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What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?
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For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
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For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
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Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
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But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
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just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
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"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered;
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Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin."