Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned
about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he
condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Galatians 3:6 Consider Abraham: ‘He believed
God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.’ (7)
Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. 8 The Scripture foresaw
that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to
Abraham: ‘All nations will be blessed through you.’ (9) So
those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Romans 4:1 What then shall we say that
Abraham, our forefather, discovered in this matter? (2) If, in
fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about-but not before God.
(3) What does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him as righteousness.’ (4) Now when a
man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. (5) However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who
justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. (6)
David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God
credits righteousness apart from works: (7) ‘Blessed are they
whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. (8) Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against
him.’ (9) Is this blessedness only for the circumcised, or also
for the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as
righteousness. (10) Under what circumstances was it
credited? Was it after he was circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before! (11) And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father
of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be
credited to them. (12) And he is also the father of the
circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that
our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. (13) It
was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be
heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. (14) For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and
the promise is worthless, (15) because law brings wrath.
And where there is no law there is no transgression. (16)
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to
all Abraham’s offspring – not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of
the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. (17). As it is
written: ``I have made you a father of many nations.’’ He is our father in the sight of God, in
whom he believed-the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though
they were. (18) Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed
and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, ‘So shall your
offspring be.’ (19) Without weakening in his faith, he faced
the fact that his body was as good as dead-since he was about a hundred years old-and
that Sarah’s womb was also dead. (20) Yet he did not waver
through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave
glory to God, (21) being fully persuaded that God had power
to do what he had promised. (22) This is why ‘it was credited
to him as righteousness.’ (23) The words ‘it was credited to
him’ were written not for him alone, (24) but also for us, to
whom God will credit righteousness-for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord
from the dead.