 1:17; 3:20, 22, 27; 4:9, 11, 24; 5:18; 1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:21; Ga 3:8, 14; 4:15; Ep 1:3; 2:8; Php 3:9; 2Ti 1:9; 2P 1:1.
[7] Ps 32:1; 51:8; 85:2; 130:3; Is 40:1; Jr 33:8; Mi 7:18; Mt 9:2; Lk 7:47.
[8] Is 53:10; 2Co 5:19; Phm 1:18; 1P 2:24; 3:18.
[9] Is 49:6; Lk 2:32; Ro 3:29; 4:3; 9:23; 10:12; 15:8; Ga 3:14, 26; Ep 2:11; 3:8; Col 3:11.

before he was circumcised.

10 Howº was it¹ª thenº reckoned?ºª when he wasºª inº circumcision,º orº inº uncircumcision?º Notº inº circumcision,º butº inº uncircumcision.º 11 Andº he receivedºª the signº of circumcision,º a sealº of the² righteousnessº of the² faithº whichº [he had yet] being¹ uncircumcised:¹ that¹²² heº might beºª the fatherº of allº them that believe,ºª though¹ they be not circumcised;º² that¹ righteousnessº might be imputedºª unto themº also:º 12 Andº the fatherº of circumcisionº to them² who are notº ofº the circumcisionº only,º butº who also¹ walkºª² in the² stepsº of that faithº of ourº fatherº Abraham,º which [he had] being¹ [yet] uncircumcised.º²

[10] Gn 15:5, 16; 16:1; 17:1, 10, 23; 1Co 7:18; Ga 5:6; 6:15.
[11] Gn 17:10; Ex 12:13; 31:13, 17; Dt 30:6; Ezk 20:12, 20; Mt 8:11; 16:16; Lk 19:9; Jn 3:15, 36; 6:35, 40, 47; 7:38; 8:33; 11:25; Ro 2:28; 3:22, 26; 4:6, 12, 13, 16; 9:6, 30, 33; 10:4, 6, 11; 2Co 1:22; Ga 3:7, 22, 29; 5:5; 6:16; Ep 1:13; 4:30; Php 3:9; He 11:7; 2P 1:1; Rv 9:4.
[12] Jb 33:11; Pv 2:20; So 1:8; Mt 3:9; Lk 16:23; Jn 8:39; Ro 9:6; 2Co 12:18; Ga 4:22; 1P 2:21.

By faith only he and his seed received the promise.

13 Forº the² promise,º that he² should beºª the¹² heirº of the² world,º [was] notº to Abraham,º orº to his¹² seed,º throughº the law,º butº throughº the righteousnessº of faith.º 14 Forº ifº they² which are ofº the lawº [be] heirs,º faithº is made void,ºª andº the² promiseº made of none effect:ºª 15 Becauseº the² lawº workethºª wrath:º forº whereº noº lawº is,ºª [there is] noº transgression.º

[13] Gn 12:3; 17:4, 16; 22:17; 28:14; 49:10; Ps 2:8; 72:11; Ro 4:11; Ga 3:16, 29.
[14] Nu 30:12, 15; Ps 119:126; Is 55:11; Jr 19:7; Ro 3:31; 4:16; Ga 2:21; 3:18; 5:4; Php 3:9; He 7:19, 28.
[15] Nu 32:14; Dt 29:20; 2K 22:13; Jr 4:8; Lm 2:22; Ezk 7:19; Zp 1:18; Jn 3:36; 15:22; Ac 17:30; Ro 1:17; 2:5, 12; 3:19; 5:13, 20; 7:7; 1Co 15:56; 2Co 3:7; Ga 3:10, 19; Ep 5:6; Col 3:6; 1Jn 3:4; Rv 6:16; 19:15.

Abraham is the father of all that believe.

