Romans 4:16

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Rom 9:8 : 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.
  • Rom 15:8 : 8 For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises [given] unto the fathers,
  • 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 3:24-26 : 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 whom God set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God; 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.
  • 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.
  • Eph 2:5 : 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • Heb 6:13-19 : 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself, 14 saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 17 Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us: 19 which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble:
  • Rom 4:11 : 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;
  • Rom 5:1 : 1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Gal 3:7-9 : 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. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them. 11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith; 12 and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:9-15
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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.

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

    11and 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;

    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.

    14For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:

    15for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

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

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

    8And 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.

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

  • Rom 4:17-19
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    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;

  • Gal 3:14-18
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    14that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15Brethren, 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.

    16Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

    17Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.

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

  • Rom 4:1-5
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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.

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

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

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

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    76%

    17By 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:

  • Gal 2:16
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    16yet 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.

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

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

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

  • Acts 3:25
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    25Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Rom 9:7-8
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    74%

    7neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

    8That 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.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    73%

    27Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.

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

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.

    22But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

  • Gen 17:4
    73%

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

  • Gal 3:26
    73%

    26For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

  • Rom 3:30
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    30if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    73%

    22Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

    23Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned unto him;

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

  • Rom 3:22
    72%

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

  • Rom 9:5
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    5whose 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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    10And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac--

  • Gal 3:11
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    11Now that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, The righteous shall live by faith;

  • Rom 9:30
    72%

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

  • Gen 18:18
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    18seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  • Heb 11:11
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    11By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised: