³ For what does the Scripture say? ^(A)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” ⁴ Now ^(B)to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. ⁵ And to the one who does not work but ^(C)believes in^[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, ⁶ just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

⁹ Is this blessing then only for ^(B)the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? ^(C)For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. ¹⁰ How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. ^11 (D)He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was ^(E)to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,

²² That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” ²³ But ^(A)the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, ²⁴ but for ours also. It will be counted to us ^(B)who believe in ^(C)him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,