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  • For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." (Romans 4, 3)

  • Does this blessedness apply only to the circumcised, or to the uncircumcised as well? Now we assert that "faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness." (Romans 4, 9)

  • as well as the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but also follow the path of faith that our father Abraham walked while still uncircumcised. (Romans 4, 12)

  • It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith. (Romans 4, 13)

  • For this reason, it depends on faith, so that it may be a gift, and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not to those who only adhere to the law but to those who follow the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us, (Romans 4, 16)

  • He believed, hoping against hope, that he would become "the father of many nations," according to what was said, "Thus shall your descendants be." (Romans 4, 18)

  • nor are they all children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but "It is through Isaac that descendants shall bear your name." (Romans 9, 7)

  • This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants. (Romans 9, 8)

  • And as Isaiah predicted: "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom and have been made like Gomorrah." (Romans 9, 29)

  • I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Of course not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (Romans 11, 1)

  • Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. (2 Corinthians 11, 22)

  • Thus Abraham "believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." (Galatians 3, 6)


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