TSK · James 2:23

Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD credited it as righteousness to him.

Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of the district governors.Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king.

and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

Have you not read this scripture:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Then he began to tell them,“Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.”

“Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas– who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus–

How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

For the scripture says to Pharaoh:“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.

For it says in scripture,“Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame.”