1. What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh?
2. for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast--but not before god;
3. for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;'
4. and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
5. and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned--to righteousness:
6. even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:
7. `Happy they whose lawless acts were forgiven, and whose sins were covered;