James 2:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God.

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  • Gen 15:6 : 6 And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.
  • 2 Chr 20:7 : 7 Diddest not thou our God cast out ye inhabitants of this lande before thy people Israel, and gauest it to the seede of Abraham thy friende for euer?
  • Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.
  • Rom 4:3-6 : 3 For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse. 4 Nowe to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by fauour, but by dette: 5 But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse. 6 Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednesse of the man, vnto whom God imputeth righteousnes without workes, saying,
  • Gal 3:6 : 6 Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.
  • Rom 4:22-24 : 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnesse. 23 Nowe it is not written for him onely, that it was imputed to him for righteousnesse, 24 But also for vs, to whom it shalbe imputed for righteousnesse, which beleeue in him that raised vp Iesus our Lord from the dead,
  • Rom 9:17 : 17 For the Scripture saith vnto Pharao, For this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp, that I might shewe my power in thee, and that my Name might be declared throughout al the earth.
  • Gal 3:8-9 : 8 For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the workes of the Lawe, are vnder the curse: for it is written, Cursed is euery man that continueth not in all things, which are written in the booke of the Law, to doe them.
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 But the Scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne, that the promes by the faith of Iesus Christ should be giuen to them that beleeue.
  • Rom 4:10-11 : 10 Howe was it then imputed? when he was circumcised, or vncircumcised? not when he was cricumcised, but when he was vncircumcised. 11 After, he receiued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the righteousnesse of ye faith which he had, when he was vncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that beleeue, not being circumcised, that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also,
  • Job 16:21 : 21 Oh that a man might pleade with God, as man with his neighbour!
  • Exod 33:11 : 11 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, face to face, as a man speaketh vnto his friende. After he turned againe into the hoste, but his seruant Ioshua the sonne of Nun a yong man, departed not out of the Tabernacle.
  • Mark 15:27 : 27 They crucified also with him two theeues, the one on ye right hand, & the other on his left.
  • Luke 4:21 : 21 Then he began to say vnto them, This day is the Scripture fulfilled in your eares.
  • John 15:13-15 : 13 Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes. 14 Ye are my friendes, if ye doe whatsoeuer I commaund you. 15 Henceforth call I you not seruants: for the seruant knoweth not what his master doeth: but I haue called you friends: for all things that I haue heard of my Father, haue I made knowen to you.
  • Acts 1:16 : 16 Yee men & brethren, this scripture must needes haue beene fulfilled, which the holy Ghost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas, which was guide to them that tooke Iesus.
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Haue ye not read so much as this Scripture? The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the head of the corner.
  • 2 Tim 3:16 : 16 For the whole Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God, and is profitable to teache, to conuince, to correct, and to instruct in righteousnesse,
  • Rom 11:2 : 2 God hath not cast away his people which he knew before. Know ye not what the Scripture sayth of Elias, howe hee communeth with God against Israel, saying,

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    1What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?

    2For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.

    3For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

    7Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.

    9So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

  • Jas 2:21-22
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    21Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?

    22Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

  • Rom 4:20-24
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    20Neither did he doubt of the promise of God through vnbeliefe, but was strengthened in the faith, and gaue glorie to God,

    21Being fully assured that he which had promised, was also able to doe it.

    22And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnesse.

    23Nowe it is not written for him onely, that it was imputed to him for righteousnesse,

    24But also for vs, to whom it shalbe imputed for righteousnesse, which beleeue in him that raised vp Iesus our Lord from the dead,

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    9Came this blessednesse then vpon the circumcision onely, or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was imputed vnto Abraham for righteousnesse.

    10Howe was it then imputed? when he was circumcised, or vncircumcised? not when he was cricumcised, but when he was vncircumcised.

    11After, he receiued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the righteousnesse of ye faith which he had, when he was vncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that beleeue, not being circumcised, that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also,

    12And the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised.

    13For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

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    24Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely.

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    5But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.

    6Euen as Dauid declareth the blessednesse of the man, vnto whom God imputeth righteousnes without workes, saying,

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

    17(As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.

    18Which Abraham aboue hope, beleeued vnder hope, that he should be the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken to him, So shall thy seede be.

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    17By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.

    18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

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    31And it was imputed vnto him for righteousnes from generation to generation for euer.

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    8But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.

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    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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    17For by it the righteousnesse of God is reueiled from faith to faith: as it is written, The iust shall liue by faith.

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    22And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

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    1And after these things God did proue Abraham, and said vnto him, Abraham. Who answered, Here am I.

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    5Because that Abraham obeyed my voyce and kept mine ordinance, my commandements, my statutes, and my Lawes.

  • 1 Chr 1:27
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    27Abram, which is Abraham.

  • Gen 21:2
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    2For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, at the same season that God tolde him.

  • Rom 3:30
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    30For it is one God, who shall iustifie circumcision of faith, and vncircumcision through faith.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith.

  • Gen 24:34
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    34Then he said, I am Abrahams seruant,

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    28Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

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    2For by it our elders were wel reported of.

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    13For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

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    4Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,

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    1Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

  • Gen 18:18
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    18Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?