Romans 4:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And that he myght be father of circumcision, not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised: but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham, before the time of circumcision.

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  • Job 33:11 : 11 He hath put my foote in the stockes, and looketh narowlye vnto all my pathes.
  • Prov 2:20 : 20 Therfore walke thou in the way of such as be vertuous, & kepe the pathes of the righteous.
  • Song 1:8 : 8 If thou knowe not thy selfe (O thou fayrest among women) then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe, and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And be not of suche mynde, that ye woulde say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father. For I say vnto you, that God is able, of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham.
  • Luke 16:23-31 : 23 And beyng in hell in tormentes, he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome, 24 And he cryed and sayde: father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water, and coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flambe. 25 But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 Beyonde all this, betweene vs & you there is a great gulfe set, so that they which woulde go from hence to you, can not, neither may come from thence to vs. 27 Then he sayde: I pray thee therfore father, sende hym to my fathers house. 28 For I haue fyue brethren, that he may witnesse vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham sayde vnto hym: they haue Moyses and the prophetes, let them heare them. 30 And he sayde, nay father Abraham: but yf one come vnto them from the dead, they wyll repent. 31 He sayde vnto hym: If they heare not Moyses & the prophetes, neither wyll they beleue, though one rose from death agayne.
  • John 8:39-40 : 39 They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Abraham is our father. Iesus saith vnto them: Yf ye were Abrahams childre, ye woulde do the workes of Abraham. 40 But now ye go about to kyll me, a ma that hath tolde you the trueth, which I haue heard of god: this did not Abraha.
  • Rom 9:6-7 : 6 And it can not be, that the worde of God shoulde take none effect. For they are not all Israelites, which are of Israel: 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham: But in Isaac shall thy seede be called.
  • 2 Cor 12:18 : 18 I desired Titus, and with hym I sent a brother: Dyd Titus defraude you of any thyng? Haue we not walked in the same spirite? not in the same steppes?
  • Gal 4:22-31 : 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, the one by a bonde mayde, the other by a free woman: 23 But he which was of the bonde woman, was borne after the fleshe: but he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise. 24 Which thynges are spoken by an allegorie. For these are two testamentes: the one from the mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage, which is Agar. 25 For Agar is the mount Sina in Arabia, and bordreth vpon the citie, which is nowe called Hierusalem, and is in bondage with her chyldren. 26 But Hierusalem which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all. 27 For it is written: Reioyce thou baren, that bearest no chyldren, breake foorth and crye, thou that trauaylest not: For the desolate hath many mo chyldren, then she which hath an husbande. 28 But brethren, we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise. 29 But as then he that was borne after the fleshe, persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite: euen so is it now. 30 Neuerthelesse, what saith the scripture? put away the bondwoman and her sonne: For the sonne of the bondwoman, shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman. 31 So then brethren, we are not chyldren of the bonde woman, but of the free.
  • 1 Pet 2:21 : 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called, for Christe also suffered for vs, leauyng vs an ensample, that ye should folowe his steppes.

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    9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision, or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes.

    10 Howe was it then reckened? When he was in the circumcision? or whe he was in the vncircumcision? Not in the circumcision: but in vncircumcision.

    11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth, whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised, that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue, though they be not circumcised, that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also.

  • Rom 4:16-20
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    16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace, that the promise myght be sure to all ye seede, not to that only which is of the lawe, but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham, which is the father of vs al.

    17 (As it is written, that I haue made thee a father of many nations) before God, whom he beleued, which restoreth the dead vnto life, and calleth those thynges whiche be not, as though they were.

    18 Who contrary to hope, beleued in hope, that he shoulde be the father of many nations, accordyng to that which was spoken: so shall thy seede be.

    19 And he faynted not in the fayth, nor considered his owne body nowe dead, when he was almost an hundred yeres old, neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe.

    20 He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe: but was strong in fayth, geuyng glorie to God:

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6 Euen as Abraham beleued God, & it was ascribed to hym for righteousnesse.

