 | 1838 - 634 Seiten
...implication, like Zachariah, deny the Divine veracity : on the contrary, it is stated at ver. 6 that he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. His contrast therefore of Abraham's (Gen. xvii. 17) and Sarah's (xviii. 12) laughter,... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1838 - 234 Seiten
...Heaven, to love and serve him, and to be happy with him for ever. — Abraham was strong in faith. He believed in the Lord ; and He counted it to him for righteousness. Do you, thus, my dear reader, believe iu God? STORY XIV. THE WICKEDNESS OF SODOM AND... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1839 - 360 Seiten
..." and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them ; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness." It was thus that the Almighty listened to the anxious desire of his faithful servant,... | |
 | John Hall - 1839 - 506 Seiten
...and it was counted unto him for righteousness:"6 This faith of Abraham is mentioned Genesis xv. 6, He believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness. And it there refers to the promise which God had made to him, that his seed should be... | |
 | Robert Pedder Buddicom - 1839 - 1038 Seiten
...promise sealed the faithfulness of God's assurance upon his heart, and his distrust was subdued." " He believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness." " I cannot but observe, that this sighing mournful complaint of Abram hath in it much... | |
 | James Bennett - 1840 - 444 Seiten
...heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness." This Paul quotes, Romans iv. 3, 9, 22: "For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed... | |
 | John Wilson - 1840 - 378 Seiten
...Abram, unto whom the Lord had been presented as his shield, and as his exceeding great reward, — "And he believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness " The Lord recognises not only the truth of tiie promise respecting the Seed, but also... | |
 | John Boulby - 1840 - 228 Seiten
...fallen man, &c. Pray that Christ's kingdom may speedily be established over all the earth, &c. JAN. 7. And he believed in the Lord ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. Gen. xv. 6. To him that worketh not, but beheveth on mm that justifieth the ungodly,... | |
 | Charles E Smoot - 2003 - 278 Seiten
...heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. (Gen. 15:4-6, emphasis added) There it is! This is the point in time where God declares... | |
 | Leonora Leet - 2003 - 388 Seiten
...appropriate in the Jewish tradition is tzaddik. This term is applied most significantly to Abraham: "And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness [tzedakah]" (Gen. 15:6). God further defines the nature of such a Tzaddik when He says... | |
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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. 
