New American Standard Bible 1995 NASB95
Wycliffe WYC
1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?
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What then shall we say, that Abraham our father after the flesh found?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
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For if Abraham is justified of works of the law, he hath glory, but not with God.
3 For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS."
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For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed to God, and it was areckoned [reckoned] to him to rightwiseness.
4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
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And to him that worketh meed is not areckoned by grace [is not given to, or reckoned, after grace], but by debt.
5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,
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Soothly to him that worketh not, but believeth into him that justifieth a wicked man, his faith is areckoned to rightwiseness [+But to him that worketh not, but believing into him that justifieth the wicked man, or unpious, his faith is reckoned to rightwiseness], after the purpose of God's grace.
6 just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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As David saith the blessedness of a man, whom God accepteth, he giveth to him rightwiseness without works of the law, [As and David saith the blessedness of a man, to whom God accepteth, rightwiseness without works,]
7 "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED.
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Blessed be they, whose wickednesses be forgiven, and whose sins be hid [and whose sins be covered, or hid].
8 "BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT."
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Blessed is that man, to whom God areckoned [reckoned] not sin.
9 Is this blessing then on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, "FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS."
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Then whether dwelleth this blessedness only in circumcision, or also in prepuce? For we say, that the faith was areckoned [reckoned] to Abraham to rightwiseness.
10 How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised;
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How then was it areckoned [reckoned]? in circumcision, or in prepuce? Not in circumcision, but in prepuce.
11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them,
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And he took a sign of circumcision, a token of rightwiseness of the faith [a marking, or tokening, of rightwiseness of faith] which is in prepuce, that he be father of all men believing by prepuce, that it be areckoned [reckoned] also to them to rightwiseness;
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 he had while uncircumcised.
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and that he be father of circumcision, not only to them that be of circumcision, but also to them that follow the steps of the faith, which faith is in prepuce of our father Abraham. [and that he be father of circumcision, not only to them that be of circumcision, but and to them that follow the steps of the faith of our father Abraham, that is in prepuce.]
13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
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For not by the law is [the] promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be [the] heir of the world, but by the rightwiseness of faith.
14 For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified;
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For if they that be of the law, be heirs, faith is destroyed, promise is done away.
15 for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.
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For the law worketh wrath; for where is no law, there is no trespass, neither is trespassing. [Forsooth the law worketh wrath; soothly where the law is not, neither is prevarication, or trespassing.]
16 For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
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Therefore rightwiseness is of faith, that by grace promise be stable to each seed [that after grace promise be stable, or steadfast, to each seed], not to that seed only that is of the law, but to that that is of the faith of Abraham, which is father of us all.
17 (as it is written, "A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU") in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.
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As it is written, For I have set thee father of many folks, before God to whom thou hast believed. The which God quickeneth dead men [The which quickeneth the dead], and calleth those things that be not, as those that be.
18 In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, "SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE."
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[The] Which Abraham against hope believed into hope, that he should be made father of many folks, as it was said to him [after that it is said to him], Thus shall thy seed be, as the stars of heaven, and as the gravel [and as gravel, or sand,] that is in the brink of the sea.
19 Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb;
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And he was not made unsteadfast in the belief, neither he beheld his body then nigh dead [neither he beheld his body now nigh dead], when he was almost of an hundred years, nor the womb of Sarah nigh dead.
20 yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,
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Also in the promise of God he doubted not with untrust; but he was comforted in belief, giving glory to God,
21 and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.
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witting most fully that whatever things God hath promised, he is mighty also to do.
22 Therefore IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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Therefore it was areckoned [reckoned] to him to rightwiseness.
23 Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him,
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And it is not written only for him, that it was areckoned [reckoned] to him to rightwiseness,
24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
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but also for us, to whom it shall be areckoned [reckoned], that believe in him that raised our Lord Jesus Christ from death [from dead].
25 He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.
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Which was betaken for our sins, and rose again for our justifying.