Genesis 15:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And he believed the Lord, and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he [Abram] believed in (trusted in, relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness (right standing with God). [Rom. 4:3, 18-22; Gal. 3:6; James 2:23.] American Standard Version (1901) And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. Common English Bible Abram trusted the LORD, and the LORD recognized Abram’s high moral character. Catholic Public Domain Version Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. |
and you found his heart faithful before you and made with him a covenant to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, and you have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous.
And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,
Is this blessing, then, pronounced only on the circumcised or also on the uncircumcised? We say, “Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.”
that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he set out, not knowing where he was going.
Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.