Bible person
Abraham
The father of faith
Called by God, he believed the promise and it was credited to him as righteousness, the root of the faith taken up again in the NT.
He left without knowing where he was going
Called from Ur, he leaves his land and his relatives, trusting the promise of land, descendants and blessing for all nations.
Faith credited as righteousness
He believed God before the Law, and it was credited to him as righteousness, Paul’s central argument about salvation by faith.
Did you know?
- Abraham’s faith comes centuries before the Law, the basis of Romans 4 and Galatians 3. Genesis 15:6
Where to read in the Bible
- Genesis 12–25
- Romans 4
Connections
- wife of Sarah · stated in the text · Genesis 17:15
- linked to Melchizedek · stated in the text · Genesis 14:19
- intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah · stated in the text · Genesis 18:23
- father of Isaac · stated in the text · Matthew 1:2
- linked to Jesus of Nazareth · cross-reference · Matthew 1:1
- linked to The sacrifice of Isaac · stated in the text · Genesis 22:1