16 Thereforeºº [it is] ofº faith,º thatº [it might be] byº grace;º to the end¹ the² promiseº might beºª sureº to allº the² seed;º notº to that² onlyº which is ofº the² law,º butº to that² alsoº which is ofº the faithº of Abraham;º whoº isºª the fatherº of usº all,º 17 (Asº it is written,ºª¹ I have madeºª theeº a fatherº of manyº nations,)º beforeº him whomº he believed,ºª [even] God,º who quickenethºª the² dead,º and¹² callethºª those things which beºª notº as thoughº they were.ºª 18 Whoº againstº hopeº believedºª inº hope,º that¹ heº might becomeºª the fatherº of manyº nations,º accordingº to that which was spoken,ºª Soº shall¹ª thyº seedº be.ºª 19 Andº being not¹ weakºª² in faith,º he consideredºª notº his ownº bodyº nowº dead,ºª when he wasºª aboutº an hundred years old,º neither² yet¹ the² deadnessº of Sara'sº womb:º 20 ¹ He² staggeredºª notº atº the² promiseº of Godº through unbelief;º butº was strongºª in faith,º givingºª gloryº to God;º 21 Andº being fully persuadedºª that,º whatº he had promised,ºª he wasºª ableº alsoº to perform.ºª 22 Andº thereforeº it was imputedºª to himº forº righteousness.º 23 Nowº it was¹ª notº writtenºª for his sakeºº alone,º thatº it was imputedºª to him;º

[16] Is 51:2; Ro 3:24; 4:11; 5:1; 9:8; Ga 3:7, 22; Ep 2:5, 8; Tit 3:7; He 6:13; 2P 1:10.
[17] Gn 17:4, 16, 20; 25:1; 28:3; Is 43:6; 44:7; 49:12; 55:12; Mt 3:9; Jn 5:21, 25; 6:63; Ac 15:18; Ro 3:29; 4:2; 8:11, 29; 9:26; 1Co 1:28; 15:45; Ep 2:1; 1Ti 6:13; He 11:7, 12; 1P 2:10; 2P 3:8.
[18] Gn 15:5; Ru 1:11; Pv 13:12; Ezk 37:11; Mk 5:35; Lk 1:18; Ac 27:25; Ro 4:19; 5:5; 8:24.
[19] Gn 17:17; 18:11; Mt 6:30; 8:26; 14:31; Mk 9:23; Jn 20:27; Ro 4:20; 14:21; He 11:11.
[20] Nu 11:13; 2K 7:2, 19; 2Ch 20:15; Is 7:9; 35:4; Jr 32:16; Dn 10:19; 11:32; Hg 2:4; Zc 8:9, 13; Lk 1:18, 45; 1Co 16:13; 2Co 12:10; Ep 6:10; 2Ti 2:1.
[21] Gn 18:14; Ps 115:3; Jr 32:17, 27; Mt 19:26; Lk 1:37, 45; Ro 8:38; 14:4; 2Co 9:8; 2Ti 1:12; He 11:13, 19.
[22] Ro 4:3, 6.
[23] Ro 15:4; 1Co 9:10; 10:6, 11; 2Ti 3:16.

Our faith also shall be imputed to us for righteousness.

24 Butº forº usº also,º to whomº it shall² be¹ª imputed,ºª if we² believeºª onº him that raised upºª Jesusº ourº Lordº fromº the dead;º 25 Whoº was deliveredºª forº ourº offences,º andº was raised againºª forº ourº justification.º

[24] Mk 16:16; Jn 3:14; Ac 2:24, 39; 13:30; Ro 10:9; Ep 1:18; He 13:20; 1P 1:21.
[25] Is 53:5, 10; Dn 9:24, 26; Zc 13:7; Mt 20:28; Ro 3:25; 5:6; 8:3, 32, 33; 1Co 15:3, 17; 2Co 5:21; Ga 1:4; 3:13; Ep 5:2; Tit 2:14; He 4:14; 9:28; 10:12; 1P 1:18, 21; 2:24; 3:18; 1Jn 2:2; 4:9; Rv 1:5; 5:9; 7:14.


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