Genesis 15:6 is usually read as the moment Abraham was justified. I argue he already believed—and was already righteous—well before it, then take up the objections that view must answer.
A two-part argument that Abraham’s justification preceded Genesis 15:6, with the second part answering the objections such a reading raises.
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When Was Abraham Justified? Part 1
April 7, 2007
The case that Abraham was justified before Genesis 15, and what Genesis 15:6 is doing if it isn’t recording his conversion.
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When Was Abraham Justified? Part 2 In progress
The objections and hard questions: what “credited as righteousness” means if he was already justified, and how James 2 fits.
Part of a larger topic. This series sits inside the Justification hub—where Abraham is one thread among the papers, posts, and reading list on being counted righteous.