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Of course he is, for there is only one God and he will save by faith the circumcised Jews as well as the uncircumcised nations. (Romans 3, 30)
Let us consider Abraham, our father in the flesh. What has he found? (Romans 4, 1)
If Abraham attained righteousness because of his deeds, he could be proud. But he cannot be this before God. (Romans 4, 2)
Because Scripture says: Abraham believed God who took into account and held him to be a just man. (Romans 4, 3)
Is this blessing only for the circumcised or is it also for the uncircumcised? We have just said that, because of his faith, Abraham was made a just man, (Romans 4, 9)
but when did this happen? After Abraham was circumcised, or before? Not after, but before. (Romans 4, 10)
He received the rite of circumcision as a sign of the righteousness given him through faith when he was still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those uncircumcised who come to faith and are made just. (Romans 4, 11)
And he was to be the father of the Jews, provided that besides being circumcised, they also imitate the faith Abraham showed before being circumcised. (Romans 4, 12)
If God promised Abraham, or rather his descendant, that the world would belong to him, this was not because of his obeying the Law, but because he was just and a friend of God through faith. (Romans 4, 13)
For that reason, faith is the way and all is given by grace; and the promises of Abraham are fulfilled for all his descendants, not only for his children according to the Law, but also for all the others who have believed. Abraham is the father of all of us, (Romans 4, 16)
as it is written: I will make you father of many nations. He is our father in the eyes of Him who gives life to the dead, and calls the non-existent as if already existing, for this is the God in whom he believed. (Romans 4, 17)
Abraham believed and hoped against all expectation, thus becoming father of many nations, as he had been told: See how many will be your descendants. (Romans 4, 18)