Romans 4:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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.
  • Gen 15:6 : 6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
  • 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.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
  • Ps 106:31 : 31 And that was accounted unto him for righteousness unto all generations forevermore.
  • Rom 11:2 : 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah? how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,
  • Gal 3:6-8 : 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.'
  • 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 4:22-25 : 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.
  • Rom 9:17 : 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth.
  • Rom 10:11 : 11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

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  • Gal 3:6-9
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    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 4:1-2
    2 verses
    86%

    1What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

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

  • Rom 4:16-24
    9 verses
    86%

    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;

  • Gen 15:6
    85%

    6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Jas 2:21-24
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    84%

    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.

  • Rom 4:8-13
    6 verses
    84%

    8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not credit sin.

    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 4:4-6
    3 verses
    81%

    4Now to him who works, the reward is not given of grace, but as a debt.

    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,

  • Ps 106:31
    76%

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

  • Rom 1:17
    74%

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

  • Rom 9:30
    73%

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

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    26to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

    27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

  • Rom 3:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the law and the prophets,

    22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference:

  • Gal 3:11
    73%

    11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.'

  • Rom 3:30
    72%

    30since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

  • Gal 3:18
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    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    71%

    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,'

  • Rom 3:24
    71%

    24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

  • Heb 11:8
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    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.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

  • Gal 3:21
    70%

    21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, then truly righteousness would have been by the law.

  • Rom 5:1
    70%

    1Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • Gal 2:16
    70%

    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.