Romans 4:5-12

⁵But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

⁶As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

⁷Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.

⁸Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.

⁹Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.

¹⁰How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:

¹¹And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

¹²And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.