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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Romans 4 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Romans 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/3.htm" title="Romans 3">◄</a> Romans 4 <a href="../romans/5.htm" title="Romans 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/romans/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Justification by Faith Evidenced in Old Testament</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>humanly speaking, has found? [Has he obtained a favored standing?] <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For if Abraham was justified [that is, acquitted from the guilt of his sins] by works [those things he did that were good], he has something to boast about, but not before God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For what does the Scripture say? “ABRAHAM BELIEVED IN (trusted, relied on) GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIS ACCOUNT AS RIGHTEOUSNESS (right living, right standing with God).” <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor <i>or</i> a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But to the one who does not work [that is, the one who does not try to earn his salvation by doing good], but believes <i>and</i> completely trusts in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God). <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And in this same way David speaks of the blessing on the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“BLESSED <i>and</i> HAPPY <i>and</i> FAVORED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS ACTS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, <t><p class="indent1">AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED UP <i>and</i> COMPLETELY BURIED. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“BLESSED <i>and</i> HAPPY <i>and</i> FAVORED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT <i>nor</i> CHARGE AGAINST HIM.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Is this blessing only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say, “FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>How then was it credited [to him]? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before? Not after, but while [he was] uncircumcised. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He received the sign of circumcision, a seal <i>or</i> confirmation of the righteousness which he had by faith while [he was still] uncircumcised--this was so that he would be the [spiritual] father of all who believe without being circumcised--so that righteousness would be credited to them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and [that he would be] the [spiritual] father of those circumcised who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had before he was circumcised. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through [observing the requirements of] the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If those who are [followers] of the Law are [the true] heirs [of Abraham], then faith [leading to salvation] is of no effect <i>and</i> void, and the promise [of God] is nullified. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For the Law results in [God’s] wrath [against sin], but where there is no law, there is no violation [of it either]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore, [inheriting] the promise depends entirely on faith [that is, confident trust in the unseen God], in order that <i>it may be given</i> as an act of grace [His unmerited favor and mercy], so that the promise will be [legally] guaranteed to all the descendants [of Abraham]--not only for those [Jewish believers] who keep the Law, but also for those [Gentile believers] who share the faith of Abraham, who is the [spiritual] father of us all-- <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>(as it is written [in Scripture], “I HAVE MADE YOU A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS”) in the sight of Him in whom he believed, that is, God <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In hope against hope Abraham believed that he would become a father of many nations, as he had been promised [by God]: “SO [numberless] SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Without becoming weak in faith he considered his own body, now as good as dead [for producing children] since he was about a hundred years old, and [he considered] the deadness of Sarah’s womb. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But he did not doubt <i>or</i> waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong <i>and</i> empowered by faith, giving glory to God, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>being fully convinced that God had the power to do what He had promised. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Therefore his faith WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS (right standing with God). <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now not for his sake alone was it written that it was credited to him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>but for our sake also--to whom righteousness will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead-- <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>who was betrayed <i>and</i> crucified because of our sins, and was raised [from the dead] because of our justification [our acquittal--absolving us of all sin before God].<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>according to the flesh</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Faith is not an equivalent or substitute for righteousness, but God graciously treats it as if it were the same. 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