Romans 4:3

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Romans 4:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?

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

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

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

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

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Romans 9:17

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.”

Romans 10:11

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

Romans 11:2

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:

Isaiah 8:20

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

Mark 12:10

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

James 4:5

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

2 Peter 1:20

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.

2 Peter 1:21

For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Genesis 15:6

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

Galatians 3:6

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

Galatians 3:7

Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.

Galatians 3:8

The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

James 2:23

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.

Romans 4:5

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

Romans 4:9

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 4:11

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 righteousness might be credited to them.

Romans 4:22

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

Romans 4:23

Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,

Romans 4:24

but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Romans 4:25

He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

Psalms 106:31

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