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Romanos 4
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Romanos 4
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El ejemplo de Abraham
4 Pensemos en lo que le pasó a Abraham, nuestro antepasado. 2 Si Dios lo hubiera aceptado por todo lo que hizo, entonces podría sentirse orgulloso ante nosotros. Pero ante Dios no podía sentirse orgulloso de nada. 3 La Biblia dice:
«Dios aceptó a Abraham
porque Abraham confió en Dios.»
4 Ahora bien, el dinero que se le paga a alguien por un trabajo no es ningún regalo, sino algo que se le debe. 5 En cambio, Dios declara inocente al pecador, aunque el pecador no haya hecho nada para merecerlo, porque Dios le toma en cuenta su confianza en él. 6 David nos habla de la felicidad de aquellos a los que, sin hacer nada para merecerlo, Dios declara inocentes por confiar en él. Así lo dice en la Biblia:
7 «¡Qué felices son aquellos
a los que Dios perdona!
¡Dios ya se ha olvidado
de los pecados que cometieron!
8 »¡Qué felices son aquellos
a los que Dios perdona
de todo lo malo que han hecho!»
9 Pero esta felicidad, ¿es sólo de los que están circuncidados, o también de los que no lo están? Ya dijimos que Dios aceptó a Abraham, porque él confió en Dios. 10 Y no hay duda de que Dios aceptó a Abraham antes de que fuera circuncidado. 11 En realidad, Abraham fue circuncidado para demostrar que Dios ya lo había aceptado por confiar en él. Fue así como Abraham se convirtió en el padre de todos los que confían en Dios, aunque no estén circuncidados. 12 Pero Abraham es también el padre de los que están circuncidados, y que a la vez confían en Dios, pues con esto siguen el ejemplo de Abraham antes de que fuera circuncidado.
Promesa a los que confían en Dios
13 Dios le prometió a Abraham que a él y a sus descendientes les daría el mundo. Se lo prometió, no porque Abraham hubiera obedecido la ley, sino porque confió en Dios; esto hizo que Dios lo aceptara. 14 Si la promesa de Dios fuera para los que obedecen la ley, entonces de nada serviría confiar en Dios, y su promesa no valdría de nada.
15 Dios castiga a los que desobedecen la ley; pero cuando no hay ley, nadie es culpable de desobedecerla. 16 Por eso, para que la promesa de Dios tuviera valor para los descendientes de Abraham, Dios no pidió nada a cambio. Hizo la promesa para todos los que confiaran en él. No sólo para los que obedecen la ley, sino también para los que confían como Abraham. Por eso Abraham es el padre de todos nosotros. 17 En la Biblia, Dios le dijo a Abraham que llegaría a ser el antepasado de gente de muchos países. Esta promesa se la hizo Dios a Abraham porque Abraham creyó en él, que es el único Dios con poder para resucitar a los muertos y para crear cosas nuevas.
18 Cuando Dios le prometió a Abraham que tendría muchísimos descendientes, esto parecía imposible. Sin embargo, por su esperanza y confianza en Dios, Abraham llegó a ser el antepasado de gente de muchos países que también confían en Dios. 19 Aunque Abraham tenía casi cien años, y sabía que pronto moriría, nunca dejó de confiar en Dios. Y aunque sabía que su esposa Sara no podía tener hijos, 20 nunca dudó de que Dios cumpliría su promesa. Al contrario, su confianza era cada vez más firme, y daba gracias a Dios.
21 Abraham estaba completamente seguro de que Dios tenía poder para cumplir su promesa. 22 Por eso Dios lo aceptó. 23 Y cuando la Biblia dice que Dios aceptó a Abraham, no se refiere sólo a él 24 sino también a nosotros. Dios es el mismo que resucitó a Jesús nuestro Señor, y nos acepta si confiamos en él. 25 Dios entregó a Jesús para que muriera por nuestros pecados, y lo resucitó para que fuéramos declarados inocentes.
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
Romans 4
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Romans 4
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4 So what shall we say about Abraham? He is the father of our family on earth.
2 If Abraham was put right with God, because of what he did, he has something to be proud of. But he has nothing to be proud of when he stands before God.
3 What do the holy writings say? It says, `Abraham believed God. And God said that he was a good man.'
4 When a person works, his pay is not a gift to him. His pay belongs to him.
5 But no person can work to put himself right with God. It is God alone who makes a bad person right. The one who believes in him - even a bad person is put right.
6 David also says that God blesses a man. God calls him a good man but not because he has kept the law.
7 David said, `God blesses people who have been forgiven the wrong things they have done. God covers over the wrong things they have done.
8 The Lord blesses people when he forgets the wrong things they have done.'
9 Does God bless only people who have been circumcised? Or does he also bless those who are not? We say, because Abraham believed God, God called him a good man. His faith made him right with God.
10 When did God say that? Was it when Abraham was circumcised? Or was it before? It was not when he was circumcised: it was before.
11 Abraham was circumcised as a sign. It was a sign that he was a good man, because he believed when he was not yet circumcised. That makes him the father of all people who believe, even those who are not circumcised. God says they are good people.
12 That makes him also the father of those who are circumcised. I mean people who are circumcised and do as our father Abraham did. Even when he was not circumcised, he believed.
13 God promised Abraham and his family that the world would belong to them. God did not make the promise because Abraham obeyed the law. But he made the promise because Abraham believed him and was put right with God.
14 If the world will belong to people who obey the law, it is of no use to believe God. And the promise is no good.
15 Because of the law, God is angry. Where there is no law, no one breaks the law.
16 That is why people must believe. Because God is kind, he makes the promise sure for all of Abraham's children. The promise is for those who have the law and also for those who believe as Abraham did. He is the father of us all.
17 the holy writings say, `I have made you the father of many nations.' Abraham was made the father of many nations by God. He believed God. He believed that God could make dead people live. He believed God when he said that things were true even though they had not happened yet.
18 Abraham believed and hoped, though there was nothing to give him hope. He believed that he would become the father of many nations. God had told him this would happen.
19 He did not stop believing when he thought about his own body. It was almost dead. He was about one hundred years old. He did not stop believing when he thought about Sarah, even though she had never given birth to any children.
20 He did not stop believing God's promise. He believed God very much. He did not praise God for his own faith, but for God's promise.
21 He was sure that God was able to do what he had promised to do.
22 He was put right with God because he believed the promise.
23 The holy writings do not say that for Abraham only.
24 They say it for us too. God will say we are put right if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from death.
25 He was killed because we did wrong things. He was raised from death in order that we might be made right with God.
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