Bible Cross References
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Psalm 100:3
Acknowledge that the LORD is God. He made us, and we belong to him; we are his people, we are his flock.
Luke 21:31
In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the Kingdom of God is about to come.
Hebrews 13:23
I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been let out of prison. If he comes soon enough, I will have him with me when I see you.
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Galatians 3:26-29
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It is through faith that all of you are God's children in union with Christ Jesus.
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You were baptized into union with Christ, and now you are clothed, so to speak, with the life of Christ himself.
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So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus.
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If you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham and will receive what God has promised.
John 8:39
They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." "If you really were Abraham's children," Jesus replied, "you would do the same things that he did.
Romans 4:11-16
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He was circumcised later, and his circumcision was a sign to show that because of his faith God had accepted him as righteous before he had been circumcised. And so Abraham is the spiritual father of all who believe in God and are accepted as righteous by him, even though they are not circumcised.
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He is also the father of those who are circumcised, that is, of those who, in addition to being circumcised, also live the same life of faith that our father Abraham lived before he was circumcised.
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When God promised Abraham and his descendants that the world would belong to him, he did so, not because Abraham obeyed the Law, but because he believed and was accepted as righteous by God.
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For if what God promises is to be given to those who obey the Law, then faith means nothing and God's promise is worthless.
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The Law brings down God's anger; but where there is no law, there is no disobeying of the law.
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And so the promise was based on faith, in order that the promise should be guaranteed as God's free gift to all of Abraham's descendants---not just to those who obey the Law, but also to those who believe as Abraham did. For Abraham is the spiritual father of us all;
Romans 4:24-16
Romans 9:7
Nor are all of Abraham's descendants the children of God. God said to Abraham, "It is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I promised you."
Romans 9:8
This means that the children born in the usual way are not the children of God; instead, the children born as a result of God's promise are regarded as the true descendants.