Genesis 15:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ And he believed the Lord; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ 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)

⁶ And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

Common English Bible

⁶ Abram trusted the LORD, and the LORD recognized Abram’s high moral character.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

Genesis 15:6 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:8

and thou didst find his heart faithful before thee, and didst make with him the covenant to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite; and thou hast fulfilled thy promise, for thou art righteous.

Psalm 106:31

And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation for ever.

Romans 4:11

He received circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,

Romans 4:9

Is this blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised, or also upon the uncircumcised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.

2 Corinthians 5:19

that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go.

James 2:23

and the scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.