The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 quid ergo dicemus invenisse Abraham patrem nostrum secundum carnem
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What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found 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 accounted to him for righteousness."
4 ei autem qui operatur merces non inputatur secundum gratiam sed secundum debitum
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Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
5 ei vero qui non operatur credenti autem in eum qui iustificat impium reputatur fides eius ad iustitiam
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But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
6 sicut et David dicit beatitudinem hominis cui Deus accepto fert iustitiam sine operibus
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just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes 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 to whom the Lord shall not impute sin."
9 beatitudo ergo haec in circumcisione an etiam in praeputio dicimus enim quia reputata est Abrahae fides ad iustitiam
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Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for 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 accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised.
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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And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also,
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 the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised.
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 that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed 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 those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect,
15 lex enim iram operatur ubi enim non est lex nec praevaricatio
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because the law brings about wrath; for 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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Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, 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
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 a father of many nations") in the presence of Him whom he believed--God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
18 qui contra spem in spem credidit ut fieret pater multarum gentium secundum quod dictum est sic erit semen tuum
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who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, "So shall your descendants be."
19 et non infirmatus fide consideravit corpus suum emortuum cum fere centum annorum esset et emortuam vulvam Sarrae
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And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
20 in repromissione etiam Dei non haesitavit diffidentia sed confortatus est fide dans gloriam Deo
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He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
21 plenissime sciens quia quaecumque promisit potens est et facere
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and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
22 ideo et reputatum est illi ad iustitiam
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And therefore "it was accounted to him for righteousness."
23 non est autem scriptum tantum propter ipsum quia reputatum est illi
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Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,
24 sed et propter nos quibus reputabitur credentibus in eum qui suscitavit Iesum Dominum nostrum a mortuis
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but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,
25 qui traditus est propter delicta nostra et resurrexit propter iustificationem nostram
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who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.
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