Verse 12

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.

Referenced Verses

  • 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.