1 WYC What thanne schulen we seie, that Abraham oure fadir aftir the flesch foond? BSB BSB: What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?
2 WYC For if Abraham is iustified of werkis of the lawe, he hath glorie, but not anentis God. BSB BSB: If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
4 WYC And to hym that worchith mede is not arettid bi grace, but bi dette. BSB BSB: Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
5 WYC Sotheli to hym that worchith not, but bileueth in to hym that iustefieth a wickid man, his feith is arettid to riytwisnesse, aftir the purpos of Goddis grace. BSB BSB: However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6 WYC As Dauid seith the blessidnesse of a man, whom God acceptith, he yyueth to hym riytwisnesse with outen werkis of the lawe, BSB BSB: And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7 WYC Blessid ben thei, whos wickidnessis ben foryouun, and whos synnes ben hid. BSB BSB: “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
8 WYC Blessid is that man, to whom God arettide not synne. BSB BSB: Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
9 WYC Thanne whether dwellith this blisfulnesse oneli in circumcisioun, or also in prepucie? For we seien, that the feith was arettid to Abraham to riytwisnesse. BSB BSB: Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
10 WYC Hou thanne was it arettid? in circumcisioun, or in prepucie? Not in circumcisioun, but in prepucie. BSB BSB: In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
11 WYC And he took a signe of circumcisioun, a tokenyng of riytwisnesse of the feith which is in prepucie, that he be fadir of alle men bileuynge bi prepucie, that it be arettid also to hem to riytwisnesse; BSB BSB: And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
12 WYC and that he be fadir of circumcisioun, not onely to hem that ben of circumcisioun, but also to hem that suen the steppis of the feith, which feith is in prepucie of oure fader Abraham. BSB BSB: And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
13 WYC For not bi the lawe is biheest to Abraham, or to his seed, that he schulde be eir of the world, but bi the riytwisnesse of feith. BSB BSB: For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
14 WYC For if thei that ben of the lawe, ben eiris, feith is distried, biheest is don awey. BSB BSB: For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
15 WYC For the lawe worchith wraththe; for where is no lawe, there is no trespas, nethir is trespassyng. BSB BSB: because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
16 WYC Therfor riytfulnesse is of the feith, that bi grace biheeste be stable to ech seed, not to that seed oneli that is of the lawe, but to that that is of the feith of Abraham, which is fadir of vs alle. BSB BSB: Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
17 WYC As it is writun, For Y haue set thee fadir of many folkis, bifor God to whom thou hast bileued. Which God quykeneth deed men, and clepith tho thingis that ben not, as tho that ben. BSB BSB: As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
18 WYC Which Abraham ayens hope bileuede in to hope, that he schulde be maad fader of many folkis, as it was seid to hym, Thus schal thi seed be, as the sterris of heuene, and as the grauel that is in the brenke of the see. BSB BSB: Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
19 WYC And he was not maad vnstidfast in the bileue, nether he biheelde his bodi thanne nyy deed, whanne he was almost of an hundrid yeer, ne the wombe of Sare nyy deed. BSB BSB: Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
20 WYC Also in the biheeste of God he doutide not with vntrist; but he was coumfortid in bileue, BSB BSB: Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
21 WYC yyuynge glorie to God, witynge moost fulli that what euere thingis God hath bihiyt, he is myyti also to do. BSB BSB: being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
22 WYC Therfor it was arettid to hym to riytwisnesse. BSB BSB: This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
23 WYC And it is not writun oneli for him, that it was arettid to hym to riytwisnesse, BSB BSB: Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,
24 WYC but also for vs, to whiche it schal be arettid, that bileuen in him that reiside oure Lord Jhesu Crist fro deeth. BSB BSB: but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
25 WYC Which was bitakun for oure synnes, and roos ayen for oure iustefiyng. BSB BSB: He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
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