What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, ¹  has discovered regarding this matter? ² 

For if Abraham was declared righteous ¹  by the works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.

nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.” ¹ 

For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited ¹  to him as righteousness.” ² 

Is this blessedness ¹  then for ²  the circumcision ³  or also for ⁴  the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” ⁵ 

And he is also the father of the circumcised, ¹  who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised. ² 

For the promise ¹  to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, ¹  with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants – not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, ²  who is the father of us all