Galatians 3:6

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Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

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  • Gen 15:6 : 6 And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
  • Rom 4:3-6 : 3 For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness. 4 Now to him who works, the reward is not given of grace, but as a debt. 5 But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,
  • Rom 4:24 : 24 But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead;
  • Rom 4:21-22 : 21 And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform. 22 And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.
  • Jas 2:23 : 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:19-21 : 19 That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their sins against them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • Rom 4:9-9 : 9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;
  • Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense; and whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame.
  • Gal 3:9 : 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

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  • Rom 4:1-6
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    1What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has reason to boast; but not before God.

    3For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

    4Now to him who works, the reward is not given of grace, but as a debt.

    5But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

    6Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Rom 4:20-24
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    20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

    21And being fully convinced that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

    22And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

    23Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was credited to him;

    24But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead;

  • Jas 2:21-24
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    21Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

    22Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

    23And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.

    24You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

  • Gal 3:7-9
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    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'

    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

  • Rom 4:9-13
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    9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

    10How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

    11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

    12And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.

    13For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Ps 106:31
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    31And that was accounted unto him for righteousness unto all generations forevermore.

  • Rom 3:21-22
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    21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the law and the prophets,

    22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference:

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

    18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.

  • Gal 3:5
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    5He who ministers to you the Spirit and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

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    30since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

  • Gal 3:11
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    11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.'

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    26to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

    27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

  • Gal 3:18
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    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Heb 11:8
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    8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out to a place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

  • Rom 3:24
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    24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

  • Rom 5:1
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    1Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • Acts 13:39
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    39And by him all who believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

  • Heb 11:11
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    11Through faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.