1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, hath found? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward God. 3 For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness. 6 Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works, 7 [saying], Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin. 9 Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for righteousness. 10 How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision: 11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them; 12 and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision. 13 For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect: 15 for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression. 16 For this cause [it is ]of faith, that [it may be ]according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even ]God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were. 18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb: 20 yea, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but waxed strong through faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully assured that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 22 Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned unto him; 24 but for our sake also, unto whom it shall be reckoned, who believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
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Referencias cruzadas (25)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaías 51:2; Romanos 4:16; 2 Corintios 11:22; Juan 8:56; Hechos 13:26
- 2 1 Corintios 1:31; 2 Corintios 11:30; Filipenses 3:9; Efesios 2:9; Gálatas 3:22
- 3 Génesis 15:6; Santiago 2:23; Gálatas 3:6–8; Romanos 4:9; Romanos 4:22–25
- 4 Romanos 11:6; Romanos 9:32; Romanos 11:35; Mateo 20:1–16
- 5 Filipenses 3:9; Romanos 3:22; Tito 3:3–7; Romanos 10:9–10; Gálatas 3:8–14
- 6 Filipenses 3:9; 2 Timoteo 1:9; Efesios 2:8–10; Gálatas 3:8–9; 1 Corintios 1:30
- 7 Salmo 32:1–2; Salmo 130:3–4; Lucas 7:47–50; Salmo 85:2; Miqueas 7:18–20
- 8 Salmo 32:2; 1 Pedro 2:24; 2 Corintios 5:19–20; 1 Pedro 3:18; Isaías 53:10–12
- 9 Gálatas 3:14; Colosenses 3:11; Efesios 3:8; Romanos 4:3; Gálatas 3:26–28
- 10 Gálatas 6:15; Gálatas 5:6; 1 Corintios 7:18–19; Génesis 15:16; Génesis 15:5–6
- 11 Romanos 3:22; Lucas 19:9; Hebreos 11:7; 2 Corintios 1:22; Gálatas 6:16
- 12 Proverbios 2:20; Cantar de los Cantares 1:8; Juan 8:39–40; Gálatas 4:22–31; 2 Corintios 12:18
- 13 Gálatas 3:29; Génesis 28:14; Romanos 9:8; Génesis 22:17–18; Salmo 2:8
- 14 Gálatas 3:18–24; Hebreos 7:19; Filipenses 3:9; Romanos 3:31; Isaías 55:11
- 15 Romanos 5:13; Gálatas 3:10; Romanos 3:19–20; 1 Corintios 15:56; Romanos 7:7–25
- 16 Romanos 3:24–26; Efesios 2:8; Romanos 9:8; Gálatas 3:22; Tito 3:7
- 17 1 Corintios 1:28; Génesis 17:4–5; Juan 5:21; Romanos 8:29–30; Juan 6:63
- 18 Romanos 8:24; Génesis 15:5–6; Romanos 5:5; Hechos 27:25; Proverbios 13:12
- 19 Hebreos 11:11–19; Génesis 17:17; Romanos 4:20–21; Mateo 14:31; Marcos 9:23–24
- 20 Lucas 1:45; 1 Corintios 16:13; Daniel 10:19; 2 Corintios 12:10; 2 Timoteo 2:1
- 21 Lucas 1:37; Jeremías 32:27; Jeremías 32:17; Hebreos 11:19; Lucas 1:45
- 22 Romanos 4:3; Romanos 4:6
- 23 1 Corintios 10:11; Romanos 15:4; 1 Corintios 10:6; 2 Timoteo 3:16–17; 1 Corintios 9:9–10
- 24 Hechos 2:24; 1 Pedro 1:21; Hechos 13:30; Romanos 10:9–10; Efesios 1:18–20
- 25 1 Juan 4:9–10; Isaías 53:5–6; 1 Pedro 3:18; Gálatas 1:4; 2 Corintios 5:21
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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.
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · 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 …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)