4. When people work, their pay is not regarded as a gift but something they have earned.
5. However, when people don’t work but believe God, the one who approves ungodly people, their faith is regarded as the basis of God’s approval.
6. David says the same thing about those who are blessed: God approves of people without their earning it. David said,
7. “Blessed are those whose disobedience is forgivenand whose sins are pardoned.
8. Blessed is the person whom the Lord no longer considers sinful.”
9. Are only the circumcised people blessed, or are uncircumcised people blessed as well? We say, “Abraham’s faith was regarded as the basis of God’s approval.”
10. How was his faith regarded as the basis of God’s approval? Was he circumcised or was he uncircumcised at that time? He had not been circumcised.