3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
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And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
And 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.
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. …
Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here the apostle proves that Abraham was justified not by works, but by faith. Those that of all men contended most vigorously for a share in righteousness by the privileges they enjoyed, and the works they performed, were the Jews, and therefore he appeals to the case of Abraham their father, and puts his own name to the relation, being a Hebrew of the Hebrews: Abraham our father . Now surely his…
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