Parallel Bible results for "Romans 4:2"

Romans 4:2

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2 If Abraham, by what he did for God, got God to approve him, he could certainly have taken credit for it. But the story we're given is a God-story, not an Abraham-story.
2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.
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