1 Šta ćemo dakle reći za Avraama, oca svog, da je po telu našao? 2 Jer ako se Avraam delima opravda, ima hvalu, ali ne u Boga. 3 Jer šta govori pismo? Verova Avraam Bogu, i primi mu se u pravdu. 4 A onome koji radi ne broji se plata po milosti nego po dugu. 5 A onome koji ne radi, a veruje Onog koji pravda bezbožnika, prima se vera njegova u pravdu. 6 Kao što i David govori da je blago čoveku kome Bog prima pravdu bez dela zakona: 7 Blago onima koji se oprostiše bezakonja, i kojima se gresi prikriše. 8 Blago čoveku kome Gospod ne prima greha. 9 Ovo, dakle, blaženstvo ili je u obrezanju ili u neobrezanju? Jer govorimo da se Avraamu primi vera u pravdu. 10 Kako mu se, dakle, primi? Ili kad je bio u obrezanju ili neobrezanju? Ne u obrezanju nego u neobrezanju. 11 I primi znak obrezanja kao pečat pravde vere koju imaše u neobrezanju, da bi bio otac svih koji veruju u neobrezanju; da se i njima primi u pravdu; 12 i da bi bio otac obrezanja ne samo onima koji su od obrezanja, nego i onima koji hode stopama vere koja beše u neobrezanju oca našeg Avraama. 13 Jer obećanje Avraamu ili semenu njegovom da bude naslednik svetu ne bi zakonom nego pravdom vere. 14 Jer ako su naslednici oni koji su od zakona, propade vera, i pokvari se obećanje. 15 Jer zakon gradi gnev; jer gde nema zakona nema ni prestupa. 16 Zato od vere da bude po milosti da obećanje tvrdo ostane svemu semenu, ne samo koji je od zakona nego i koji je od vere Avraama, koji je otac svima nama, 17 (kao što stoji napisano: Postavih te oca mnogim narodima) pred Bogom kome verova, koji oživljuje mrtve, i zove ono što nije kao ono što jeste: 18 On verova na nadu kad se nije bilo ničemu nadati da će on biti otac mnogim narodima, kao što mu beše rečeno: Tako će biti seme tvoje. 19 I ne oslabivši verom ne pogleda ni na svoje već umoreno telo, jer mu beše negde oko sto godina, ni na mrtvost Sarine materice. 20 I za obećanje Božije ne posumnja se neverovanjem, nego ojača u veri, i dade slavu Bogu. 21 I znaše jamačno da šta obeća kadar je i da učini. 22 Zato se i primi njemu u pravdu. 23 Ali nije pisano za njega jednog samo da mu se primi, 24 nego i za nas, kojima će se primiti ako verujemo Onog koji vaskrse Isusa Hrista Gospoda našeg iz mrtvih, 25 koji se predade za grehe naše, i ustade za opravdanje naše.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 51:2; Romans 4:16; 2 Corinthians 11:22; John 8:56; Acts 13:26
- 2 1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 11:30; Philippians 3:9; Ephesians 2:9; Galatians 3:22
- 3 Genesis 15:6; James 2:23; Galatians 3:6–8; Romans 4:9; Romans 4:22–25
- 4 Romans 11:6; Romans 9:32; Romans 11:35; Matthew 20:1–16
- 5 Philippians 3:9; Romans 3:22; Titus 3:3–7; Romans 10:9–10; Galatians 3:8–14
- 6 Philippians 3:9; 2 Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 2:8–10; Galatians 3:8–9; 1 Corinthians 1:30
- 7 Psalm 32:1–2; Psalm 130:3–4; Luke 7:47–50; Psalm 85:2; Micah 7:18–20
- 8 Psalm 32:2; 1 Peter 2:24; 2 Corinthians 5:19–20; 1 Peter 3:18; Isaiah 53:10–12
- 9 Galatians 3:14; Colossians 3:11; Ephesians 3:8; Romans 4:3; Galatians 3:26–28
- 10 Galatians 6:15; Galatians 5:6; 1 Corinthians 7:18–19; Genesis 15:16; Genesis 15:5–6
- 11 Romans 3:22; Luke 19:9; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Corinthians 1:22; Galatians 6:16
- 12 Proverbs 2:20; Song of Songs 1:8; John 8:39–40; Galatians 4:22–31; 2 Corinthians 12:18
- 13 Galatians 3:29; Genesis 28:14; Romans 9:8; Genesis 22:17–18; Psalm 2:8
- 14 Galatians 3:18–24; Hebrews 7:19; Philippians 3:9; Romans 3:31; Isaiah 55:11
- 15 Romans 5:13; Galatians 3:10; Romans 3:19–20; 1 Corinthians 15:56; Romans 7:7–25
- 16 Romans 3:24–26; Ephesians 2:8; Romans 9:8; Galatians 3:22; Titus 3:7
- 17 1 Corinthians 1:28; Genesis 17:4–5; John 5:21; Romans 8:29–30; John 6:63
- 18 Romans 8:24; Genesis 15:5–6; Romans 5:5; Acts 27:25; Proverbs 13:12
- 19 Hebrews 11:11–19; Genesis 17:17; Romans 4:20–21; Matthew 14:31; Mark 9:23–24
- 20 Luke 1:45; 1 Corinthians 16:13; Daniel 10:19; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Timothy 2:1
- 21 Luke 1:37; Jeremiah 32:27; Jeremiah 32:17; Hebrews 11:19; Luke 1:45
- 22 Romans 4:3; Romans 4:6
- 23 1 Corinthians 10:11; Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:6; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; 1 Corinthians 9:9–10
- 24 Acts 2:24; 1 Peter 1:21; Acts 13:30; Romans 10:9–10; Ephesians 1:18–20
- 25 1 John 4:9–10; Isaiah 53:5–6; 1 Peter 3:18; Galatians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 5:21
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
He had said (5 mss. eipen), that the world had become guilty before God, and that all had sinned, and that boasting was excluded, and that it was impossible to be saved otherwise than by faith.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness." On account of his faith and hospitality, a son was given him in his old age; and in the exercise of obedience, he offered him as a sacrifice to God on one of the mountains which He showed him.
"Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness." In the first place, [he believed] that He was the maker of heaven and earth, the only God; and in the next place, that He would make his seed as the stars of heaven.
Here, indeed, is set down that sentence which the apostle quotes in order to commend the grace of God, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness;" lest the circumcision should glory, and be unwilling to receive the uncircumcised nations to the faith of Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
God promises the old man a child, and Abraham without being weakened in faith, though he considered his own body now as good as dead, heeded not the weakness of his body, but the power of Him who promised, because he counted Him faithful who had promised, and so beyond all expectation gained the child from bodies as it …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)