Greek: New Testament (NAS)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 4
Abraham Justified by Faith
| 1 Τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν εὑρηκέναι Ἀβραὰμ τὸν προπάτορα ἡμῶν κατὰ σάρκα; 2 εἰ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐξ ἔργων ἐδικαιώθη, ἔχει καύχημα, ἀλλ' οὐ πρὸς θεόν. 3 τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; Ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην. {Genesis 15:6} 4 τῷ δὲ ἐργαζομένῳ ὁ μισθὸς οὐ λογίζεται κατὰ χάριν ἀλλὰ κατὰ ὀφείλημα, 5 τῷ δὲ μὴ ἐργαζομένῳ πιστεύοντι δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἀσεβῆ λογίζεται ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ εἰς δικαιοσύνην· 6 καθάπερ καὶ Δαυὶδ λέγει τὸν μακαρισμὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ᾧ ὁ θεὸς λογίζεται δικαιοσύνην χωρὶς ἔργων, |
| 1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God. 3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” {Genesis 15:6} 4Now to the one who works, the wage is not credited as a gift but as an obligation; 5but to the one who does not work, but believes in the One who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness. 6Just as David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: |
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7“Blessed are those whose lawless acts are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered; 8Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never credit against him.” {Psalm 31 (32):1-2} |
The Sign of Circumcision and the Promise
| 9 ὁ μακαρισμὸς οὖν οὗτος ἐπὶ τὴν περιτομὴν ἢ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκροβυστίαν; λέγομεν γὰρ, Ἐλογίσθη τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἡ πίστις εἰς δικαιοσύνην. {Genesis 15:6} 10 πῶς οὖν ἐλογίσθη; ἐν περιτομῇ ὄντι ἢ ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ; οὐκ ἐν περιτομῇ ἀλλ' ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ· 11 καὶ σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς σφραγῖδα τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῆς πίστεως τῆς ἐν τῇ ἀκροβυστίᾳ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πατέρα πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων δι' ἀκροβυστίας, εἰς τὸ λογισθῆναι [καὶ] αὐτοῖς [τὴν] δικαιοσύνην, 12 καὶ πατέρα περιτομῆς τοῖς οὐκ ἐκ περιτομῆς μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς στοιχοῦσιν τοῖς ἴχνεσιν τῆς ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ πίστεως τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ. |
| 9Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say, “Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” {Genesis 15:6} 10How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? It was not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision! 11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe while uncircumcised—so that righteousness might be credited to them as well— 12and the father of the circumcised to those who are not merely circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith our father Abraham had while uncircumcised. |
| 13 Οὐ γὰρ διὰ νόμου ἡ ἐπαγγελία τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἢ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ, τὸ κληρονόμον αὐτὸν εἶναι κόσμου, ἀλλὰ διὰ δικαιοσύνης πίστεως. 14 εἰ γὰρ οἱ ἐκ νόμου κληρονόμοι, κεκένωται ἡ πίστις καὶ κατήργηται ἡ ἐπαγγελία· 15 ὁ γὰρ νόμος ὀργὴν κατεργάζεται· οὗ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος οὐδὲ παράβασις. |
| 13For the promise to Abraham or to his seed—that he would be heir of the world—was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith has been made empty and the promise has been nullified. 15For the Law brings about wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression. |
Abraham’s Faith as a Model for Us
| 16 διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ πίστεως, ἵνα κατὰ χάριν, εἰς τὸ εἶναι βεβαίαν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν παντὶ τῷ σπέρματι, οὐ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ νόμου μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ ἐκ πίστεως Ἀβραάμ, ὅς ἐστιν πατὴρ πάντων ἡμῶν, 17 καθὼς γέγραπται ὅτι Πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε, {Genesis 17:5} κατέναντι οὗ ἐπίστευσεν θεοῦ τοῦ ζωοποιοῦντος τοὺς νεκροὺς καὶ καλοῦντος τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς ὄντα· |
| 16For this reason, it is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be secure to all the seed—not only to those of the Law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. 17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” {Genesis 17:5} This was in the presence of the God in whom he believed—the One who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that do not exist. |
| 18 ὃς παρ' ἐλπίδα ἐπ' ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, Οὕτως ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου, {Genesis 15:5} 19 καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα [ἤδη] νενεκρωμένον, ἑκατονταετής που ὑπάρχων, καὶ τὴν νέκρωσιν τῆς μήτρας Σάρρας· 20 εἰς δὲ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ διεκρίθη τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ ἀλλ' ἐνεδυναμώθη τῇ πίστει, δοὺς δόξαν τῷ θεῷ 21 καὶ πληροφορηθεὶς ὅτι ὃ ἐπήγγελται δυνατός ἐστιν καὶ ποιῆσαι. 22 διὸ [καὶ] ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην. {Genesis 15:6} |
| 18Against all hope, in hope he believed, so that he might become the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: “So shall your seed be.” {Genesis 15:5} 19And without becoming weak in faith, he contemplated his own body—now as good as dead, since he was about a hundred years old—and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20Yet looking to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21being fully convinced that what God had promised, He was also able to do. 22Therefore “it was credited to him as righteousness.” {Genesis 15:6} |
| 23 Οὐκ ἐγράφη δὲ δι' αὐτὸν μόνον ὅτι ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ 24 ἀλλὰ καὶ δι' ἡμᾶς, οἷς μέλλει λογίζεσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν ἐγείραντα Ἰησοῦν τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν ἐκ νεκρῶν, 25 ὃς παρεδόθη διὰ τὰ παραπτώματα ἡμῶν καὶ ἠγέρθη διὰ τὴν δικαίωσιν ἡμῶν. |
| 23Now the words “it was credited to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24but also for us, to whom it is to be credited—those of us who believe in the One who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25who was handed over for our trespasses and was raised for our justification. |