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Si Abraham Isip Panig-ingnan

Ingon nga panig-ingnan sa pagpakamatarong sa Dios sa mga tawo, tan-awa ninyo si Abraham nga amahan nato nga mga Judio. Kon gipakamatarong siya sa Dios tungod sa iyang mga binuhatan, unta may ikapasigarbo siya. Apan ang tinuod, wala siyay ikapasigarbo sa Dios. Nasayran nato kini tungod kay ang Kasulatan nagaingon, “Mituo si Abraham sa Dios ug tungod sa iyang pagtuo gipakamatarong siya sa Dios.”[a] Ang tawo nga nagatrabaho suholan. Ang suhol dili maisip nga gasa tungod kay iya kining gihagoan. Apan gipakamatarong kita sa Dios tungod sa atong pagtuo kaniya nga nagapakamatarong sa makasasala, ug dili tungod sa atong mga binuhatan. Mao usab kini ang buot ipasabot ni David sa dihang miingon siya nga bulahan ang tawo nga gipakamatarong sa Dios dili tungod sa iyang mga binuhatan. Siya miingon:

“Bulahan ang mga tawo kansang mga sala gipasaylo ug wala na hinumdomi sa Dios.
Bulahan ang tawo kansang mga sala dili na isipon sa Ginoo batok kaniya.”[b]

Kining mga gisulti ni David dili lang alang sa mga Judio, kondili alang usab sa mga dili Judio. Nasayran nato kini tungod kay nahisgotan na namo ang gi-ingon sa Kasulatan nga, “Nagtuo si Abraham sa Dios ug tungod sa iyang pagtuo gipakamatarong siya sa Dios.” 10 Kanus-a ba kini nahitabo? Dili ba ang pagpakamatarong kaniya nahitabo man sa wala pa siya matuli? 11 Unya gituli siya isip timailhan nga gipakamatarong na siya sa Dios tungod sa iyang pagtuo sa wala pa siya matuli. Mao nga si Abraham nahimong amahan[c] sa tanan nga wala matuli apan nagatuo sa Dios; ug tungod sa ilang pagtuo gipakamatarong sila sa Dios. 12 Si Abraham amahan usab sa mga tinuli, dili tungod sa ilang pagkatinuli, kondili tungod sa ilang pagtuo nga sama sa pagtuo sa atong amahan nga si Abraham sa dihang wala pa siya matuli.

Ang Saad sa Dios Nadawat Pinaagi sa Pagtuo

13 Kaniadto, nagsaad ang Dios kang Abraham ug sa iyang mga kaliwat nga ang kalibotan mahimong ila. Gisaad kini dili tungod kay gituman ni Abraham ang Kasugoan, kondili tungod kay gipakamatarong siya pinaagi sa iyang pagtuo. 14 Kon ang mga nasakop sa Kasugoan[d] mao lang ang makadawat sa gisaad sa Dios, nan, walay kapuslanan ang atong pagtuo sa Dios ug kawang lang ang iyang saad.[e] 15 Ang Kasugoan mao ang hinungdan kon ngano nga adunay pagsilot gikan sa Dios. Kon walay Kasugoan, wala usay kalapasan.

16 Busa ang saad sa Dios gibasi sa pagtuo, aron mahimong gasa gikan sa Dios ug masiguro nga kini madawat sa tanang mga kaliwat ni Abraham—dili lamang sa mga Judio nga nasakop sa Kasugoan kondili sa mga dili Judio nga nagatuo usab sama kang Abraham. Kay si Abraham mao ang amahan sa tanan nga nagatuo, Judio man o dili. 17 Nagaingon ang Kasulatan, “Gihimo ko ikaw nga amahan sa daghang mga nasod.” Busa sa atubangan sa Dios, siya atong amahan. Ug ang Dios nga gituohan ni Abraham mao usab ang Dios nga nagahatag ug kinabuhi sa mga patay[f] ug nagabuhat sa mga butang nga wala kaniadto. 18 Bisan wala na gayoy paglaom nga mahimong amahan, nagtuo gihapon si Abraham nga tumanon sa Dios ang iyang gisaad kaniya nga siya mahimong amahan. Busa tungod sa iyang pagtuo, nahimo siyang amahan sa daghang mga nasod, sumala gayod sa giingon sa Dios kaniya. 19 Sa dihang nagsaad ang Dios kang Abraham, mga 100 na ka tuig ang iyang edad, ug nasayod siya nga tigulang na siya ug imposible na nga makapaanak pa. Nasayod usab siya nga ang iyang asawa nga si Sara dili manganak tungod kay baog kini. Apan lig-on ang iyang pagtuo sa Dios. 20 Wala gayod siya magduhaduha sa saad sa Dios, hinuon mituo siya niini. Busa gilig-on siya diha sa iyang pagtuo, ug gidayeg niya ang Dios 21 tungod kay misalig gayod siya nga makahimo ang Dios pagtuman sa iyang gisaad. 22 Busa tungod sa pagtuo ni Abraham gipakamatarong siya sa Dios, 23 sumala sa nahisulat sa Kasulatan. Apan kining pulong, “Gipakamatarong siya,” gisulat dili lang alang kang Abraham, 24 kondili alang usab kanato. Pakamatarungon usab kita kon nagatuo kita sa nabanhaw sa atong Ginoong Jesus. 25 Gipatay si Ginoong Jesus tungod sa atong mga sala, ug gibanhaw siya aron pakamatarungon kita.

Footnotes

  1. 4:3 Tan-awa usab ang Gen. 15:6.
  2. 4:8 Tan-awa usab ang Salmo 32:1-2.
  3. 4:11 amahan: Ang buot ipasabot, espirituhanon nga amahan.
  4. 4:14 ang mga nasakop sa Kasugoan: buot ipasabot, ang mga Judio nga nagatinguha nga magsunod sa Kasugoan ni Moises.
  5. 4:14 kawang lang ang iyang saad: buot ipasabot nga mahimong walay kapuslanan ang saad sa Dios kay walay makatuman sa Kasugoan.
  6. 4:17 patay: Sama sa patay si Abraham ug si Sara kay tigulang na sila ug baog si Sara.

Abraham Justified by Faith

What then shall we say(A) that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh,(B) discovered in this matter? If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.(C) What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](D)

Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift(E) but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.(F) David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

“Blessed are those
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”[b](G)

Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?(H) We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.(I) 10 Under what circumstances was it credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! 11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.(J) So then, he is the father(K) of all who believe(L) but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. 12 And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise(M) that he would be heir of the world,(N) but through the righteousness that comes by faith.(O) 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless,(P) 15 because the law brings wrath.(Q) And where there is no law there is no transgression.(R)

16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace(S) and may be guaranteed(T) to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.(U) 17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[c](V) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(W) to the dead and calls(X) into being things that were not.(Y)

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,(Z) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[d](AA) 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(AB)—since he was about a hundred years old(AC)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(AD) 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened(AE) in his faith and gave glory to God,(AF) 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.(AG) 22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”(AH) 23 The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, 24 but also for us,(AI) to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him(AJ) who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.(AK) 25 He was delivered over to death for our sins(AL) and was raised to life for our justification.(AM)

Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:3 Gen. 15:6; also in verse 22
  2. Romans 4:8 Psalm 32:1,2
  3. Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5
  4. Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

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 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

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 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 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 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

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 (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 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 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 Sarah's womb:

20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.