Genesis 15:6

World English Bible (2000)

He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned 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 accounted 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 counted to him for righteousness." 7 Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham. 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed." 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who doesn't continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them." 11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, "The righteous will live by faith." 12 The law is not of faith, but, "The man who does them will live by them." 13 Christ 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 Christ Jesus; 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 accounted to him for righteousness." 4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed. 5 But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
  • Rom 4:9 : 9 Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
  • Rom 4:11 : 11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
  • Rom 4:20-25 : 20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn't waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform. 22 Therefore it also was "reckoned to him for righteousness." 23 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone, 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
  • Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
  • Ps 106:31 : 31 That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
  • 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

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  • Gal 3:6-9
    4 verses
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    6 Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

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

    8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."

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

  • Rom 4:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

    3 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."

  • Rom 4:16-24
    9 verses
    82%

    16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

    17 As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

    18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."

    19 Without being weakened in faith, he didn't consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

    20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn't waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,

    21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

    22 Therefore it also was "reckoned to him for righteousness."

    23 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,

    24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,

  • Ps 106:31
    79%

    31 That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.

  • Jas 2:21-24
    4 verses
    79%

    21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

    22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;

    23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.

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

  • Gen 15:7-8
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    7 He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."

    8 He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

  • Gen 15:5
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    5 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."

  • Rom 4:9-13
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    76%

    9 Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

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

    11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.

    12 He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

    13 For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

    6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

  • Heb 11:6-9
    4 verses
    73%

    6 Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

    7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

    8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

    9 By faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.

  • Heb 11:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17 By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;

    18 even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

    19 concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

  • Heb 11:11
    71%

    11 By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

  • Heb 6:15
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    15 Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  • Rom 1:17
    70%

    17 For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

  • Gen 26:5
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    5 because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

  • Gen 18:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

    19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."

  • Rom 9:30
    70%

    30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

  • Neh 9:8
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    8 and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

  • Heb 6:13
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    13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

  • Heb 11:2
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    2 For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

  • Gen 15:1
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    1 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."