Romans 4:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;'

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 4:9 : 9 `Is' this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision -- for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham -- to righteousness?
  • Gen 15:6 : 6 And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.
  • Jas 2:23 : 23 and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:
  • Ps 106:31 : 31 And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.
  • Rom 11:2 : 2 God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known -- in Elijah -- what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,
  • Gal 3:6-8 : 6 according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness; 7 know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham, 8 and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham --
  • Rom 4:11 : 11 and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,
  • Rom 4:22-25 : 22 wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness. 23 And it was not written on his account alone, that it was reckoned to him, 24 but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned -- to us believing on Him who did raise up Jesus our Lord out of the dead, 25 who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
  • Rom 9:17 : 17 for the Writing saith to Pharaoh -- `For this very thing I did raise thee up, that I might shew in thee My power, and that My name might be declared in all the land;'
  • Rom 10:11 : 11 for the Writing saith, `Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,'
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gal 3:6-9
    4 verses
    92%

    6according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;

    7know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham,

    8and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham --

    9`Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,

  • Rom 4:1-2
    2 verses
    86%

    1What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh?

    2for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;

  • Rom 4:16-24
    9 verses
    86%

    16Because of this `it is' of faith, that `it may be' according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which `is' of the law only, but also to that which `is' of the faith of Abraham,

    17who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- `A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

    18Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: `So shall thy seed be;'

    19and not having been weak in the faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead, (being about a hundred years old,) and the deadness of Sarah's womb,

    20and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,

    21and having been fully persuaded that what He hath promised He is able also to do:

    22wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.

    23And it was not written on his account alone, that it was reckoned to him,

    24but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned -- to us believing on Him who did raise up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,

  • Gen 15:6
    85%

    6And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

  • Jas 2:21-24
    4 verses
    84%

    21Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

    22dost thou see that the faith was working with his works, and out of the works the faith was perfected?

    23and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

    24Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

  • Rom 4:8-13
    6 verses
    84%

    8happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'

    9`Is' this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision -- for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham -- to righteousness?

    10how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

    11and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

    12and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, that `is' in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

    13For not through law `is' the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

  • Rom 4:4-6
    3 verses
    81%

    4and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

    5and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:

    6even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:

  • Ps 106:31
    76%

    31And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.

  • Rom 1:17
    74%

    17For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

  • Rom 9:30
    73%

    30What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that `is' of faith,

  • Rom 3:26-28
    3 verses
    73%

    26for the shewing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who `is' of the faith of Jesus.

    27Where then `is' the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

    28therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

  • Rom 3:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,

    22and the righteousness of God `is' through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, -- for there is no difference,

  • Gal 3:11
    73%

    11and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'

  • Rom 3:30
    72%

    30yes, also of nations; since one `is' God who shall declare righteous the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

  • Gal 3:18
    72%

    18for if by law `be' the inheritance, `it is' no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant `it'.

  • Heb 11:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

    18of whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

  • Rom 3:24
    71%

    24being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that `is' in Christ Jesus,

  • Heb 11:8
    71%

    8By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

  • Gal 3:14
    71%

    14that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.

  • Phil 3:9
    70%

    9not having my righteousness, which `is' of law, but that which `is' through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

  • Gal 3:21
    70%

    21the law, then, `is' against the promises of God? -- let it not be! for if a law was given that was able to make alive, truly by law there would have been the righteousness,

  • Rom 5:1
    70%

    1Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Gal 2:16
    70%

    16having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'