{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_rom004_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_rom004_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_rom004_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/rom004.htm","summary":"This is Romans 4:1\u201325 presented in a three-column parallel format showing the Greek New Testament (GNT), the King James Version (KJV), and the Latin Vulgate \u2014 a scholarly reference tool for comparing the canonical text across its major traditional forms. The passage is Paul's sustained theological argument that Abraham was justified by faith, not by works, as demonstrated by the fact that God credited him with righteousness before he was circumcised. Paul uses this timing to argue that Abraham is the spiritual father of both uncircumcised Gentile believers and circumcised Jewish believers, with circumcision functioning as a subsequent seal rather than the basis of his standing before God. The argument extends to the promise of inheriting the world: because law produces only wrath and transgression, the promise had to be rooted in grace through faith to remain universally valid across all of Abraham's descendants. The passage closes by connecting Abraham's example directly to Christian readers, asserting that the same faith-reckoned-as-righteousness principle applies to those who believe in the God who raised Jesus \u2014 whose death addressed human offenses and whose resurrection grounds justification.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Romans: Romans 4","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1429}