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Abraham Justified by Faith

Romans 4:3

In 9 translations

BSB
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”Genesis 15:6
KJV
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
WEB
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
ASV
For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.
LSV
for what does the writing say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness”;
YLT
for what doth the writing say? 'And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;'
DBY
for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.Elohim
DRC
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.
GNV
For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.

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  • Spelling of Ἀβραὰμ: Tyndale House: Ἁβραὰμ.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; Ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
RP2018
Τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; Ἐπίστευσεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
TR-Boyd
Τί γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; Ἐπίστευσε δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
SCR1894
τι γαρ η γραφη λεγει επιστευσεν δε αβρααμ τω θεω και ελογισθη αυτω εις δικαιοσυνην

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  • Genesis 15:6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
  • James 2:23And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
  • Galatians 3:6–8So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and…
  • Romans 4:9Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
  • Romans 4:22–25This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham, but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who…
  • Romans 4:5However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
  • Psalms 106:31It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
  • Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that…
  • Romans 11:2God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:
  • Romans 10:11It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  • Romans 9:17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
  • Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  • 2 Peter 1:20–21Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation. For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the…
  • James 4:5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
  • Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

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