Ezekiel 33:24
24 a“Son of man, the inhabitants of these bwaste places in the land of Israel keep saying, c‘Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but dwe are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’Luke 16:24
24And he called out, e‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and fcool my tongue, for gI am in anguish in this flame.’John 8:33
33They answered him, h“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”John 8:39-40
You Are of Your Father the Devil
39They answered him, i“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, j“If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, 40but now kyou seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth lthat I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.John 8:53
53 mAre you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?”Acts 13:26
26“Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you nwho fear God, to us has been sent othe message of pthis salvation.Romans 4:1
Abraham Justified by Faith
1What then shall we say was gained by ▼▼Some manuscripts say about
Abraham, rour forefather according to the flesh? Romans 4:11-16
11 sHe received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was tto make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.The Promise Realized Through Faith
13For uthe promise to Abraham and his offspring vthat he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 wFor if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15For xthe law brings wrath, but ywhere there is no law zthere is no transgression.16That is why it depends on faith, aain order that the promise may rest on grace and abbe guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, acwho is the father of us all,
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