2. For if Aḇraham was declared right by works, he has ground for boasting, but not before Elohim.
3. For what does the Scripture say? “Aḇraham believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.”
4. And to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned as a favour but as a debt.
5. And to him who is not working but believes on Him who is declaring right the wicked, his belief is reckoned for righteousness,
6. even as Dawiḏ also says of the blessedness of the man to whom Elohim reckons righteousness without works:
7. “Blessed are those whose lawlessnesses are forgiven, and whose sins are covered,