Galatians 3:6
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
KJV
καθὼς Ἀβραὰμ ἐπίστευσεν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
Greek NT
Sicut scriptum est : Abraham credidit Deo, et reputatum est illi ad justitiam :
Vulgate
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.
ASV
As it is written: Abraham believed God: and it was reputed to him unto justice.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δικαιοσύνη
dikaiosune
noun · 92×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
λογίζομαι
logizomai
verb · 40×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Gen 15:6 · exact_quote"And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness."Genesis: Abraham believed God — Paul's justification argument
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
In that flesh in which the saints have suffered so many afflictions, they shall receive the fruits of their labours; especially since all creation waits for this, and God promises it to Abraham and his seed. 1. Inasmuch, therefore, as the opinions of certain [orthodox persons] are derived from heretical discourses, they are both ignorant of God's dispensations, and of the myste…
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram. This chapter contains one of the most important passages in all of Scripture: Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. This is the very foundation of justification by faith. The covenant ceremony with the divided animals is a solemn ratification, in which God alone passes between the pieces, sh…
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. Abraham was justified not by circumcision, not by work…
Cross-references
- Gal 3:9 — So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
- Gen 15:6 — And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
- Gen 15:6 — And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
- Jas 2:23 — 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.
- Jas 2:23 — 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.
- Rom 3:22 — Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
- Rom 4:3 — For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
- Rom 4:3 — For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
- Rom 4:9 — Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
- Rom 4:21 — And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
- Rom 4:24 — But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
- Rom 9:32 — Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;