³ For what saith the Scripture? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.”

³ For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

³ 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).

³ What does the scripture say? Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

³ For what does the Tanakh say? “Avraham put his trust in God, and it was credited to his account as righteousness.”

³ The Scriptures say, “God accepted Abraham because Abraham had faith in him.”

³ for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

³ For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

³ That’s why the Scriptures say, “Abraham believed God, and because of this he was accepted as one who is right with God.”

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

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

³ because the Scripture says, “Abraham believed God, and ·God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God [^Lit was credited/counted to him for righteousness; Gen. 15:6].”

³ For what saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

³ What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abraham’s approval by God.”

³ The scripture says, “Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous.”

³ For what does the Scripture say?

Let us go back and consider our father Abraham

4 ^1-3 Now how does all this affect the position of our ancestor Abraham? Well, if justification were by achievement he could quite fairly be proud of what he achieved—but not, I am sure, proud before God. For what does scripture say about him? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness’.

³ For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

³ what does the scripture tell us? Abraham put his faith in God, and it was reckoned virtue in him.

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

Trusting God

4 ^1-3 So how do we fit what we know of Abraham, our first father in the faith, into this new way of looking at things? If Abraham, by what he did for God, got God to approve him, he could certainly have taken credit for it. But the story we’re given is a God-story, not an Abraham-story. What we read in Scripture is, “Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own.”

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

³ What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abraham’s approval by God.”

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

³ because the Scripture says, “Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God.”

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

³ What do we find in Scripture? It says, “Abraham believed God. God accepted Abraham’s faith, and so his faith made him right with God.” (Genesis 15:6)

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

³ What does Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.’

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

³ The Holy Writings say, “Abraham put his trust in God and that made him right with God.”

³ For the Scriptures tell us, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”

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

³ For what does the scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.’

³ For what does the scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.’

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

³ For what does the Torah say? Avraham Avinu had emunah (faith) in Hashem V’YACHSHEVEH-HA LO TZEDAKAH ("and it was accounted, credited, reckoned imputed to him for righteousness" Gen 15:6.)

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

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

³ because as the Scriptures say, “Abraham believed God and trusted in His promises, so God counted it to his favor as righteousness.”

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

³ What do the holy writings say? It says, `Abraham believed God. And God said that he was a good man.'

³ For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed to God, and it was areckoned [reckoned] to him to rightwiseness.

³ for what doth the writing say? `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;'