Genesis 15:6
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6 (A)Abram put his faith in the Lord, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness.[a]
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- 15:6 Abraham’s act of faith in God’s promises was regarded as an act of righteousness, i.e., as fully expressive of his relationship with God. St. Paul (Rom 4:1–25; Gal 3:6–9) makes Abraham’s faith a model for Christians.
Romans 4:3
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3 (A)For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a]
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- 4:3 Jas 2:24 appears to conflict with Paul’s statement. However, James combats the error of extremists who used the doctrine of justification through faith as a screen for moral self-determination. Paul discusses the subject of holiness in greater detail than does James and beginning with Rom 6 shows how justification through faith introduces one to the gift of a new life in Christ through the power of the holy Spirit.
Galatians 3:6
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6 Thus Abraham “believed God,(A) and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a]
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2 Chronicles 20:7
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7 Was it not you, our God, who dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it forever to the descendants of Abraham, your friend?
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Isaiah 41:8
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8 But you, Israel, my servant,(A)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
offspring of Abraham my friend—
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