James 2:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And [so] the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) God, and this was accounted to him as righteousness (as conformity to God's will in thought and deed), and he was called God's friend. [Gen. 15:6; II Chron. 20:7; Isa. 41:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

Common English Bible

So the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and God regarded him as righteous”. What is more, Abraham was called God’s friend.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so the Scripture was fulfilled which says: "Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice." And so he was called the friend of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the scripture was fulfilled, saying: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him to justice, and he was called the friend of God.

James 2:23 Cross References

Genesis 15:6

And he believed the Lord, and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness.

1 Kings 4:5

Azariah son of Nathan was over the officials; Zabud son of Nathan was priest and king’s friend;

2 Chronicles 20:7

Did you not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?

Job 16:21

that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God, as one does for a neighbor.

Exodus 33:11

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then he would return to the camp, but his young assistant, Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the tent.

Isaiah 41:8

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;

Mark 12:10

Have you not read this scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

Mark 15:27

And with him they crucified two rebels, one on his right and one on his left.

Luke 4:21

Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Acts 1:16

“Brothers and sisters, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus,

Romans 11:2

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

Romans 9:17

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I may show my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Galatians 3:22

But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through the faith of Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 3:6

Just as Abraham “believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,”

2 Timothy 3:16

All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

James 2:24

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

1 Peter 2:6

For it stands in scripture: “See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”