23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
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And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-26)In this latter part of the chapter, the apostle shows the error of those who rested in a bare profession of the Christian faith, as if that would save them, while the temper of their minds and the tenour of their lives were altogether disagreeable to that holy religion which they professed. To let them see, therefore, what a wretched foundation they built their hopes upon, it is here proved at lar…
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