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Roma 4
Magandang Balita Biblia
Roma 4
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Halimbawa ni Abraham
4 Tungkol kay Abraham na ating ninuno, ano naman ang masasabi natin? Ano ang kanyang karanasan tungkol sa bagay na ito? 2 Kung itinuring siya ng Diyos na matuwid dahil sa mga nagawa niya, may maipagmamalaki sana siya. Ngunit wala siyang maipagmalaki sa paningin ng Diyos. 3 Ano(A) ang sinasabi ng kasulatan? “Si Abraham ay sumampalataya sa Diyos at dahil dito, siya ay itinuring ng Diyos na matuwid.” 4 Ang ibinibigay sa taong gumagawa ay hindi itinuturing na kaloob, kundi kabayaran. 5 Ngunit ang hindi nananalig sa sariling mga gawa kundi sumasampalataya sa Diyos na nagpapawalang-sala sa makasalanan ay itinuring na matuwid ng Diyos dahil sa kanyang pananampalataya. 6 Kaya't tinawag ni David na pinagpala ang taong itinuring ng Diyos na matuwid nang hindi dahil sa sarili nitong mga gawa. Sinabi niya,
7 “Pinagpala ang mga taong pinatawad na ang pagsuway,
at ang mga taong pinawi na ang mga kasalanan.
8 Pinagpala ang taong hindi na pagbabayarin ng Panginoon
sa kanyang mga kasalanan.”
9 Ang pagpapala kayang ito'y para lamang sa mga tuli? Hindi! Ito'y para rin sa mga di-tuli. Sinasabi natin, batay sa Kasulatan na itinuring na matuwid ng Diyos si Abraham dahil sa kanyang pananampalataya. 10 Kailan iyon nangyari? Bago siya tinuli, o pagkatapos? Bago siya tinuli, at hindi pagkatapos. 11 Ang kanyang pagtutuli ay naging tanda na siya'y itinuring na matuwid ng Diyos dahil sa pananampalataya niya noong hindi pa siya tuli. Kaya't siya'y naging ama ng lahat ng mga sumasampalataya sa Diyos, at sa gayon, sila'y itinuring na matuwid kahit hindi sila tinuli. 12 At siya'y ama rin ng mga tuli, hindi lamang dahil sa kanilang pagiging tuli, kundi dahil sa sila'y sumunod sa halimbawa ng pananampalataya ng ating ninunong si Abraham noong bago siya tuliin.
Nakamtan ang Pangako Dahil sa Pananampalataya
13 Ipinangako(B) ng Diyos kay Abraham at sa kanyang magiging lahi na mamanahin nila ang buong mundo, hindi dahil sa pagsunod niya sa Kautusan, kundi dahil sa siya'y itinuring na matuwid sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pananampalataya sa Diyos. 14 Kung(C) ang pangako ay ipagkakaloob lamang sa mga sumusunod sa Kautusan, walang saysay ang pananampalataya ng tao at walang kabuluhan ang pangako ng Diyos. 15 Ang Kautusan ay nagdadala ng poot ng Diyos sa mga lumalabag. Ngunit kung walang kautusan, wala ring paglabag.
16 Kaya(D) nga't sa pananampalataya nababatay ang pangako, upang ito'y maibigay bilang walang bayad na kaloob para sa lahat ng anak ni Abraham; hindi lamang sa mga saklaw ng Kautusan, kundi sa lahat ng sumasampalataya rin tulad ni Abraham. Sapagkat siya ang ama nating lahat, 17 gaya(E) ng nasusulat, “Ginawa kitang ama ng maraming bansa.” Ang pangakong ito'y may bisa sa harap ng Diyos na kanyang sinampalatayanan, ang Diyos na bumubuhay sa mga patay at lumilikha ng mga bagay na hindi pa nalilikha. 18 Kahit(F) wala nang pag-asang magkaanak, nanalig pa rin si Abraham na siya'y magiging ama ng maraming bansa, ayon sa sinabi sa kanya, “Sindami ng mga bituin ang iyong magiging lahi.” 19 Hindi(G) nanghina ang kanyang pananampalataya kahit uugud-ugod na siya, palibhasa'y isandaang taon na siya noon, at ang kanya namang asawang si Sara ay baog. 20 Hindi siya nag-alinlangan sa pangako ng Diyos. Sa halip, lalo siyang lumakas dahil sa kanyang pananampalataya at nagpuri pa sa Diyos. 21 Lubos siyang naniwala na tutuparin ng Diyos ang ipinangako nito. 22 Kaya't dahil sa kanyang pananampalataya, siya'y itinuring na matuwid ng Diyos. 23 Ang salitang “itinuring na matuwid” ay isinulat hindi lamang para sa kanya, 24 kundi para sa atin din naman. Ituturing din tayong matuwid dahil sumasampalataya tayo sa Diyos na muling bumuhay kay Jesus na ating Panginoon. 25 Siya'y(H) ipinapatay dahil sa ating mga kasalanan at muling binuhay upang tayo'y mapawalang-sala.
Romans 4
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Romans 4
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Abraham Justified by Faith
4 What then shall we say(A) that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh,(B) discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.(C) 3 What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](D)
4 Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift(E) but as an obligation. 5 However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.(F) 6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the one
whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”[b](G)
9 Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?(H) We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.(I) 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.(J) So then, he is the father(K) of all who believe(L) but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12 And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise(M) that he would be heir of the world,(N) but through the righteousness that comes by faith.(O) 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless,(P) 15 because the law brings wrath.(Q) And where there is no law there is no transgression.(R)
16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace(S) and may be guaranteed(T) to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.(U) 17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[c](V) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(W) to the dead and calls(X) into being things that were not.(Y)
18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,(Z) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[d](AA) 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(AB)—since he was about a hundred years old(AC)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(AD) 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened(AE) in his faith and gave glory to God,(AF) 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.(AG) 22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”(AH) 23 The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, 24 but also for us,(AI) to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him(AJ) who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.(AK) 25 He was delivered over to death for our sins(AL) and was raised to life for our justification.(AM)
Footnotes
- Romans 4:3 Gen. 15:6; also in verse 22
- Romans 4:8 Psalm 32:1,2
- Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5
- Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5
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