Romans 4:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised.

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  • Job 33:11 : 11 He hath put my feete in the stockes, and looketh narrowly vnto all my paths.
  • Prov 2:20 : 20 Therefore walke thou in the way of good men, and keepe the wayes of the righteous.
  • Song 1:8 : 8 If thou knowe not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee foorth by the steps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepheards.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And thinke not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able euen of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.
  • Luke 16:23-31 : 23 And being in hell in torments, he lift vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre off, and Lazarus in his bosome. 24 Then he cried, and saide, Father Abraham, haue mercie on mee, and sende Lazarus that hee may dippe the tip of his finger in water, & coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham saide, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasures, and likewise Lazarus paines: now therefore is he comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 Besides all this, betweene you & vs there is a great gulfe set, so that they which would goe from hence to you, can not: neither ca they come from thence to vs. 27 Then he said, I pray thee therfore, father, that thou wouldest sende him to my fathers house, 28 (For I haue fiue brethren) that he may testifie vnto them, least they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham said vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophets: let them heare them. 30 And he sayde, Nay, father Abraham: but if one came vnto them from the dead, they will amend their liues. 31 Then he saide vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rise from the dead againe.
  • John 8:39-40 : 39 They answered, and saide vnto him, Abraham is our father. Iesus said vnto them, If ye were Abrahams children, ye woulde doe the workes of Abraham. 40 But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.
  • Rom 9:6-7 : 6 Notwithstanding it can not bee that the worde of God should take none effect: for all they are not Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:
  • 2 Cor 12:18 : 18 I haue desired Titus, and with him I haue sent a brother: did Titus pill you of any thing? walked we not in the selfe same spirit? walked we not in the same steppes?
  • Gal 4:22-31 : 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman. 23 But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promes. 24 By the which things another thing is ment: for these mothers are the two testaments, the one which is Agar of mount Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage. 25 (For Agar or Sina is a mountaine in Arabia, and it answereth to Hierusalem which nowe is) and she is in bondage with her children. 26 But Hierusalem, which is aboue, is free: which is the mother of vs all. 27 For it is written, Reioyce thou barren that bearest no children: breake forth, & cry, thou that trauailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children, then she which hath an husband. 28 Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes. 29 But as then hee that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was borne after the Spirit, euen so it is nowe. 30 But what sayth the Scripture? Put out the seruant and her sonne: for the sonne of the seruant shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman. 31 Then brethren, we are not children of the seruant, but of the free woman.
  • 1 Pet 2:21 : 21 For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes.

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    9 Came this blessednesse then vpon the circumcision onely, or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was imputed vnto Abraham for righteousnesse.

    10 Howe was it then imputed? when he was circumcised, or vncircumcised? not when he was cricumcised, but when he was vncircumcised.

    11 After, he receiued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the righteousnesse of ye faith which he had, when he was vncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that beleeue, not being circumcised, that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also,

  • Rom 4:16-20
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    16 Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

    17 (As it is written, I haue made thee a father of many nations) euen before God whom he beleeued, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those thinges which be not, as though they were.

    18 Which Abraham aboue hope, beleeued vnder hope, that he should be the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken to him, So shall thy seede be.

    19 And he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was nowe dead, being almost an hundreth yeere olde, neither the deadnes of Saraes wombe.

    20 Neither did he doubt of the promise of God through vnbeliefe, but was strengthened in the faith, and gaue glorie to God,

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6 Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

    7 Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8 For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.

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

  • Rom 4:1-3
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    1 What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?

    2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.

    3 For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.

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    13 For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

  • Rom 3:30
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    30 For it is one God, who shall iustifie circumcision of faith, and vncircumcision through faith.

  • Acts 7:8
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    8 Hee gaue him also the couenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begate Isaac, and circumcised him the eight day: and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob the twelue Patriarkes.

  • Rom 2:25-29
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    25 For circucision verely is profitable, if thou do the Lawe: but if thou be a transgressour of the Lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.

    26 Therefore if the vncircumcision keepe the ordinances of the Lawe, shall not his vncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

    27 And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature (if it keepe the Lawe) condemne thee which by the letter and circumcision art a transgressour of the Lawe?

    28 For hee is not a Iewe, which is one outwarde: neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

    29 But he is a Iewe which is one wtin, and the circumcision is of the heart, in the spirite not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.

  • Gen 17:23-24
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    23 Then Abraham tooke Ishmael his sonne and all that were borne in his house, and all that was bought with his money, that is, euery man childe among the men of Abrahams house, and he circumcised the foreskinne of their flesh in that selfe same day, as God had comaunded him.

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  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17 By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.

    18 (To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

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    8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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    26 The selfe same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his sonne:

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    10 Neither he onely felt this, but also Rebecca when shee had conceiued 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 offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar?

  • Jas 2:23
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    23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God.

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    4 Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,

  • 1 Cor 7:18
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    18 Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not gather his vncircumcision: is any called vncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

  • Gen 21:4
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    4 Then Abraha circumcised Izhak his sonne, when he was eight dayes olde, as God had commanded him.

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    10 This is my couenant which ye shall keepe betweene me & you, & thy seede after thee, Let euery man childe among you be circumcised:

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    73 And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.

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    14 But the vncircumcised man childe, in whose flesh the foreskin is not circumcised, euen that person shall be cut off from his people, because he hath broken my couenant.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6 And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

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    6 For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.

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    14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Iesus, that wee might receiue the promes of the Spirite through faith.

  • Rom 4:22-23
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    22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnesse.

    23 Nowe it is not written for him onely, that it was imputed to him for righteousnesse,

  • Rom 9:7-8
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    7 Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:

    8 That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

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    6 But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

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    11 Wherefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, and called vncircumcision of them, which are called circumcision in the flesh, made with hands,

  • Rom 4:5
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    5 But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.

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