Genesis 15:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

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  • Jas 2:23 : 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.
  • Gal 3:6-9 : 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.' 9 So then those who are 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 everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.' 11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.' 12 And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.' 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.' 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
  • Rom 4:3-6 : 3 For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness. 4 Now to him who works, the reward is not given of grace, but as a debt. 5 But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,
  • Rom 4:9 : 9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.
  • Rom 4:11 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;
  • Rom 4:20-25 : 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. 21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform. 22 And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness. 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was credited to him; 24 But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out to a place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
  • Ps 106:31 : 31 And that was accounted unto him for righteousness unto all generations forevermore.
  • 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their sins against them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

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  • Gal 3:6-9
    4 verses
    87%

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

    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'

    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

  • Rom 4:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has reason to boast; but not before God.

    3For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

  • Rom 4:16-24
    9 verses
    82%

    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

    18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.

    19And being not weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead, being about a hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.

    20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

    21And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

    22And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

    23Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was credited to him;

    24But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead;

  • Ps 106:31
    79%

    31And that was accounted unto him for righteousness unto all generations forevermore.

  • Jas 2:21-24
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    79%

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

    22Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

    23And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.

    24You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

  • Gen 15:7-8
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    7And He said to him, I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.

    8And he said, Lord GOD, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?

  • Gen 15:5
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    5And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.

  • Rom 4:9-13
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    9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

    10How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

    11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

    12And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.

    13For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

    6Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,

  • Heb 11:6-9
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    73%

    6But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

    7By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out to a place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

    9By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

  • Heb 11:17-19
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    72%

    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

    19concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

  • Heb 11:11
    71%

    11Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

  • Heb 6:15
    71%

    15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  • Rom 1:17
    70%

    17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'

  • Gen 26:5
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    5Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

  • Gen 18:18-19
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    18Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

    19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoken of him.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

  • Neh 9:8
    69%

    8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your words, for You are righteous;

  • Heb 6:13
    69%

    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

  • Gen 15:1
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    1After these things, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceedingly great reward.