Romans 4:11

American Standard Version (1901)

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;

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  • Rom 3:22 : 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;
  • Luke 19:9 : 9 And Jesus said unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
  • John 3:15-16 : 15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  • John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
  • John 6:35 : 35 Jesus said unto them. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
  • John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • John 6:47 : 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.
  • John 7:38-39 : 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water. 39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given] ; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
  • 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 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh: 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
  • Gen 17:10-11 : 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you.
  • Exod 12:13 : 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 31:13 : 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.
  • Exod 31:17 : 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
  • Deut 30:6 : 6 And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
  • Matt 8:11 : 11 And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
  • Matt 16:16 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • Rom 3:26 : 26 for the showing, [I say], of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.
  • Rom 4:12-13 : 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 : 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.
  • Rom 9:6 : 6 But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
  • Rom 10:4 : 4 For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
  • Rom 10:6 : 6 But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)
  • Rom 10:11 : 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
  • Gal 3:7 : 7 Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
  • Gal 5:5 : 5 For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
  • Gal 6:16 : 16 And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace [be] upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
  • Eph 1:13 : 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
  • Eph 4:30 : 30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ:
  • Rev 9:4 : 4 And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God on their foreheads.
  • Rom 9:33 : 33 even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

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

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    12and 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.

    13For 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.

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    16For 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.

    18Who 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.

    19And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;

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    21and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

    22Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

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    1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?

    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward God.

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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

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    25For circumcision indeed profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

    26If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision?

    27and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?

    28For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

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    10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised.

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    22even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;

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    26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

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    26for the showing, [I say], of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.

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    18Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.