Romans 4:2

²אִם אָמְנָם הֻצְדַּק אַבְרָהָם בִּגְלַל מַעֲשִׂים, כִּי אָז יֵשׁ לוֹ בַּמֶּה לְהִתְפָּאֵר, אַךְ לֹא לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים.b

Romans 4 is Paul's masterful demonstration that the pattern of salvation has always been by faith alone, not by works of the law. He takes his Jewish readers back to their founding father, Abraham, and shows from Genesis 15:6 that Abraham was counted righteous before he was circu