V 001 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to
the flesh, hath found?
V 002 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory;
but not before God.
V 003 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was
counted unto him for righteousness.
V 004 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but
of debt.
V 005 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth
the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
V 006 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto
whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
V 007 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose
sins are covered.
V 008 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
V 009 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon
the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham
for righteousness.
V 010 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
V 011 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he
might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not
circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
V 012 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the
circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our
father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
V 013 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not
to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the
righteousness of faith.
V 014 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and
the promise made of none effect:
V 015 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no
transgression.
V 016 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end
the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of
the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the
father of us all,
V 017 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,)
before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and
calleth those things which be not as though they were.
V 018 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father
of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed
be.
V 019 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now
dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness
of Sarah's womb:
V 020 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was
strong in faith, giving glory to God;
V 021 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able
also to perform.
V 022 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
V 023 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to
him;
V 024 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him
that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
V 025 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our
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إيمان إبراهيم
1-
وماذا نَقولُ في إبراهيمَ أبينا في الجَسَدِ وما جرى لَه؟
2-
فلَو أنَّ الله برَّرَهُ لأعمالِهِ لحقَ لَه أنْ يَفتَخِرَ،
ولكِنْ لا عِندَ الله.
3-
فالكِتابُ يَقولُ: «آمَنَ إبراهيمُ
بِكلامِ الله، فَبرَّرَهُ لإيمانهِ«.
4- مَنْ قامَ بِعَمَلٍ، فأُجرتُهُ حقًّ لا هِبَةِ.
5- أمَّا مَنْ
لا يَقومُ بِعَمَلٍ، بَلْ يُؤمِنُ بالله الذي يُبَرِّرُ
الخاطئِ، فالله يُبرِّرُهُ لإيمانِه.
6- وهكذا يَتَرنَّمُ
داودُ مادِحًا سَعادَةَ الإنسانِ الذي يُبرِّرُهُ الله
بِغيرِ الأعمالِ:
7- »هنيئًا
لِلذينَ غُفِرتْ ذُنوبُهُم وسُتِرَتْ خَطاياهُم!
8- هنيئًا
لِمَنْ خَطاياهُ لا يُحاسِبُهُ بِها الرَّبُّ!
«
9-
فهَلْ تَقتَصِرُ هذِهِ السَّعادةُ على أهلِ الخِتانِ أمْ
تَشمَلُ غَيرَهُم مِنَ البشَرِ؟ نَحنُ نَقولُ: إنَّ الله
بَرَّرَ إبراهيمَ لإيمانِهِ.
10-
ولكِنْ متى تَمَ لَه ذلِكَ؟ أقَبلَ الخِتانِ أم بَعدَه؟
قَبلَ الخِتانِ لا بَعدَهُ.
11-
ثُمَ نالَ الخِتانَ علامةً وبُرهانًا على أنَّ الله
بَرَّرَهُ لإيمانِهِ قَبلَ خِتانِهِ، فصارَ إبراهيمُ أبًا
لِجميعِ الذينَ يُبرِّرُهمُ الله لإيمانِهِم مِنْ غَيرِ
المَختونينَ،
12-
وأبًا لِلمَختونينَ الذينَ لا يكتَفونَ بالخِتانِ، بَلْ
يَقتَدونَ بأبينا إبراهيمَ في إيمانِهِ قَبلَ أن يَنالَ
الخِتانَ.
الإيمان والوعد
13-
فالوَعْدُ الذي وعَدَهُ الله لإبراهيمَ ونَسلَهُ بأنْ
يَرِثَ
العالَمَ لا يَعودُ إلى الشريعةِ، بَلْ إلى إيمانِهِ
الذي بَرَّرَهُ.
14-
فلَوِ اَقتَصَرَ الميراثُ على أهلِ
الشريعةِ، لكانَ الإيمانُ عبَثًا والوعدُ باطِلاً،
15-
لأنَّ الشريعةَ تُسَبِّبُ غضَبَ الله، وحَيثُ لا
تكونُ الشريعةُ لا تكونُ مَعصيةِ.
16-
فالميراثُ قائِمٌ على الإيمانِ حتى يكونَ هِبَةً
مِنَ الله ويَبقى الوَعدُ جاريًا على نَسلِ إبراهيمَ
كُلِّهِ، لا على أهلِ الشريعةِ وحدَهُم، بَلْ على
المُؤمنينَ إيمانَ إبراهيمَ أيضًا. وهوَ أبٌ لنا
جميعًا،
17-
كما يَقولُ الكِتابُ: «جَعَلتُكَ أبًا
لأُممِ كثيرةٍ«.
وهوَ أبٌ لَنا عِندَ الذي آمَنَ بِه إبراهيمُ، عِندَ
الله الذي يُحيي الأمواتَ ويَدعو غَيرَ الموجودِ إلى
الوُجودِ.
18- وآمَنَ إبراهيمُ راجِيًا حيثُ لا رجاءَ،
فَصارَ أبًا لأُممِ كثيرةٍ على ما قالَ الكِتابُ:
«هكذا يكونُ نَسلُكَ«.
19- وكانَ إبراهيمُ في نحوِ المئةِ مِنَ العُمرِ، فَما
ضَعُفَ إيمانُهُ حينَ رأى أنَّ بدَنَهُ ماتَ وأنَّ
رَحِمَ اَمرَأتِهِ سارَةَ ماتَ أيضًا.
20- وما شكَ في
وَعْدِ الله، بَل قَوّاهُ إيمانُهُ فمَجَّدَ الله
21- واثِقًا بأنَّ الله قادِرٌ على أنْ يَفِيَ
بِوَعْدِهِ.
22- فلِهذا الإيمانِ بَرَّرَهُ الله.
23- وما
قَولُ الكِتابِ: «بَرَّرَهُ الله«
مِنْ أجلِهِ وحدَهُ،
24- بَلْ مِنْ أجلِنا أيضًا، نَحنُ
الذينَ نتَبَرَّرُ بإيمانِنا بالله الذي أقامَ ربَّنا
يَسوعَ مِنْ بَينِ الأمواتِ،
25- وكانَ أسلَمَهُ إلى
الموتِ لِلتكْفيرِ عَنْ زَلاّتِنا وأقامَهُ مِنْ أجلِ
تَبريرِنا. |