--- title: "Romans 4:1-17 KJV - \"What shall we say then that Abraham ou...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he\" — Read Romans 4:1-17 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/romans/4/1-17" --- [ Read](/kjv/romans/4)[ Commentary](/study/romans/4)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/romans/4) Audio ## Romans 4:1-17 in Context (Verses 1–20 KJV) [1 ](/kjv/romans/4/1) What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? [2 ](/kjv/romans/4/2) For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath *whereof* to glory; but not before God. [3 ](/kjv/romans/4/3) For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. [4 ](/kjv/romans/4/4) Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. [5 ](/kjv/romans/4/5) But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. [6 ](/kjv/romans/4/6) Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, [7 ](/kjv/romans/4/7) *Saying*, Blessed *are* they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. [8 ](/kjv/romans/4/8) Blessed *is* the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. [9 ](/kjv/romans/4/9) *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 ](/kjv/romans/4/10) How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. [11 ](/kjv/romans/4/11) 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: [12 ](/kjv/romans/4/12) And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which *he had* being *yet* uncircumcised. [13 ](/kjv/romans/4/13) For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, *was* not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. [14 ](/kjv/romans/4/14) For if they which are of the law *be* heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: [15 ](/kjv/romans/4/15) Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, *there is* no transgression. [16 ](/kjv/romans/4/16) Therefore *it is* of faith, that *it might be* by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, [17 ](/kjv/romans/4/17) (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, *even* God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. [18 ](/kjv/romans/4/18) Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. [19 ](/kjv/romans/4/19) And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: [20 ](/kjv/romans/4/20) He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; [Romans 3](/kjv/romans/3) [Romans 5](/kjv/romans/5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/romans/4/1-17#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/romans/4/1-17#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/romans/4/1-17","name":"Romans 4:1-17 KJV - \"What shall we say then that Abraham ou...\" | Real Bible Believers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/romans/4/1-17#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"\"What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 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