Rom 4:1-8
Abraham Justified by Faith. 1What then can we say that Abraham found, our ancestor according to the flesh?a 2* Indeed, if Abraham was justified on the basis of his works, he has reason to boast; but this was not so in the sight of God. 3b For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”* 4A worker’s wage is credited not as a gift, but as something due.c 5But when one does not work, yet believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness. 6So also David declares the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgivend
and whose sins are covered.
8Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not record.”