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If Abraham was made right by the things he did, then he had a reason to brag. But he could not brag before God. The Scripture says, “Abraham believed God. And that faith made him right with God.”[a]

When a person works, his pay is not given to him as a gift. He earns the pay he gets.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:3 “Abraham . . . God.” Quotation from Genesis 15:6.

If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.(A) What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](B)

Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift(C) but as an obligation.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:3 Gen. 15:6; also in verse 22