Abram believed God. And God decided Abram’s faith was the same as living right and doing a good work.
Galatians 3:6 - Easy To Read Version \{The Scriptures {\cf2\super [23]} say\} the same thing about Abraham. {\cf2\super [24]} “Abraham believed God. And God accepted Abraham’s faith. That made Abraham right with God.” {\cf2\super [25]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus Abraham believed in and adhered to and trusted in and relied on God, and it was reckoned and placed to his account and credited as righteousness (as conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action). [Gen. 15:6.] American Standard Version (1901) Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. Common English Bible Understand that in the same way that Abraham “believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness,” Catholic Public Domain Version It is just as it was written: "Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As it is written: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. |
Abram believed God. And God decided Abram’s faith was the same as living right and doing a good work.
Those words were also written for us. God will also accept us because we believe. We believe in the One (God) that raised Jesus our Lord from death.
Abraham believed this. Because Abraham believed, he was blessed. \{It is the same today.\} All people who believe are blessed the same as Abraham was blessed.
This shows the full meaning of the Scripture {\cf2\super [13]} that says: “Abraham believed God. And God accepted Abraham’s faith. That faith made Abraham right with God.” {\cf2\super [14]} Abraham was called “God’s friend.” {\cf2\super [15]}