⁶ So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”^[a](A)

⁶ Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.^(A)

²³ And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”^[a](A) and he was called God’s friend.^(B)

²¹ being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.^{(A) 22} This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”^(B)

³ What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”^[a](A)

⁴ Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift^(B) but as an obligation. ⁵ However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.^{(C) 6} David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: