He believed in the LORD; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
Romans 4:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For what does the Scripture say? *Avraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed in (trusted in) God, and it was credited to his account as righteousness (right living and right standing with God). [Gen. 15:6.] American Standard Version (1901) For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness. Common English Bible What does the scripture say? “Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as righteousness”. Catholic Public Domain Version For what does Scripture say? "Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. |
He believed in the LORD; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
*When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.
For the Scripture says, *Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.*
God didn't reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don't you know what the Scripture says about Eliyahu? How he pleads with God against Yisra'el:
He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Avraham for righteousness.
For the Scripture says to Par`oh, *For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.*
and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, *Avraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;* and he was called the friend of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, *The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously*?