Bible Strands
Galatians 3:6
So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — Paul writes to Galatian believers to explain that God’s Spirit is given through hearing and believing, not law-keeping. He introduces a scriptural quote to ground their identity in prior divine promise.
The words — ἐλογίσθη (elogistē) translates “it was credited” and ἐπίστευσεν (episteusen) translates “believed.” The terms establish righteousness as a divine accounting applied to trust rather than a wage earned by works.
The thread — The verse directly quotes Genesis 15:6 and is later referenced in James 2:23, tracing a consistent biblical pattern of faith-based righteousness.
Why it lands — The text states that trust in God is counted as righteousness, requiring readers to abandon self-justification and rest on divine promise.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Greek words
King James Version
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Cross-references
- Genesis 15:6 Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
- Romans 4:21 being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
- James 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
- Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
- Romans 4:24 but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
- Romans 4:9 Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
- Galatians 3:9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
- Romans 9:32 Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- 2 Corinthians 5:19 that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.