Romans 4:1

American Standard Version (1901)

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?

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  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?
  • 2 Cor 11:22 : 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
  • Luke 3:8 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
  • Luke 16:24-25 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
  • Luke 16:29-31 : 29 But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.
  • John 8:33 : 33 They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
  • John 8:37-41 : 37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you. 38 I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.
  • John 8:53 : 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?
  • John 8:56 : 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
  • Rom 6:1 : 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

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  • Rom 4:2-6
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    2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward God.

    3 For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

    4 Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.

    5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

    6 Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,

  • Rom 4:9-13
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    9 Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for righteousness.

    10 How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:

    11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;

    12 and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

    13 For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16 For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

    17 (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

    18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.

  • Jas 2:21
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    21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

    7 Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

    8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

    9 So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

    23 Howbeit the [son] by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the [son] by the freewoman [is born] through promise.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • John 8:39
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    39 They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17 By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son] ;

    18 [ even he] to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

  • Rom 9:5
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    5 whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

  • Rom 9:10
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    10 And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac--

  • Gal 3:14-15
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    14 that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

  • Matt 1:1
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    1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

  • Jas 2:23
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    23 and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

  • Rom 3:1
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    1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?

  • Rom 4:22
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    22 Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Matt 3:9
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    9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Rom 9:14
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    14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

  • Gal 3:18
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    18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

  • Luke 3:8
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    8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Rom 6:1
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    1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

  • 1 Chr 1:27
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    27 Abram (the same is Abraham).

  • Rom 8:31
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    31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?

  • Luke 1:73
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    73 The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

  • Acts 7:2
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    2 And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

  • Rom 3:28
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    28 We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Rom 4:24
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    24 but for our sake also, unto whom it shall be reckoned, who believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

  • Gal 4:31
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    31 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

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