    7 Knowe ye therfore, that they which are of fayth, the same are the chyldren of Abraham.

    8 For the scripture seyng aforehande that God woulde iustifie the Heathen through fayth, shewed beforehand glad tydynges vnto Abraham, saying: In thee shall all nations be blessed.

    9 So then, they which be of fayth, are blessed with the faythfull Abraham.

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    1 What shall we saye then that Abraham our father, as parteynyng to the flesshe, dyd fynde?

    2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes, the hath he wherein to boaste, but not before God.

    3 For what sayth the scripture? Abraham beleued God, and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes.

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    13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde, was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe, but through the ryghteousnes of fayth.

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    30 For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth, and vncircumcision through fayth.

  • Acts 7:8
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    8 And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision: And he begate Isaac, and circumcised hym the eyght day, and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob begate the twelue patriarkes.

  • Rom 2:25-29
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    25 For circumcision veryly auayleth, yf thou kepe the lawe: But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.

    26 Therefore if the vncircumcisio kepe the ordinaunces of the law, shall not his vncircumcisio be counted for circumcisio?

    27 And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature, if it kepe the law, iudge thee, which beyng vnder the letter & circumcision, doest transgresse the lawe?

    28 For he is not a Iewe, whiche is a Iewe outwarde. Neither is that circucision which is outwarde in the fleshe:

    29 But he is a Iewe whiche is one inwardly, and the circumcisio of ye heart, which consisteth in the spirite, and not in the letter is circumcision whose prayse is not of men, but of God.

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    23 Abraham toke Ismael his sonne, and such as were borne in his house, & al that was bought with money, as many as were men chyldren, whiche were amongst the men of Abrahams house, & circumcised the fleshe of their foreskinne euen in the selfe same day, as God had sayde vnto hym.

    24 Abraham also hym selfe was ninetie yere olde and nine when the fleshe of his foreskynne was circumcised.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17 By fayth Abraham offered by Isaac when he was proued: and he that had receaued the promises, offered vp his only begotten sonne:

    18 To whom it was saide, that in Isaac shall thy seede be called.

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    8 By fayth Abraham when he was called, obeyed, to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he went out, not knowyng whyther he shoulde go.

  • Gen 17:26
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    26 The selfe same day was Abraham circumcised and Ismael his sonne.

  • Rom 9:10
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    10 Not only this, but also Rebecca was with chylde by one euen by our father Isaac.

  • Jas 2:21
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    21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter?

  • Jas 2:23
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    23 And the scripture was fulfylled, which sayth: Abraham beleued God, and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse: And he was called the friende of God.

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    4 It is I, behold my couenaut is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

  • 1 Cor 7:18
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    18 Is any man called beyng circumcised? let him not adde vncircumcision: Is any called vncircumcised? let him not be circumcised.

  • Gen 21:4
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    4 And Abraham circumcised his sonne Isahac, when he was eyght dayes olde, as God commaunded him.

  • Gen 17:10
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    10 This is my couenaunt which ye shall kepe betweene me & you, and thy seede after thee: euery man chylde among you shalbe circumcised.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73 And that he woulde perfourme the oth, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to geue vs.

  • Gen 17:14
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    14 And the vncircumcised manchylde, in whose fleshe the foreskyn is not circumcised, that soule shalbe cut of from his people, because he hath broken my couenaunt.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 But brethren, we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6 And Abram beleued the Lord, & that counted he to hym for righteousnesse.

  • Gal 5:6
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    6 For in Iesus Christe, neither is circumcision any thing woorth, neither yet vncircumcision: but fayth, which worketh by loue.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14 That the blessyng of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Iesus Christe, that we myght receaue the promise of the spirite through fayth.

  • Rom 4:22-23
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    22 And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes.

    23 Neuerthelesse, it is not written for hym only, that it was reckened to him:

  • Rom 9:7-8
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    7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham: But in Isaac shall thy seede be called.

    8 That is to say: They which are the chyldren of the fleshe, are not the chyldren of God: But they which be the childre of promise, are counted the seede.

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    6 But he whose kynrede is not counted among them, receaued tythe of Abraham, and blessed hym that had the promises.

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    11 Wherfore, remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe, called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe, made by handes:

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    5 To hym that worketh not, but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly, his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes.

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