Romans 4:2 meaning and explanation
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
Romans 4:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is speaking to believers in Rome, arguing that Abraham, the ancestor of the Jewish people, was not put right with God by his own achievements. Paul grants the hypothetical: if Abraham had earned his standing, he could have boasted, but only in a human reckoning, never before God.
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