Isaac Is Born(A)

21 And the Lord (B)visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah (C)as He had spoken.

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The Birth of Isaac

21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah(A) as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.(B)

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For what does the Scripture say? (A)“Abraham believed God, and it was [a]accounted to him for righteousness.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:3 imputed, credited, reckoned, counted

What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 4:3 Gen. 15:6; also in verse 22

Abraham Justified Before Circumcision

Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

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Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised?(A) We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.(B)

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22 And therefore (A)“it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

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22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”(A)

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just as Abraham (A)“believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

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So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6

23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, (A)“Abraham believed God, and it was [a]accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called (B)the friend of God.

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  1. James 2:23 credited

23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[a](A) and he was called God’s friend.(B)

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  1. James 2:23 Gen. 15:6