Verse 1

¶ What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare 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 the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is 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? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 ¶ What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] 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 think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
  • Luke 3:8 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto 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 thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.›
  • Luke 16:29-31 : 29 ‹Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.› 30 ‹And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.› 31 ‹And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.›
  • John 8:33 : 33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
  • John 8:37-41 : 37 ‹I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.› 38 ¶ ‹I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.› 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, ‹If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.› 40 ‹But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.› 41 ‹Ye do the deeds of your father.› Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.
  • John 8:53 : 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
  • 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 whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
  • Rom 6:1 : 1 ¶ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?