Romans 4:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth, that it myght come off fauoure, wherby the promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the sede: not onely vnto him which is off the lawe, but also vnto him that is of the faith of Abraha which is the father of vs all.

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  • Rom 9:8 : 8 vnto the, that is, They which are children after the flesh, are not the children of God, but the children of the promes are counted for the sede.
  • Rom 15:8 : 8 But I saye that Christ Iesus was a mynister of the circumcision for the trueth of God, to cofirme the promyses made vnto the fathers,
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Considre Abraham youre father, & Sara that bare you: how that I called him alone, prospered him wel, & encreased him:
  • Rom 3:24-26 : 24 but without deseruynge are they made righteous eue by his grace, thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu, 25 whom God hath set forth for a Mercyseate thorow faith in his bloude, to shewe the righteousnes which avayleth before him, in that he forgeueth the synnes, which were done before vnder the sufferaunce of God, which he suffred, 26 that at this tyme he mighte shewe ye righteousnes which avayleth before him: yt he onely mighte be righteous, & the righteous maker of him which is of the faith on Iesus.
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 But ye scripture hath shut vp all vnder synne, that ye promes shulde come by the faith on Iesus Christ, geue vnto the that beleue.
  • Eph 2:5 : 5 eue wha we were deed in synnes, hath quyckened vs in Christ ( for by grace are ye saued)
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace are ye saued thorow faith, and that not of youre selues, For it is ye gifte of God,
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 yt we beynge made righteous by his grace, shulde be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope.
  • Heb 6:13-19 : 13 For whan God made promes to Abraham, because he had none greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe, 14 and sayde: Surely I wil blesse the and multiplye ye in dede. 15 And so he abode pacietly, and optayned the promes. 16 As for men, they sweare by him that is greater then them selues: and the ooth is the ende of all stryfe to confirme the thinge amoge them. 17 But God, wyllinge very abundauntly to shewe vnto the heyres of promes the stablenes of his councell, added an ooth 18 yt by two immutable thinges (in the which it is vnpossible yt God shulde lye) we mighte haue a stronge consolacion: euen we, which are fled to holde fast the hope that is set before vs, 19 which (hope) we haue as a sure and stedfast anker of oure soule. Which (hope) also entreth in, in to those thinges that are within ye vayle,
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherfore (brethre) geue the more diligence, to make youre callynge and eleccion sure: for yf ye do soch thinges, ye shal not fall,
  • Rom 4:11 : 11 As for the toke of circucision he receaued it for a seale off the righteousnes off faith, which he had yet in ye vncircusion, yt he shulde be a father of all the yt beleue, beinge in ye vncircucisio, yt it might be couted vnto the also for righteousnes:
  • Rom 5:1 : 1 Because therfore that we are iustified by faith, we haue peace with God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ
  • Gal 3:7-9 : 7 Thus ye knowe, that they which are of faith, are Abrahams children. 8 The scripture sawe afore hade, that God iustifieth the Heythen thorow faith. Therfore shewed it glad tydinges afore vnto Abraham, and sayde: In the shal all the Heythen be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham. 10 For as many as go aboute with the workes of the lawe, are vnder ye curse: For it is wrytte: Cursed be euery man, which cotynueth not in all thinges that are wrytte in the boke of the lawe, to do them. 11 That no man is iustified by the lawe in the sighte of God, it is euydet: For ye iust shal lyue by his faith. 12 The lawe is not of faith, but the ma that doth ye same, shal lyue therin.

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  • Rom 4:9-15
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    9Now this blessednes, goeth it ouer the circucision, or ouer the vncircumcision? We must nedes graunte, yt Abrahas faith was couted vnto hi for righteousnes.

    10How was it the rekened vnto him? In the circucision, or in the vncircumcision? Doutles not in the circucision, but in the vncircumcision.

    11As for the toke of circucision he receaued it for a seale off the righteousnes off faith, which he had yet in ye vncircusion, yt he shulde be a father of all the yt beleue, beinge in ye vncircucisio, yt it might be couted vnto the also for righteousnes:

    12& that he might be a father of circumcision, not onely of the that are of ye circumcision, but of them also that walke in the fotesteppes of the faith, which was in the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham.

    13For the promes (that he shulde be ye heyre of the worlde) was not made vnto Abraham or to his sede thorow the lawe, but thorow the righteousnes of faith.

    14For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres, the is faith vayne, and the promes of none effecte,

    15for so moch as the lawe causeth but wrath. For where the lawe is not, there is also no transgression.

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6Euen as Abraha beleued God, and it was counted vnto him for righteousnes.

    7Thus ye knowe, that they which are of faith, are Abrahams children.

    8The scripture sawe afore hade, that God iustifieth the Heythen thorow faith. Therfore shewed it glad tydinges afore vnto Abraham, and sayde: In the shal all the Heythen be blessed.

