罗马书4:1-8
1如此说来，我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕，凭着肉体得了什么呢？2倘若亚伯拉罕是因行为称义，就有可夸的。只是在神面前并无可夸。3经上说什么呢？说，亚伯拉罕信神，这就算为他的义。4作工的得工价，不算恩典，乃是该得的，5惟有不作工的，只信称罪人为义的神，他的信就算为义。6正如大卫称那在行为以外，蒙神算为义的人是有福的。7他说，得赦免其过，遮盖其罪的，这人是有福的。8主不算为有罪的，这人是有福的。
1Abraham was, humanly speaking, the founder of our Jewish nation. What did he discover about being made right with God? 2If his good deeds had made him acceptable to God, he would have had something to boast about. But that was not God’s way. 3For the Scriptures tell us, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”#4:3 Gen 15:6. 4When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned. 5But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners. 6David also spoke of this when he described the happiness of those who are declared righteous without working for it: 7“Oh, what joy for thosewhose disobedience is forgiven,whose sins are put out of sight. 8Yes, what joy for thosewhose record the Lord has cleared of sin.”#4:7-8 Ps 32:1-2 (Greek version).
