LEB(i)
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:
7 "Blessed are they whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins are covered over.
8 Blessed is the person against whom the Lord will never count sin."*
9 Therefore, is this blessing for ⌊those who are circumcised⌋*, or also for ⌊those who are uncircumcised⌋*? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness."*
10 How then was it credited? While he* was ⌊circumcised⌋* or ⌊uncircumcised⌋*? Not ⌊while circumcised⌋* but ⌊while uncircumcised⌋*!
11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal* of the righteousness by faith which he had ⌊while uncircumcised⌋*, so that he could be the father of all who believe ⌊although they are uncircumcised⌋*, so that righteousness could be credited to them,*
12 and the father ⌊of those who are circumcised⌋* to those who are not only from the circumcision, but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham ⌊which he had while uncircumcised⌋*.
13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.