Romans 4:2

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For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.

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  • 1 Cor 1:31 : 31 so that, as it is written,“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?
  • 1 Cor 9:16 : 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
  • 2 Cor 5:12 : 12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.
  • 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.
  • 2 Cor 11:30 : 30 If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.
  • 2 Cor 12:1-9 : 1 Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago(whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I know that this man(whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows) 4 was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak. 5 On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses. 6 For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me, 7 even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me– so that I would not become arrogant. 8 I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me. 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
  • Gen 12:12-13 : 12 When the Egyptians see you they will say,‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will keep you alive. 13 So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”
  • Gen 12:18 : 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
  • Gen 12:20 : 20 Pharaoh gave his men orders about Abram, and so they expelled him, along with his wife and all his possessions.
  • Gen 20:9-9 : 9 Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him,“What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!” 10 Then Abimelech asked Abraham,“What prompted you to do this thing?” 11 Abraham replied,“Because I thought,‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’ 12 What’s more, she is indeed my sister, my father’s daughter, but not my mother’s daughter. She became my wife. 13 When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her,‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me,“He is my brother.”’”
  • Josh 24:2 : 2 Joshua told all the people,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods,
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich. 24 If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the LORD, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” says the LORD.
  • Ezek 8:9 : 9 He said to me,“Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here.”
  • Rom 3:20-28 : 20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 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, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 24 But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 25 God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed. 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.
  • Rom 15:17 : 17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.
  • 1 Cor 1:29 : 29 so that no one can boast in his presence.
  • Gal 6:13-14 : 13 For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh. 14 But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • Phil 3:9 : 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.
  • Eph 2:9 : 9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast.
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:3-6
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    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 4:1
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    1 The Illustration of Justification What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?

  • Jas 2:20-25
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    20 But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

    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.

    25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

  • Gal 3:5-9
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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?

    6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

    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 4:9-17
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    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.

    14 For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

    15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.

    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.

  • Rom 4:20-24
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    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.

  • Eph 2:9
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    9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    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.

  • Gal 2:16-17
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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.

    17 But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

  • Gen 15:6
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    6 Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.

  • Gal 3:11
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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 11:6
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    6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

  • Rom 9:30
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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,

  • Rom 3:20
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    20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Gal 3:18
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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.

  • Rom 2:13
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    13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29 so that no one can boast in his presence.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31 so that, as it is written,“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

  • Gal 3:21
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    21 Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

  • Rom 5:1
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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,

  • Rom 1:17
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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.”

  • Phil 3:9
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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.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4 Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

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