³ For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed^[a] God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”^(A)

⁶ And he believed the Lord, and the Lord^[a] reckoned it to him as righteousness.

²³ Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,”^[a] and he was called the friend of God.^(A)

⁹ Is this blessing, then, pronounced only on the circumcised or also on the uncircumcised? We say, “Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.”

⁶ Just as Abraham “believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,”^{(A) 7} so, you see, those who believe are the descendants of Abraham. ⁸ And the scripture, foreseeing that God would reckon as righteous the gentiles by faith, declared the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the gentiles shall be blessed in you.”^(B)

²² Therefore “it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” ²³ Now the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone^{(A) 24} but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe^[a] in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,^{(B) 25} who was handed over for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.^(C)

⁵ But to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.

¹¹ He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith^[a] while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe^[b] without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,^(A)

² God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?^(A)