THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS.
CHAPTER 4:

2 For if Abraham were justified by works,
he hath whereof to glory; but not before
God.
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham
believed God, and it was counted unto
him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward
not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but
believeth on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness.
6 Even as David also describeth the
blessedness of the man, unto whom God
imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose
iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are
covered.
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord
will not impute sin.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the
circumcision only, or upon the
uncircumcision also? for we say that faith
was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when he
was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but
in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of
circumcision, a seal of the righteousness
of the faith which he had yet being
uncircumcised: that he might be the father
of all them that believe, though they be
not circumcised; that righteousness might
be imputed unto them also: