Romans 4:12
And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.
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Romans 4:12
And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision.
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Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
1 Chronicles 2:50
The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah; Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim,
1 Chronicles 2:51
Salma, the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-gader.
1 Chronicles 2:52
And Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites.
1 Chronicles 4:4
And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.
1 Chronicles 4:5
And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
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Genesis 15:6
And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
Isaiah 51:3
For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.
Romans 3:19
Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
Romans 3:25
Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
Romans 3:28
For this reason, then, a man may get righteousness by faith without the works of the law.
Romans 4:4
Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.
Romans 4:5
But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.
Romans 4:6
As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,
Romans 4:7
Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.
Romans 5:20
And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
Romans 5:21
That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 2:25
And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.
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Genesis 12:3
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
Genesis 17:4
As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.
Joshua 24:3
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.
Luke 1:73
The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,
Luke 21:36
But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.
Acts 7:2
And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,
Romans 1:16
For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
Romans 8:17
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
Hebrews 2:16
For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham.
Hebrews 6:13
For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,
Hebrews 6:15
And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.
Hebrews 6:16
For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
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Genesis 17:9
And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.
Genesis 17:10
And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.
Deuteronomy 10:16
Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.
Mark 2:18
And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?
John 7:23
If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
Acts 15:1
Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.
1 Corinthians 7:18
If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.
1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.
Galatians 2:12
For before certain men came from James, he did take food with the Gentiles: but when they came, he went back and made himself separate, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
Galatians 2:15
We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Galatians 6:12
Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.
Philippians 3:1
For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.
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Exodus 3:6
And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.
Exodus 3:15
And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.
Isaiah 41:10
Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
Hebrews 11:11
And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;
Hebrews 11:12
So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.
Hebrews 11:18
Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:
Hebrews 11:19
Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.
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Numbers 16:15
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.
1 Samuel 12:4
And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
Nehemiah 5:14
Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler.
Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
Acts 20:33
I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.
Acts 20:34
You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.
Acts 20:35
In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
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Job 33:11
He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways.
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Proverbs 2:20
So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
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Micah 4:5
For all the peoples will be walking, every one in the name of his god, and we will be walking in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
Matthew 5:48
Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
Acts 15:9
Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
Galatians 5:16
But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.
Ephesians 5:1
Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
Ephesians 5:2
And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
Ephesians 5:15
Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
Philippians 1:11
Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:27
Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;
Colossians 1:10
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians 2:6
As, then, you took Christ Jesus the Lord, so go on in him,
Colossians 4:5
Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.
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Matthew 8:11
And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.
Romans 2:8
But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,
Romans 2:9
Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;
Romans 2:10
But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:
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Matthew 15:2
Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?
Mark 7:7
But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
Mark 7:8
For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.
Mark 7:9
And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:
Mark 7:11
But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,
Mark 7:12
You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;
Mark 7:13
Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.
Luke 5:39
And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
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Mark 2:16
And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was taking food with the tax-farmers and sinners, said to his disciples, Why does he take food and drink with such men?
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Mark 2:17
And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill: I have come not to get the upright but sinners.
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Luke 16:23
And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
Luke 16:26
And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.
Luke 16:27
And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;
Luke 16:28
For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.
Luke 16:29
But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.
Luke 16:31
And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.
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Matthew 3:7
But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
John 8:34
And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.
John 8:35
Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.
John 8:36
If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.
John 8:38
I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house.
John 8:44
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
John 8:54
Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.
John 8:55
You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.
Ephesians 2:2
In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;
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Acts 15:5
But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 21:21
And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
Galatians 6:13
Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.
Philippians 3:2
Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:
Colossians 2:8
Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:
Colossians 2:16
For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:11
For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.
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Romans 3:22
That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,
Romans 6:14
For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.
Romans 6:15
What then? are we to go on in sin because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be so.
Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who has faith.
Galatians 2:16
Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.
Galatians 3:20
Now a go-between is not a go-between of one; but God is one.
Galatians 3:22
However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.
Galatians 5:1
Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
2 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, in the hope of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
1 John 5:11
And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:12
He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.
1 John 5:13
I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.
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Romans 7:1
Is it not clear, my brothers (I am using an argument to those who have knowledge of the law), that the law has power over a man as long as he is living?
Romans 7:2
For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.
Romans 7:3
So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.
Romans 7:4
In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.
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Romans 3:1
How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision?
Romans 3:2
Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.
Romans 9:3
For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:
Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:
Romans 9:5
Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
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Romans 11:24
For if you were cut out of a field olive-tree, and against the natural use were united to a good olive-tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be united again with the olive-tree which was theirs?
Ephesians 2:21
In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;
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2 Corinthians 10:2
Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.
2 Corinthians 11:18
Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.
2 Corinthians 11:19
For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
2 Corinthians 11:20
You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
2 Corinthians 11:21
I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
Philippians 3:4
Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:
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Romans 10:14
But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?
Romans 10:15
And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
Galatians 2:7
But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision
Galatians 2:8
(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);
Ephesians 3:5
Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
Ephesians 3:7
Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.
Ephesians 3:8
To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
Ephesians 3:9
And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;
Ephesians 3:10
So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,
Colossians 4:11
And Jesus, whose other name is Justus; these are of the circumcision: they are my only brother-workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.
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Matthew 5:45
So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
Acts 10:34
Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
Acts 10:35
But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
Acts 15:8
And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;
1 Thessalonians 2:12
So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
1 Peter 1:16
Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
1 Peter 1:17
And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:
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Acts 13:26
My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.
2 Corinthians 5:7
(For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)
Philippians 1:23
I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
Colossians 2:10
And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
Hebrews 7:4
Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the sign that the things not seen are true.
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
Hebrews 12:1
For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
Hebrews 13:7
Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
1 Peter 3:21
And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;
2 Peter 1:4
And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
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Ezekiel 33:24
Son of man, those who are living in these waste places in the land of Israel say, Abraham was but one, and he had land for his heritage: but we are a great number; the land is given to us for our heritage.
Ezekiel 37:26
And I will make an agreement of peace with them: it will be an eternal agreement with them: and I will have mercy on them and make their numbers great, and will put my holy place among them for ever.
Hosea 1:10
But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
Romans 4:18
Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
1 Corinthians 12:13
For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
Galatians 3:27
For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.
Hebrews 6:12
So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.
Hebrews 6:17
So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.
Hebrews 11:2
For by it our fathers had God's approval.
Hebrews 11:39
And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
2 Peter 3:13
But having faith in his word, we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the resting-place of righteousness.
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Genesis 13:3
And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;
Psalms 47:9
The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.
Isaiah 41:9
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:
Matthew 22:32
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead but of the living.
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:
Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.
Hebrews 11:16
But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,
James 2:21
Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?
James 2:22
You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;
James 2:24
You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.
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James 5:10
Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
1 Peter 3:5
And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:
1 Peter 3:6
As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.
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Psalms 73:1
Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.
Romans 11:17
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,
Ephesians 2:18
Because through him the two of us are able to come near in one Spirit to the Father.
Ephesians 2:19
So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,
Ephesians 2:20
Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
Ephesians 2:22
In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:6
Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
1 Peter 2:7
And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;
1 Peter 2:8
And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
Revelation 7:4
And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel.
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