    9So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

  • Rom 4:17-19
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    17As it is wrytten: I haue made the a father of many Heythe before God, whom thou hast beleued: which quyckeneth the deed, and calleth it which is not, that it maye be.

    18And he beleued vpo hope, where nothinge was to hope, that he shulde be a father of many Heythen. Acordinge as it was sayde vnto him:

    19Euen so shal thy sede be. And he was not faynte in faith, nether cosidred his awne body, which was deed allready, whyle he was almost an hundreth yeare olde, nether the deed wombe of Sara.

  • Gal 3:14-18
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    14yt the blessynge of Abraham mighte come on the Gentyles in Christ Iesu, and yt we might so receaue ye promysed sprete, thorow faith.

    15Brethren, I wil speake after the maner of men. Though it be but a mas Testamet, yet no man despyseth it, or addeth eny thinge therto, whan it is confirmed.

    16To Abraham and his sede were the promyses made. He sayeth not: In the sedes, as in many, but in thy sede, as in one, which is Christ.

    17This Testament (I saye) which afore was confirmed to Christ warde, is not disanulled (that the promes shulde be made of none affecte) by the lawe which was geuen beyonde foure hundreth & thirtie yeares therafter.

    18For yf the enheritaunce be gotten by the lawe, then is it not geuen by promes. But God gaue it frely vnto Abraham by promes.

  • Rom 4:1-5
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    1What shal we saye the, that Abraha or father as pertayninge to ye flesh dyd fynde?

    2This we saye: Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes, then hath he wherin to reioyse, but not before God.

    3But what sayeth ye scripture? Abraha belened God, & yt was counted vnto him for righteousnes.

    4Vnto hi yt goeth aboute wt workes, is the rewarde not rekened of fauoure, but of dutye:

    5owbeit vnto him, yt goeth not aboute with workes, but beleueth on him yt iustifieth the vngodly, is his faith counted for righteousnes.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraha offered vp Isaac, wha he was tempted, and gaue ouer his onely begotten sonne, in whom he had receaued the promyses,

    18of whom it was sayde: In Isaac shal thy sede be called:

  • 16yet (in so moch as we knowe, that a man is not made righteous by the dedes off the lawe, but by the faith on Iesus Christ) we haue beleued also on Iesus Christ, yt we might be made righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by the dedes of the lawe, because that by the dedes of the lawe no flesh shal be iustified.

  • 28As for vs (brethren) we are the children of Isaac acordinge to the promes.

  • 29Yf ye be Christes, the are ye Abrahas sede and heyres acordynge to the promes.

  • 22For it is wrytten, that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bonde mayde, the other by a fre woman.

  • 25Ye are the children of the prophetes and of the couenaunt, which God made vnto or fathers, whan he sayde vnto Abraha: Thorow yi sede shal all ye nacios of ye earth be blessed.

  • Rom 9:7-8
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    7nether are they all children, because they are the sede of Abraham: but in Isaac shal the sede be called

    8vnto the, that is, They which are children after the flesh, are not the children of God, but the children of the promes are counted for the sede.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where is now then thy reioysinge? It is excluded. By what lawe? By the lawe of workes? Nay, but by the lawe of faith.

    28We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the lawe.

  • Gal 3:21-22
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    21Is the lawe then agaynst the promyses of God? God forbyd. Howbeit yf there had bene geuen a lawe which coulde haue geue life, the no doute righteousnes shulde come of the lawe.

    22But ye scripture hath shut vp all vnder synne, that ye promes shulde come by the faith on Iesus Christ, geue vnto the that beleue.

  • 4Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenaut with the, and thou shalt be a father of many people.

  • 26For ye all are the children of God by the faith in Christ Iesu.

  • 30for so moch as he is the God onely that iustifieth the circumcision which is of faith, and the vncircucision thorow faith.

  • Rom 4:22-24
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    22And therfore was it rekened vnto him for righteousnes.

    23But this is not wrytte onely for his sake, yt it was counted vnto him,

    24but also for oure sakes: vnto who it shalbe counted, yf we beleue on him, that raysed vp oure LORDE Iesus from the deed.

  • 22but I speake of ye righteousnes before God, which cometh by the faith on Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpo all them that beleue.For here is no difference.

  • 5whose are also the fathers, off whom (after the flesh) commeth Christ, which is God ouer all, blessed for euer, Ame.

  • 10Howbeit it is not so with this onely, but also whan Rebecca was with childe by one (namely by oure father Isaac)

  • 11That no man is iustified by the lawe in the sighte of God, it is euydet: For ye iust shal lyue by his faith.

  • 30What shal we saye then? This wil we saye: The Heythen which folowed not righteousnes, haue ouertaken righteousnes: but I speake of the righteousnes that commeth of faith.

  • 18seynge he shal be a greate and mightie people, and all ye people vpo earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • 11By faith Sara also receaued strength to be with childe, and was delyuered of a childe whan she was past age, because she iudged him to be faithfull which had promysed.