Romans 4:3

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

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  • Rom 4:9 : 9 Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”
  • Gen 15:6 : 6 Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.
  • 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.
  • Rom 4:5 : 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.
  • Ps 106:31 : 31 This was credited to him as a righteous act for all generations to come.
  • Rom 11:2 : 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
  • Gal 3:6-8 : 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.”
  • Rom 4:11 : 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 4:22-25 : 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. 25 He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.
  • Rom 9:17 : 17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh:“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
  • Rom 10:11 : 11 For the scripture says,“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

    7so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.

    8And 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.”

    9So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

  • Rom 4:1-2
    2 verses
    86%

    1The Illustration of Justification What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?

    2For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.

  • Rom 4:16-24
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    86%

    16For 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.

    18Against 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.”

    19Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead(because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

    20He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.

    21He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do.

    22So indeed it was credited to Abraham as righteousness.

    23But the statement it was credited to him was not written only for Abraham’s sake,

    24but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

  • Gen 15:6
    85%

    6Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.

  • Jas 2:21-24
    4 verses
    84%

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

    22You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.

    23And 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.

    24You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

  • Rom 4:8-13
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    8blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin.”

    9Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”

    10How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

    11And 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.

    12And 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.

    13For 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.

  • Rom 4:4-6
    3 verses
    81%

    4Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.

    5But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.

    6So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

  • Ps 106:31
    76%

    31This was credited to him as a righteous act for all generations to come.

  • Rom 1:17
    74%

    17For 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 9:30
    73%

    30Israel’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 3:26-28
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    26This 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.

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

    28For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Rom 3:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed–

    22namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

  • Gal 3:11
    73%

    11Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

  • Rom 3:30
    72%

    30Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

  • Gal 3:18
    72%

    18For 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.

  • Heb 11:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.

    18God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”

  • Rom 3:24
    71%

    24But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

  • Heb 11:8
    71%

    8By 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.

  • Gal 3:14
    71%

    14in 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.

  • Phil 3:9
    70%

    9and 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 3:21
    70%

    21Is 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
    70%

    1The Expectation of Justification Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Gal 2:16
    70%

    16yet 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.