[영어 성경] Romans chapter 4

Ro. 4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather,

discovered in this matter?

Ro. 4:2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something

to boast about — but not before God.

Ro. 4:3 What does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it

was credited to him as righteousness.” [Gen. 15:6; also in

verse 22]

Ro. 4:4 Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as

a gift, but as an obligation.

Ro. 4:5 However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who

justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

Ro. 4:6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness

of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from

works:

Ro. 4:7 “Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose

sins are covered.

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Ro. 4:8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count

against him.” [Psalm 32:1,2]

Ro. 4:9 Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the

uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith

was credited to him as righteousness.

Ro. 4:10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he

was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before!

Ro. 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, 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 but

have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might

be credited to them.

Ro. 4:12 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 had before he was circumcised.

Ro. 4:13 It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring

received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but

through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Ro. 4:14 For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and

the promise is worthless,

Ro. 4:15 because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is

no transgression.

Ro. 4:16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by

grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring —

not only to those who are of the law but also to those who

are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.

Ro. 4:17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”

[Gen. 17:5] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he

believed — the God who gives life to the dead and calls

things that are not as though they were.

Ro. 4:18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became

the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him,

“So shall your offspring be.” [Gen. 15:5]

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Ro. 4:19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body

was as good as dead — since he was about a hundred years

old — and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.

Ro. 4:20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise

of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to

God,

Ro. 4:21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had

promised.

Ro. 4:22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Ro. 4:23 The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him

alone,

Ro. 4:24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness — for

us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the

dead.

Ro. 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to

life for our justification.