1. What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has found?
2. For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
3. For what does the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.”
4. Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due.
5. But to the one who does not work, but who believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness,
6. just as David also speaks about the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: