Romans 4:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that 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, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
  • Rom 15:8 : 8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.
  • Rom 3:24-26 : 24 And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment; 26 And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.
  • Eph 2:5 : 5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.
  • Heb 6:13-19 : 13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself, 14 Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great. 15 And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect. 16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath. 17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath; 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false; 19 And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
  • Rom 4:11 : 11 And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;
  • Rom 5:1 : 1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Gal 3:7-9 : 7 Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham. 8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing. 9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith. 10 For all who are of the works of the law are under a curse: because it is said in the Writings, A curse is on everyone who does not keep on doing all the things which are ordered in the book of the law. 11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

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  • Rom 4:9-15
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    9 Is this blessing, then, for the circumcision only, or in the same way for those who have not circumcision? for we say that the faith of Abraham was put to his account as righteousness.

    10 How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:

    11 And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

    12 And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.

    13 For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

    14 For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

    15 For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6 Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

    7 Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

    8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

    9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

  • Rom 4:17-19
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    17 (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

    18 Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

    19 And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

  • Gal 3:14-18
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    14 So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

    15 Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

    16 Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

    17 Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

    18 Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

  • Rom 4:1-5
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    1 What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got?

    2 For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.

    3 But what does it say in the holy Writings? And Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

    4 Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.

    5 But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17 By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

    18 Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

  • Gal 4:22
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    22 Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

  • Acts 3:25
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    25 You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

  • Rom 9:7-8
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    7 And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

    8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27 What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.

    28 For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21 Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

    22 However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4 As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Rom 3:30
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    30 If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    22 For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.

    23 Now, it was not because of him only that this was said,

    24 But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,

  • Rom 3:22
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    22 That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,

  • Rom 9:5
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    5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

  • Rom 9:10
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    10 And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

  • Gal 3:11
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    11 Now that no man gets righteousness by the law in the eyes of God, is clear; because, The upright will be living by faith.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

  • Gen 18:18
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    18 Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

  • Heb 11:11
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    11 And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;