Romans 4
1 Abraham is the [revered] ancestor of us [Jews]. So think about what we can conclude [from what happened to Abraham about how God can erase the record of our sins]. [RHQ]
which? therefore/then to say to find/meet Abraham the/this/who (ancestor *N(K)O*) me according to flesh
2 If it was because of Abraham’s doing [good] things that the record of his sins was erased {that [God] erased the record of his sins}, Abraham could then have been able to boast [about that to people], but he would not have [had any basis to] boast to God [about it].
if for Abraham out from work to justify to have/be pride but no to/with (the/this/who *k*) God
3 [Remember that] in the Scriptures it is written {someone wrote} [PRS] that Abraham believed what God [promised] [RHQ], and as a result the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
which? for the/this/who a writing to say to trust (in) then Abraham the/this/who God and to count it/s/he toward righteousness
4 If we receive wages for work that we do, those wages are not considered to be a gift. Instead, they [are considered] to be what we have earned. [Similarly, if God erases the record of our sins because we did things to earn God’s favor], we would not consider that [God’s erasing the record of our sin] was [a gift. Instead, we would consider it as what we had earned].
the/this/who then to work the/this/who wage no to count according to grace but according to (the/this/who *k*) debt
5 But suppose that we do not do things [to gain God’s acceptance]. Suppose that we instead trust [in God], who erases the record of sins of wicked people. Then the erasing of the record of our sins because of our trusting [in Christ] is considered to be a gift to us, [not something that we earned].
the/this/who then not to work to trust (in) then upon/to/against the/this/who to justify the/this/who ungodly to count the/this/who faith it/s/he toward righteousness
6 Similarly, it is as David wrote [in the Psalms] about people being happy whose record of sins God has erased even though they have not done things [to earn it. David wrote]:
just as and David to say the/this/who blessedness the/this/who a human which the/this/who God to count righteousness without work
7 [God] is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins [he] has} forgiven, and whose sins he [has decided] to forget [DOU].
blessed which to release: forgive the/this/who lawlessness and which to cover the/this/who sin
8 [God] causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of.
blessed man (which *N(k)O*) no not to count lord: God sin
9 As for our being happy [because God has erased the record of our sins], (it is not something that [only] we Jews [can experience]./is it [MTY] something that [only] we Jews [can experience]?) [RHQ] [No, it is] also something that non-Jews [can experience] [MTY]. [What is written in the Scriptures], that it was because Abraham trusted [in God] that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}, [also shows that this is true].
the/this/who blessedness therefore/then this/he/she/it upon/to/against the/this/who circumcision or and upon/to/against the/this/who uncircumcision to say for (that/since: that *k*) to count the/this/who Abraham the/this/who faith toward righteousness
10 ([Think about] when [God erased the record of Abraham’s sins]./When did [God erase the record of Abraham’s sins]?) [RHQ] (Consider whether [it happened] after someone circumcised [Abraham to mark him as one who belonged to God], or before someone circumcised him./[Did it happen] after [Abraham was] circumcised [to be marked as one who belonged to God], or before he was circumcised?) [RHQ] It happened before he was circumcised, not after he was circumcised.
how! therefore/then to count in/on/among circumcision to be or in/on/among uncircumcision no in/on/among circumcision but in/on/among uncircumcision
11 [Many years later, God commanded that] Abraham [be] circumcised. Abraham’s accepting that ritual simply showed [that he knew that God had accepted him]. [He knew that God] had [erased the record of his sins] because he trusted [in God] while he was still, [in effect, a non-Jew because] he had not been circumcised. [So we can understand that] Abraham became (a spiritual ancestor/like an ancestor) to [all] of us whose record of sins has been erased {whose sins [God] has erased the record of} because we believe [in God’s promise, even though some of us] are not circumcised.
and sign to take circumcision seal the/this/who righteousness the/this/who faith the/this/who in/on/among the/this/who uncircumcision toward the/this/who to exist it/s/he father all the/this/who to trust (in) through/because of uncircumcision toward the/this/who to count and it/s/he the/this/who righteousness
12 Likewise, Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all us Jews who are not merely circumcised but who, more importantly, [believe in God’s promise] as our ancestor Abraham did, even before he was circumcised.
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13 God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would receive [the blessings that he promised to give to the people in] the world. But when he promised that, it was not because Abraham [obeyed] the laws [that God later gave to Moses]. Instead, it was because Abraham believed [that God would do what he promised that he would do]. As a result, God erased the record of his sins.
no for through/because of law the/this/who promise the/this/who Abraham or the/this/who seed: offspring it/s/he the/this/who heir it/s/he to exist (the/this/who *k*) world but through/because of righteousness faith
14 If [we think that] it is those who [obey God’s] laws who will receive [what he has promised], it is useless [for us to trust in him. And what he] promised is worthless. [Remember that] it is [stated] in God’s law [PRS] [that] he will punish [people who do not perfectly obey them], and remember that wherever [MTY] laws exist, [people] disobey them [LIT].
if for the/this/who out from law heir to empty the/this/who faith and to abate the/this/who promise
the/this/who for law wrath to workout/produce whither (then *N(k)O*) no to be law nor transgression
16 So it is because [we] trust [in God that we will receive the things that he has promised]. [It is not because we perfectly obey God’s laws. He wants] (to [erase the record of our sins/to declare us no longer guilty]) without our earning it. As a result, what God now promises, he guarantees to give to all people who are [Abraham’s spiritual] descendants. [He promises to do that not only for us Jewish believers], who [have] God’s laws [and trust in him as Abraham did], but also for those [non-Jews who do not have God’s laws but] who trust [in him] as Abraham did. Abraham is the [spiritual] ancestor of all of us [believers].
through/because of this/he/she/it out from faith in order that/to according to grace toward the/this/who to exist firm the/this/who promise all the/this/who seed: offspring no the/this/who out from the/this/who law alone but and the/this/who out from faith Abraham which to be father all me
17 What is written {What [Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures about what God promised Abraham shows that this is true]. [God said to him], “It is in order that you [(sg)] may be the ancestor of many ethnic groups that I have chosen you.” Romans 4:17b-22 God [guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants]. Abraham confidently believed that God [would do that],
as/just as to write that/since: that father much Gentiles to place you before which to trust (in) God the/this/who to make alive the/this/who dead and to call: call the/this/who not to be as/when to be
18 even though there was no physical reason for him to hope [that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children]. But God is the one who causes dead people to live again, and who talks about things that do not yet exist as already existing. [God said to Abraham], “You will have so many descendants that they will be [as impossible to count as the stars].” And Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups.
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19 He did not doubt [that God would do what he promised], even though he knew that his body was already [as incapable of begetting children as if he were] dead [MET] because he was about 100 years old. And [even though he realized that] Sarah had never been able to become pregnant [IDM],
and not be weak: weak the/this/who faith (no *K*) to observe the/this/who themself body already to put to death a hundred years old somewhere be already and the/this/who death the/this/who womb Sarah
20 he did not doubt at all that God [would do what he had] promised. Instead, he trusted [in God] more/very strongly, and he thanked God [for what God was going to do].
toward then the/this/who promise the/this/who God no to judge/doubt the/this/who unbelief but to strengthen the/this/who faith to give glory the/this/who God
21 He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do.
and to fulfill that/since: that which to profess able to be and to do/make: do
22 And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins}.
therefore and to count it/s/he toward righteousness
23 The words [in the Scriptures], “The record of his sins was erased {[God] erased the record of his sins},” are not only about Abraham.
no to write then through/because of it/s/he alone that/since: that to count it/s/he
24 They were also written {[They] also wrote that} for us whose record of sins would be erased {[God] would erase}. They were written {[They] wrote it} for us who believe [God], the one who caused our Lord Jesus to become alive again after he died.
but and through/because of me which to ensue to count the/this/who to trust (in) upon/to/against the/this/who to arise Jesus the/this/who lord: God me out from dead
25 Jesus allowed [men] to execute [MTY] him so that [God could forgive] our evil deeds. And [God] caused Jesus to live again because [God wanted to show that because of the death of Jesus he was able to] erase the record of our sins.
which to deliver through/because of the/this/who trespass me and to arise through/because of the/this/who justification me
