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1 quid ergo dicemus invenisse Abraham patrem nostrum secundum carnem
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What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?
2 si enim Abraham ex operibus iustificatus est habet gloriam sed non apud Deum
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For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
3 quid enim scriptura dicit credidit Abraham Deo et reputatum est illi ad iustitiam
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For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness. ”
4 ei autem qui operatur merces non inputatur secundum gratiam sed secundum debitum
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Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
5 ei vero qui non operatur credenti autem in eum qui iustificat impium reputatur fides eius ad iustitiam
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And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
6 sicut et David dicit beatitudinem hominis cui Deus accepto fert iustitiam sine operibus
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just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 beati quorum remissae sunt iniquitates et quorum tecta sunt peccata
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“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
8 beatus vir cui non inputabit Dominus peccatum
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blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin. ”
9 beatitudo ergo haec in circumcisione an etiam in praeputio dicimus enim quia reputata est Abrahae fides ad iustitiam
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Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
10 quomodo ergo reputata est in circumcisione an in praeputio non in circumcisione sed in praeputio
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How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.
11 et signum accepit circumcisionis signaculum iustitiae fidei quae est in praeputio ut sit pater omnium credentium per praeputium ut reputetur et illis ad iustitiam
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He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
12 et sit pater circumcisionis non his tantum qui sunt ex circumcisione sed et his qui sectantur vestigia quae est in praeputio fidei patris nostri Abrahae
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and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
13 non enim per legem promissio Abrahae aut semini eius ut heres esset mundi sed per iustitiam fidei
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For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
14 si enim qui ex lege heredes sunt exinanita est fides abolita est promissio
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For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void.
15 lex enim iram operatur ubi enim non est lex nec praevaricatio
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For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
16 ideo ex fide ut secundum gratiam ut firma sit promissio omni semini non ei qui ex lege est solum sed et ei qui ex fide est Abrahae qui est pater omnium nostrum
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That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17 sicut scriptum est quia patrem multarum gentium posui te ante Deum cui credidit qui vivificat mortuos et vocat quae non sunt tamquam ea quae sunt
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as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
18 qui contra spem in spem credidit ut fieret pater multarum gentium secundum quod dictum est sic erit semen tuum
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In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be. ”
19 et non infirmatus fide consideravit corpus suum emortuum cum fere centum annorum esset et emortuam vulvam Sarrae
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He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead ( since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.
20 in repromissione etiam Dei non haesitavit diffidentia sed confortatus est fide dans gloriam Deo
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No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
21 plenissime sciens quia quaecumque promisit potens est et facere
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fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
22 ideo et reputatum est illi ad iustitiam
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That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness. ”
23 non est autem scriptum tantum propter ipsum quia reputatum est illi
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But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone,
24 sed et propter nos quibus reputabitur credentibus in eum qui suscitavit Iesum Dominum nostrum a mortuis
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but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
25 qui traditus est propter delicta nostra et resurrexit propter iustificationem nostram
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who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
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