James 2:23
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23 Thus the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,”[a] and he was called the friend of God.(A)
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- 2.23 Or justice
Genesis 15:6
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6 And he believed the Lord, and the Lord[a] reckoned it to him as righteousness.
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Isaiah 41:8
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8 But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, my friend;(A)
2 Chronicles 20:7
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7 Did you not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?(A)
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Galatians 3:6
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6 Just as Abraham “believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,”(A)
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Romans 4:22-24
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22 Therefore “it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” 23 Now the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone(A) 24 but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe[a] in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,(B)
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- 4.24 Or trust
Romans 4:3-6
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3 For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed[a] God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”(A) 4 Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.(B) 5 But to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness. 6 So also David pronounces a blessing on those to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:
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- 4.3 Or trusted in
Exodus 33:11
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11 Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then he would return to the camp, but his young assistant, Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the tent.(A)
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John 15:13-15
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13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(A) 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.(B) 15 I do not call you servants[a] any longer, because the servant[b] does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.
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Romans 11:2
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2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?(A)
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Galatians 3:22
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22 But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through the faith of Jesus Christ[a] might be given to those who believe.(A)
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- 3.22 Or through faith in Jesus Christ
Galatians 3:8-10
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8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would reckon as righteous the gentiles by faith, declared the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the gentiles shall be blessed in you.”(A) 9 For this reason, those who believe are blessed with Abraham who believed.
10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the things written in the book of the law.”(B)
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Romans 4:10-11
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10 How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after but before he was circumcised. 11 He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith[a] while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe[b] without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,(A)
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