Abraham Justified by Faith, Not Works

Romans 4:1-8

What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh?

for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast--but not before God;

for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;'

and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned--to righteousness:

even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:

`Happy they whose lawless acts were forgiven, and whose sins were covered;

happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'