{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/romans/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:41:32.362Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Romans","bookSlug":"romans","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"WHAT shall we say then that Abraham hath found, who is our father according to the flesh. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But to him that worketh not, yet believeth in him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reputed to justice, according to the purpose of the grace of God. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"As David also termeth the blessedness of a man, to whom God reputeth justice without works: "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"This blessedness then, doth it remain in the circumcision only, or in the uncircumcision also? For we say that unto Abraham faith was reputed to justice. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"How then was it reputed? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith, which he had, being uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised, that unto them also it may be reputed to justice: "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And might be the father of circumcision; not to them only, that are of the circumcision, but to them also that follow the steps of the faithful, that is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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 justice of faith. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For if they who are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, the promise is made of no effect. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm 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, "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"(As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations,) before God, whom he believed, who quickeneth the dead; and calleth those things that are not, as those that are. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Who against hope believed in hope; that he might be made the father of many nations, according to that which was said to him: So shall thy seed be. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And he was not weak in faith; neither did he consider his own body now dead, whereas he was almost an hundred years old, nor the dead womb of Sara. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"In the promise also of God he staggered not by distrust; but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God: "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Most fully knowing, that whatsoever he has promised, he is able also to perform. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And therefore it was reputed to him unto justice. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Now it is not written only for him, that it was reputed to him unto justice, "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"But also for us, to whom it shall be reputed, if we believe in him, that raised up Jesus Christ, our Lord, from the dead, "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Who was delivered up for our sins, and rose again for our justification. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Romans 4 (DRB)","markdown":"[Romans 4](https://primebible.com/drb/romans/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/romans/4 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}