James 2:23 - Y'all Version Bible So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;
Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?
Oh that he would plead with God for a man, as a son of man with his neighbor!
YHWH spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.
“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,
Haven’t y’all even read this Scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right hand, and one on his left.
He began by saying to them, “Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in y’all’s hearing.”
“Siblings, it was necessary for the Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
God didn’t reject ʜɪꜱ people, whom ʜᴇ foreknew. Or don’t y’all know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very reason I raised you up, that I might display my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
But the Scripture locked up everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Even so, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
Every Scripture is God-exhaled and profitable for teaching, refutation, correction, and training in righteousness,
For this is upheld in Scripture, “See, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious. The one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”