Romans 4:3 “For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was cre…”

Romans 4:3

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

World English Bible

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

American Standard Version

For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

Geneva Bible 1599

For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.

Darby Translation

for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

Young's Literal Translation

for what doth the writing say? 'And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;'

Bible in Basic English

But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

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Cross references

“what”

Romans 11:2 Romans 10:11 Romans 9:17 Mark 12:10 Isaiah 8:20 James 4:5

Romans 11:2 · BSB

God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

Romans 10:11 · BSB

It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

Romans 9:17 · BSB

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Mark 12:10 · BSB

Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Isaiah 8:20 · BSB

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

James 4:5 · BSB

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

“Abraham”

Genesis 15:6 James 2:23 Galatians 3:6–8

Genesis 15:6 · BSB

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

James 2:23 · BSB

And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

Galatians 3:6–8 · BSB

So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

“counted”

Romans 4:9 Romans 4:22–25 Romans 4:5 Romans 4:11 Psalm 106:31

Romans 4:9 · BSB

Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.

Romans 4:22–25 · BSB

This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Romans 4:5 · BSB

However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

Romans 4:11 · BSB

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteous…

Psalm 106:31 · BSB

It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.

4Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.

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