This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore it also was “credited to him for righteousness.”
- KJV And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
- NKJV And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
- NASB Therefore it was also credited to him as righteousness.
- NLT And because of Abraham’s faith, God counted him as righteous.
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Quick answer
Because of this faith, righteousness was credited to Abraham. His trust, not his works, was reckoned as righteousness.
Overview
Paul concludes the account of Abraham's faith by repeating Genesis 15:6: this is why it was 'credited to him for righteousness.' His persevering, God-glorifying trust was the faith that God counted righteous. This caps the argument that justification comes by faith, setting up its direct application to believers in the next verses.
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