Galatians 3:6
Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,
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- Gen 15:6 : 6 Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.
- Rom 4:3-6 : 3 For what does the scripture say?“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness. 6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
- Rom 4:24 : 24 but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
- Rom 4:21-22 : 21 He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do. 22 So indeed it was credited to Abraham as righteousness.
- Jas 2:23 : 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says,“Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
- 2 Cor 5:19-21 : 19 In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people’s trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making his plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf,“Be reconciled to God!” 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
- Rom 4:9-9 : 9 Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” 10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised! 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
- Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 just as it is written,“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
- Gal 3:9 : 9 So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.
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- Rom 4:1-66 verses92%
1 The Illustration of Justification What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?
2 For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.
3 For what does the scripture say?“Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.
5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.
6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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6 Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.
- Rom 4:20-245 verses83%
20 He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.
21 He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do.
22 So indeed it was credited to Abraham as righteousness.
23 But the statement it was credited to him was not written only for Abraham’s sake,
24 but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
- Jas 2:21-244 verses82%
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.
23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says,“Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
- Gal 3:7-93 verses82%
7 so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying,“All the nations will be blessed in you.”
9 So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.
- Rom 4:9-135 verses81%
9 Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”
10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!
11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.
13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
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31 This was credited to him as a righteous act for all generations to come.
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21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed–
22 namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
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17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written,“The righteous by faith will live.”
- Rom 4:16-183 verses76%
16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants– not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
17 (as it is written,“I have made you the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed– the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.
18 Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement,“so will your descendants be.”
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5 Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?
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30 Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
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30 Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
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11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.
- Rom 3:26-283 verses76%
26 This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!
28 For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.
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9 and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.
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18 For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise.
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14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.
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16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
- Heb 11:17-182 verses73%
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.
18 God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”
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8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.
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24 But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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1 The Expectation of Justification Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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39 and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you.
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11 By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.