James 2:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

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  • Gen 15:6 : 6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
  • 2 Chr 20:7 : 7 [Art] not thou our God, [who] didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
  • Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
  • Rom 4:3-6 : 3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
  • Gal 3:6 : 6 ¶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
  • Rom 4:22-24 : 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. 23 ¶ Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
  • Rom 9:17 : 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
  • Gal 3:8-9 : 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
  • Rom 4:10-11 : 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
  • Job 16:21 : 21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
  • Exod 33:11 : 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
  • Mark 15:27 : 27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
  • Luke 4:21 : 21 And he began to say unto them, ‹This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.›
  • John 15:13-15 : 13 ‹Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.› 14 ‹Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.› 15 ‹Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.›
  • Acts 1:16 : 16 Men [and] brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 ‹And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:›
  • 2 Tim 3:16 : 16 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
  • Rom 11:2 : 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

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    1 ¶ What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

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    3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

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    6 ¶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

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    21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

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    9 ¶ [Cometh] this blessedness then upon the circumcision [only], or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

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    2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

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    34 And he said, I [am] Abraham's servant.

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