look to Abraham,(A) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.(B)

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(A)Look to Abraham your father,
And to Sarah who bore you;
(B)For I called him alone,
And (C)blessed him and increased him.”

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Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.(A)

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And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because (A)he also is (B)a son of Abraham;

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33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants(A) and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

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33 They answered Him, (A)“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”

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39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

“If you were Abraham’s children,”(A) said Jesus, “then you would[a] do what Abraham did.

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  1. John 8:39 Some early manuscripts “If you are Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then

39 They answered and said to Him, (A)“Abraham is our father.”

Jesus said to them, (B)“If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

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26 “Fellow children of Abraham(A) and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation(B) has been sent.

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26 “Men and brethren, sons of the [a]family of Abraham, and (A)those among you who fear God, (B)to you the [b]word of this salvation has been sent.

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Abraham Justified by Faith

What then shall we say(A) that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh,(B) discovered in this matter?

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Abraham Justified by Faith(A)

What then shall we say that (B)Abraham our (C)father[a] has found according to the flesh?

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  1. Romans 4:1 Or (fore)father according to the flesh has found?

11 And he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised.(A) So then, he is the father(B) of all who believe(C) but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

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11 And (A)he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that (B)he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also,

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12 And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

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12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father (A)Abraham had while still uncircumcised.

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16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace(A) and may be guaranteed(B) to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.(C)

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16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be (A)according to grace, (B)so that the promise might be [a]sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, (C)who is the father of us all

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17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[a](A) He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life(B) to the dead and calls(C) into being things that were not.(D)

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  1. Romans 4:17 Gen. 17:5

17 (as it is written, (A)“I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, (B)who gives life to the dead and calls those (C)things which do not exist as though they did;

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Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 9:7 Gen. 21:12

(A)nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, (B)“In Isaac your seed shall be called.”

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In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children,(A) but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.(B)

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That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but (A)the children of the promise are counted as the seed.

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Understand, then, that those who have faith(A) are children of Abraham.(B)

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Therefore know that only (A)those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.

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