Romans 4:3 · KJV
“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.”
— Romans 4:3
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath {whereof} to glory; but not before God.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Romans 4 — Context
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath {whereof} to glory; but not before God.
3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Cross References
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
James 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.
Galatians 3:6-8
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. {accounted: or, imputed}
Romans 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.
Romans 4:22-25
And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Romans 4:5
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Romans 4:11
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which {he had yet} being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Psalms 106:31
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.