just as (A)Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

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And (A)he believed the Lord, and (B)he counted it to him as righteousness.

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21 fully convinced that (A)God was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”

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23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, (A)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a (B)friend of God.

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24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us (A)who believe in (B)him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,

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For what does the Scripture say? (A)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Now (B)to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but (C)believes in[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:5 Or but trusts; compare verse 24

Is this blessing then only for (A)the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? (B)For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 (C)He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was (D)to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,

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19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling[a] the world to himself, (A)not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us (B)the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, (C)we are ambassadors for Christ, (D)God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 (E)For our sake he made him to be sin (F)who knew no sin, so that in him we might become (G)the righteousness of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:19 Or God was in Christ, reconciling

So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the (A)stumbling stone, 33 as it is written,

(B)“Behold, I am laying in Zion (C)a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense;
    (D)and whoever believes in him will not be (E)put to shame.”

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