Romans 4:1

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What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

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  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.'
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say 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 the seed of Abraham? So am I.
  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
  • Luke 3:8 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
  • Luke 16:24-25 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
  • Luke 16:29-31 : 29 Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30 And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent. 31 And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.
  • John 8:33 : 33 They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how can you say, You shall be made free?
  • John 8:37-41 : 37 I know that you are Abraham's descendants; but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. 38 I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do what you have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God: Abraham did not do this. 41 You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
  • John 8:53 : 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead: whom do you make yourself out to be?
  • John 8:56 : 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
  • Rom 6:1 : 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

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

    3For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

    4Now to him who works, the reward is not given of grace, but as a debt.

    5But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

    6Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,

  • Rom 4:9-13
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    9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

    10How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

    11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

    12And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.

    13For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

    18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.

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

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'

    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

    23But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, but he of the freewoman was through promise.

  • Gal 4:28
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    28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

  • John 8:39
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    39They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. 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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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Rom 9:5
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    5Of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

  • Rom 9:10
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    10And not only this; but Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac;

  • Gal 3:14-15
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    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it.

  • Matt 1:1
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    1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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

  • Jas 2:23
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    23And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.

  • Rom 3:1
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    1What advantage then has the Jew? Or what profit is there in circumcision?

  • Rom 4:22
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    22And therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

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

  • Rom 9:14
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    14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

  • Gal 3:18
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    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

  • Luke 3:8
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    8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

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

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

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

  • Luke 1:73
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    73The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

  • Acts 7:2
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    2And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

  • Rom 3:28
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    28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

  • Rom 4:24
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    24But also for us, to whom it shall be credited, if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead;

  • Gal 4:31
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    31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6But he whose genealogy is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.