Romans 4:1

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What then shall we say about Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?

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  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was one person, and I blessed him and made him many.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • 2 Cor 11:22 : 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
  • Luke 3:8 : 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.
  • Luke 16:24-25 : 24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' 25 But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.'
  • Luke 16:29-31 : 29 But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.' 30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'
  • John 8:33 : 33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?"
  • John 8:37-41 : 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place in you. 38 I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father." 39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you are trying to kill me—a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 41 You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God."
  • John 8:53 : 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died too. Who do you claim to be?"
  • John 8:56 : 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Brothers, children of Abraham's lineage, and you who fear God, this message of salvation has been sent to us.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
  • Rom 6:1 : 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:2-6
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    2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

    3 What does the Scripture say? 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.'

    4 Now to the one who works, wages are not counted as a gift but as an obligation.

    5 But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.

    6 Just as David also speaks of the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

  • Rom 4:9-13
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    9 Is this blessedness then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.

    10 How then was it credited? Was it while he was circumcised or uncircumcised? It was not while he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.

    11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness might also be credited to them,

    12 and to be the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

    13 For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

    17 As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

    18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.'

  • Jas 2:21
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    21 Was not our father Abraham justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

    7 Therefore, know that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

    8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through you.'

    9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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

    23 But the son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son by the free woman was born through the promise.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;

  • John 8:39
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    39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son,

    18 even though it was said to him, 'Through Isaac your descendants will be named.'

  • Rom 9:5
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    5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

  • Rom 9:10
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    10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

  • Gal 3:14-15
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    14 He redeemed us so that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

    15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life: Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly ratified, so it is in this case.

  • Matt 1:1
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    1 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • Jas 2:23
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    23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,' and he was called a friend of God.

  • Rom 3:1
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    1 What advantage is there, then, in being a Jew? Or what benefit is there in circumcision?

  • Rom 4:22
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    22 Therefore, it was credited to him as righteousness.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4 "As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Matt 3:9
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    9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

  • Rom 9:14
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    14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

  • Gal 3:18
    69%

    18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God gave it to Abraham through a promise.

  • Luke 3:8
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    8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

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

  • 1 Chr 1:27
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    27 Abram, that is Abraham.

  • Rom 8:31
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    31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

  • Luke 1:73
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    73 the oath that He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us:

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

  • Acts 7:2
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    2 Stephen replied: 'Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran.

  • Rom 3:28
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    28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Rom 4:24
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    24 but also for us, to whom it will be credited—to those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31 So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6 But this man, who does not trace his descent from them, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8 This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.