Romans 4:2

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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  • 1 Cor 1:31 : 31 that, acordinge as it is wrytten: He that reioyseth, shulde reioyse in the LORDE.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who preferreth the? What hast thou that thou hast not receaued? Yf thou hast receaued it, why makest thou the thy boost, as though thou haddest not receaued it?
  • 1 Cor 9:16 : 16 For in that I preach the Gospell, I neade not boost my selfe, for I must nedes do it. And wo vnto me, yff I preach not the Gospell.
  • 2 Cor 5:12 : 12 We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs, yt ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them, which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce, and not after the hert.
  • 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 Neuertheles what I do and wyl do, that do I to cut awaye occasion, from the which seke occasion, that they mighte boast the selues to be like vnto vs.
  • 2 Cor 11:30 : 30 Yf I must nedes make my boast, I wil boast my selfe of myne infirmyte.
  • 2 Cor 12:1-9 : 1 It profiteth me nothinge (no doute) to boaste. Neuertheles I wil come to ye visions and reuelacions off the LORDE. 2 I knowe a man in Christ aboue fourtene yeares a goo (whether he was in ye body, I can not tell: or whether he was out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth.) the same was taken vp in to the thirde heauen: 3 and I knowe the same man (whether he was in ye body or out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth) 4 how that he was take vp in to Paradise, and herde wordes not to be spoken, which no man can vtter. 5 Here of will I boast, but of my selfe wil I make no boast, excepte it be of myne infirmyties. 6 And though I wolde boast my selfe, I dyd not foolishly, for I wolde saye the trueth. But I refrayne my selfe, lest eny ma shulde thinke of me aboue yt he seyth in me, or heareth of me. 7 And lest I shulde exalte my selfe out of measure because of the hye reuelacions, there is a warnynge geuen vnto my flesh, euen ye messaunger of Satan, to buffet me, that I shulde not exalte my selfe out off measure: 8 for ye which I besoughte the LORDE thryse, that it mighte departe fro me. 9 And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficiet for the. For my strength is made perfecte thorow weaknes. Very glad therfore wil I reioyse in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me.
  • Gen 12:12-13 : 12 Now whan the Egipcians se the, they wil saye: She is his wife, and so shal they slaye me, and saue the alyue. 13 Therfore (I pray ye) saye thou art my sister, that I maye fare the better by reason of the, and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake.
  • Gen 12:18 : 18 Then Pharao called Abra vnto him, and sayde: Why hast thou dealt thus wt me? Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first, yt she was thy wife?
  • Gen 12:20 : 20 He gaue his officers also a charge ouer him, to conveye him out, and his wife, and all that he had.
  • Gen 20:9-9 : 9 and Abimelech called Abraham, and sayde vnto him: Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs? And what haue I offended ye, that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne? Thou hast not dealt with vs, as a man shulde deale. 10 And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou, yt thou hast done this thinge? 11 Abraham sayde: I thought: Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place, & they shall sleye me for my wifes sake, 12 And of a trueth she is my sister, for she is my fathers doughter, but not my mothers doughter, and is become my wife. 13 So whan God charged me to wadre out of my fathers house, I sayde vnto her: Shew this kyndnes vpon me, that, where so euer we come, thou saye of me, that I am thy brother.
  • Josh 24:2 : 2 he sayde vnto all the people: Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel: Yor fathers dwelt afore time beyode ye water, Abraha & Nahor wt Tarah their father & serued other goddes.
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE: Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome, ner the stronge man in his strength, nether the rich man in his riches: 24 But who so wil reioyse, let him reioyse in this, that he vnderstodeth, and knoweth me: for I am the LORDE, which do mercie, equite and rightuousnes vpon earth. Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges, saieth ye LORDE.
  • Ezek 8:9 : 9 And he sayde vnto me: go thy waye in, & loke what wicked abhominacions they do there.
  • Rom 3:20-28 : 20 because yt by ye dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte. For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne. 21 But now without addinge to of ye lawe is the righteousnes which avayleth before God, declared, hauynge witnesse of ye lawe and the prophetes: 22 but 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. 23 For they are all synners, and wate the prayse that God shulde haue of the, 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. 27 Where is now then thy reioysinge? It is excluded. By what lawe? By the lawe of workes? Nay, but by the lawe of faith. 28 We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the lawe.
  • Rom 15:17 : 17 Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ, that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God.
  • 1 Cor 1:29 : 29 that no flesh shulde reioyse in his presence.
  • Gal 6:13-14 : 13 For eue they them selues which are circumcysed, kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you circucysed, that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh. 14 But God forbyd that I shulde reioyse, saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 & be founde in him, not hauynge myne awne righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, but by the faith of Christ (namely) the righteousnes which commeth of God in faith,
  • Eph 2:9 : 9 not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 4:3-6
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    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.

    6Euen as Dauid sayeth also, that blessednes is onely that mans, vnto who God counteth righteousnes without addinge to of workes, where he sayeth:

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

  • Jas 2:20-25
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    20Wilt thou vnderstode o thou vayne man that faith with out dedes is deed:

    21Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter?

    22Thou seist how yt faith wrought with his dedes, and through ye dedes was the faith made perfect:

    23& the scripture was fulfilled which faith: Abraha beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called ye frende of God.

    24Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified, and not of faith only

    25Likewise also was not Raab the harlot iustified thorow workes, when she receaued the messengers, and sent them out another waye?

  • Gal 3:5-9
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    5He that geueth you the sprete, and doth soch greate actes amoge you, doth he it thorow the dedes of the lawe, or by ye preachinge of the faith?

    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 4:9-17
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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.

    16Therfore 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.

    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.

  • Rom 4:20-24
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    20For he douted not in the promes of God thorow vnbeleue, but was stroge in faith, and gaue God the prayse:

    21& was sure, that loke what God promyseth, he is able to make it good.

    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.

  • Eph 2:9
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    9not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe.

  • Rom 3:26-28
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    26that 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.

    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 2:16-17
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    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.

    17Yf we then which seke to be made righteous by christ, shulde be yet founde synners or selues, is not Christ then the mynister of synne? God forbyd.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6Abram beleued the LORDE, and yt was counted vnto him for righteousnes.

  • Gal 3:11
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    11That no man is iustified by the lawe in the sighte of God, it is euydet: For ye iust shal lyue by his faith.

  • Rom 11:6
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    6Yf it be done of grace, the is it not of deseruynge: els were grace no grace. But yf it be of deseruynge, then is grace nothinge: els were deseruynge no deseruynge.

  • Rom 9:30
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    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.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20because yt by ye dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte. For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne.

  • Gal 3:18
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    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 2:13
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    13For before God, they are not righteous, which heare ye lawe: but they that do the lawe, shalbe iustified.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29that no flesh shulde reioyse in his presence.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31that, acordinge as it is wrytten: He that reioyseth, shulde reioyse in the LORDE.

  • Gal 3:21
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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.

  • Rom 5:1
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    1Because therfore that we are iustified by faith, we haue peace with God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ

  • Rom 1:17
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    17for in it ye righteousnes that is of value before God, is opened, which cometh out of faith i to faith.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9& be founde in him, not hauynge myne awne righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, but by the faith of Christ (namely) the righteousnes which commeth of God in faith,

  • Gal 6:4
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    4Let euery man proue his owne worke, and the shal he haue reioysinge in his awne selfe, and not in another.