“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.”
What does Scripture say? 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.' The quotation from Genesis 15:6 becomes the foundational text for Paul's doctrine of justification by faith. Believed (pisteuō) and it was credited (logizomai) establish the mechanism: Abraham's trust in God's promise was reckoned as righteousness. His faith was the instrument through which righteousness was imputed.
Church Fathers on Romans 4:3
He had said , that the world had become guilty before God, and that all had sinned, and that boasting was excluded and that it was impossible to be saved otherwise than by faith. He is now intent upon showing that this salvation, so far from being matter of shame, was even the cause of a bright glory, and a greater than that through works. For since the being saved, yet with shame, had somewhat of dejection in it, he next takes away this suspicion too. And indeed he has…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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