Justified by Faith
“And therefore ‘it was accounted to him for righteousness.’” (Romans 4:22; Genesis 15:6). Send article as PDF
“And therefore ‘it was accounted to him for righteousness.’” (Romans 4:22; Genesis 15:6). Send article as PDF
“who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, ‘So shall your descendants be.’ And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about…
“(as it is written, ‘I have made you a father of many nations’) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did” (Romans 4:17). Send article as…
“Abraham…the father of us all…believed God who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; who, contrary to hope, in hope believed” (Romans 4:16-18). Send article as PDF
When writing the Scriptures, God’s inspired penmen rarely sought to define faith; their primary focus was on describing it. Send article as PDF
“For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the…
“And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also” (Romans…
“and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised” (Romans 4:12). Send article as PDF
“the father of all those who believe…who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised” (Romans 4:11-12). Send article as PDF
“And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, and…