Romans 4:5-12

⁵But God, who makes sinners right, considers them as right not because they've worked for it but because they trust in him. This is why

⁶David speaks of the happiness of those whom God considers as right, and not because they worked for it:

⁷“How happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

⁸How happy are those the Lord does not consider sinful.”

⁹Now is this blessing just for the Jews, or is it for others too? We've just stated that Abraham was accepted as good and right because he trusted God.

¹⁰But when did this happen? When Abraham was a Jew or before?

¹¹It was actually before he became a Jew by being circumcised, which was a confirmation of his trust in God to make him right. This happened before he was circumcised, so he is the father of everyone who trusts in God and are considered as right by God, even though they may not be circumcised Jews.

¹²He is also the father of circumcised Jews not merely because they're circumcised, but because they follow the example of the trust in God our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.