Romains 4
Louis Segond
4 Que dirons-nous donc qu'Abraham, notre père, a obtenu selon la chair?
2 Si Abraham a été justifié par les oeuvres, il a sujet de se glorifier, mais non devant Dieu.
3 Car que dit l'Écriture? Abraham crut à Dieu, et cela lui fut imputé à justice.
4 Or, à celui qui fait une oeuvre, le salaire est imputé, non comme une grâce, mais comme une chose due;
5 et à celui qui ne fait point d'oeuvre, mais qui croit en celui qui justifie l'impie, sa foi lui est imputée à justice.
6 De même David exprime le bonheur de l'homme à qui Dieu impute la justice sans les oeuvres:
7 Heureux ceux dont les iniquités sont pardonnées, Et dont les péchés sont couverts!
8 Heureux l'homme à qui le Seigneur n'impute pas son péché!
9 Ce bonheur n'est-il que pour les circoncis, ou est-il également pour les incirconcis? Car nous disons que la foi fut imputée à justice à Abraham.
10 Comment donc lui fut-elle imputée? Était-ce après, ou avant sa circoncision? Il n'était pas encore circoncis, il était incirconcis.
11 Et il reçut le signe de la circoncision, comme sceau de la justice qu'il avait obtenue par la foi quand il était incirconcis, afin d'être le père de tous les incirconcis qui croient, pour que la justice leur fût aussi imputée,
12 et le père des circoncis, qui ne sont pas seulement circoncis, mais encore qui marchent sur les traces de la foi de notre père Abraham quand il était incirconcis.
13 En effet, ce n'est pas par la loi que l'héritage du monde a été promis à Abraham ou à sa postérité, c'est par la justice de la foi.
14 Car, si les héritiers le sont par la loi, la foi est vaine, et la promesse est anéantie,
15 parce que la loi produit la colère, et que là où il n'y a point de loi il n'y a point non plus de transgression.
16 C'est pourquoi les héritiers le sont par la foi, pour que ce soit par grâce, afin que la promesse soit assurée à toute la postérité, non seulement à celle qui est sous la loi, mais aussi à celle qui a la foi d'Abraham, notre père à tous, selon qu'il est écrit:
17 Je t'ai établi père d'un grand nombre de nations. Il est notre père devant celui auquel il a cru, Dieu, qui donne la vie aux morts, et qui appelle les choses qui ne sont point comme si elles étaient.
18 Espérant contre toute espérance, il crut, en sorte qu'il devint père d'un grand nombre de nations, selon ce qui lui avait été dit: Telle sera ta postérité.
19 Et, sans faiblir dans la foi, il ne considéra point que son corps était déjà usé, puisqu'il avait près de cent ans, et que Sara n'était plus en état d'avoir des enfants.
20 Il ne douta point, par incrédulité, au sujet de la promesse de Dieu; mais il fut fortifié par la foi, donnant gloire à Dieu,
21 et ayant la pleine conviction que ce qu'il promet il peut aussi l'accomplir.
22 C'est pourquoi cela lui fut imputé à justice.
23 Mais ce n'est pas à cause de lui seul qu'il est écrit que cela lui fut imputé;
24 c'est encore à cause de nous, à qui cela sera imputé, à nous qui croyons en celui qui a ressuscité des morts Jésus notre Seigneur,
25 lequel a été livré pour nos offenses, et est ressuscité pour notre justification.
Romans 4
Amplified Bible
Justification by Faith Evidenced in Old Testament
4 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather [a]humanly speaking, has found? [Has he obtained a favored standing?] 2 For if Abraham was justified [that is, acquitted from the guilt of his sins] by works [those things he did that were good], he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed in (trusted, relied on) God, and it was credited to his account as righteousness (right living, right standing with God).”(A) 4 Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him]. 5 But to the one who does not work [that is, the one who does not try to earn his salvation by doing good], but believes and completely trusts in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is [b]credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God). 6 And in this same way David speaks of the blessing on the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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“Blessed and happy and favored are those whose lawless acts have been forgiven,
And whose sins have been covered up and completely buried.
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“Blessed and happy and favored is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account nor charge against him.”(B)
9 Is this blessing only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say, “Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” 10 How then was it credited [to him]? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before? Not after, but while [he was] uncircumcised. 11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal or confirmation of the righteousness which he had by faith while [he was still] uncircumcised—this was so that he would be the [spiritual] father of all who believe without being circumcised—so that righteousness would be credited to them, 12 and [that he would be] the [spiritual] father of those circumcised who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had before he was circumcised.
13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through [observing the requirements of] the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.(C) 14 If those who are [followers] of the Law are [the true] heirs [of Abraham], then faith [leading to salvation] is of no effect and void, and the promise [of God] is nullified. 15 For the Law results in [God’s] wrath [against sin], but where there is no law, there is no violation [of it either].
16 Therefore, [inheriting] the promise depends entirely on faith [that is, confident trust in the unseen God], in order that it may be given as an act of grace [His unmerited favor and mercy], so that the promise will be [legally] guaranteed to all the descendants [of Abraham]—not only for those [Jewish believers] who keep the Law, but also for those [Gentile believers] who share the faith of Abraham, who is the [spiritual] father of us all— 17 (as it is written [in Scripture], “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the sight of Him in whom he believed, that is, God [c]who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.(D) 18 In hope against hope Abraham believed that he would become a father of many nations, as he had been promised [by God]: “So [numberless] shall your descendants be.”(E) 19 Without becoming weak in faith he considered his own body, now as good as dead [for producing children] since he was about a hundred years old, and [he considered] the deadness of Sarah’s womb.(F) 20 But he did not doubt or waver in unbelief concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and empowered by faith, giving glory to God, 21 being fully convinced that God had the power to do what He had promised. 22 Therefore his faith was credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God).(G) 23 Now not for his sake alone was it written that it was credited to him, 24 but for our sake also—to whom righteousness will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead— 25 who was betrayed and crucified because of our sins, and was raised [from the dead] because of our justification [our acquittal—absolving us of all sin before God].
Footnotes
- Romans 4:1 Lit according to the flesh.
- Romans 4:5 Faith is not an equivalent or substitute for righteousness, but God graciously treats it as if it were the same. Otherwise, no one could be saved from sin and have eternal life.
- Romans 4:17 A reference to both the birth of Isaac, and the resurrection of Christ.
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