James 2:23
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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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Genesis 15:6
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6 And (A)he believed the Lord, and (B)he counted it to him as righteousness.
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Isaiah 41:8
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8 But you, Israel, (A)my servant,
Jacob, (B)whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, (C)my friend;
2 Chronicles 20:7
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7 Did you not, our God, (A)drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of (B)Abraham your friend?
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Galatians 3:6
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6 just as (A)Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?
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Romans 4:22-24
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22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” 23 But (A)the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us (B)who believe in (C)him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
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Romans 4:3-6
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3 For what does the Scripture say? (A)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now (B)to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but (C)believes in[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
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- Romans 4:5 Or but trusts; compare verse 24
Exodus 33:11
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11 Thus (A)the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his (B)assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
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John 15:13-15
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13 (A)Greater love has no one than this, (B)that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are (C)my friends (D)if you do what I command you. 15 (E)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (F)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (G)all that I have heard from my Father (H)I have made known to you.
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- John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20
Romans 11:2
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2 (A)God has not rejected his people whom he (B)foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
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Galatians 3:22
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22 But the Scripture (A)imprisoned everything under sin, so that (B)the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given (C)to those who believe.
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Galatians 3:8-10
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8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that (A)God would justify[a] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, (B)“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
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10 For all who rely on works of the law are (C)under a curse; for it is written, (D)“Cursed be everyone who does not (E)abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.”
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- Galatians 3:8 Or count righteous; also verses 11, 24
Romans 4:10-11
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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 (A)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 (B)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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