Romans 4:1-4

Expanded Bible

The Example of Abraham

4 So what can we say that Abraham, ·the father of our people [^Lour forefather according to the flesh; Gen. 12—25], ·learned about faith [discovered in this regard; ^Lhas found]? ² If Abraham was ·made right [justified; declared righteous] by ·the things he did [^Lthe works of the law], he had a reason to ·brag [boast]. ·But this is not God’s view [or …but he could not boast before God], ³ because the Scripture says, “Abraham believed God, and ·God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God [^Lit was credited/counted to him for righteousness; Gen. 15:6].”

⁴ When people work, their ·pay [wage] is not ·given [credited; counted] as ·a gift [grace], but as something ·earned [due to them].