Wherefore only faith giveth glory to God, as Paul witnesseth of Abraham, who, saith he “was made strong in faith, and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that whatsoever God had promised, He was able to perform, and therefore it was imputed unto him for righteousness.” Romans 4:2-22
It is not without cause that he addeth the sentence out of the fifteenth chapter of Genesis, “and it was imputed to him for righteousness.” For Christian righteousness consisteth in two things, that is, faith in the heart,
and in God’s imputation. Faith is indeed a formed righteousness, and yet this righteousness is not enough: for after faith, there remain yet certain remnants of sin in our flesh. This sacrifice of faith began in Abraham, but,
at the last, it was finished at his death.
Martin Luther, Kregel, Galatians 3:6. Romans 4:20-22, p. 128.
