Topic
Blessedness
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Romans 4:6ISBE
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
- Romans 4:9ISBE
Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
- Galatians 4:15ISBE
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
bles'-ed-nes: This translation of makarismos (a word signifying "beatification" or "the ascription of blessing"), is used but three times, in Ro 4:6,9, and Ga 4:15, in the King James Version only. In the first two instances it refers to the happy state or condition of a man to whom Christ's righteousness is imputed by faith, and in the last to a man's experience of that condition.
See HAPPINESS.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.