John 8:39 Cross References

John 8:39

39: "Our father is Abraham," they declared. "No," Jesus replied, "for if you were children of Abraham, you would follow his good example.

Galatians 3:7

  1. The real children of Abraham, then, are all those who put their faith in God.

Romans 9:7

  1. Just the fact that they are descendants of Abraham doesn't make them truly Abraham's children. For the Scriptures say, "Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted," though Abraham had other children, too.

John 8:37

  1. Yes, I realize that you are descendants of Abraham. And yet some of you are trying to kill me because my message does not find a place in your hearts.

Matthew 5:45

  1. In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust, too.

Matthew 3:9

  1. Don't just say, 'We're safe--we're the descendants of Abraham.' That proves nothing. God can change these stones here into children of Abraham.

Romans 2:28

  1. For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the Jewish ceremony of circumcision.
  2. No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not a cutting of the body but a change of heart produced by God's Spirit. Whoever has that kind of change seeks praise from God, not from people.

Galatians 3:29

  1. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you.

Romans 4:16

  1. So that's why faith is the key! God's promise is given to us as a free gift. And we are certain to receive it, whether or not we follow Jewish customs, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.

James 2:22

  1. You see, he was trusting God so much that he was willing to do whatever God told him to do. His faith was made complete by what he did--by his actions.
  2. And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: "Abraham believed God, so God declared him to be righteous." He was even called "the friend of God."
  3. So you see, we are made right with God by what we do, not by faith alone.

Romans 4:12

  1. And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.
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