Romans 4:11 Cross References
Romans 4:11
11: The circumcision ceremony was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous--even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are made right with God by faith.
Romans 3:22
- We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done.
Luke 19:9
- Jesus responded, "Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a son of Abraham.
2 Corinthians 1:22
- and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment of everything he will give us.
Hebrews 11:7
- It was by faith that Noah built an ark to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about something that had never happened before. By his faith he condemned the rest of the world and was made right in God's sight.
Ephesians 1:13
- And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.
John 6:35
- Jesus replied, "I am the bread of life. No one who comes to me will ever be hungry again. Those who believe in me will never thirst.
Ephesians 4:30
- And do not bring sorrow to God's Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he is the one who has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.
Romans 3:26
- And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus.
Galatians 3:22
- But the Scriptures have declared that we are all prisoners of sin, so the only way to receive God's promise is to believe in Jesus Christ.
Deuteronomy 30:6
- "The LORD your God will cleanse your heart and the hearts of all your descendants so that you will love him with all your heart and soul, and so you may live!
Ezekiel 20:20
- and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the LORD your God.'
Romans 9:30
- Well then, what shall we say about these things? Just this: The Gentiles have been made right with God by faith, even though they were not seeking him.
Ezekiel 20:12
- And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I, the LORD, had set them apart to be holy, making them my special people.
Romans 9:6
- Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to the Jews? No, for not everyone born into a Jewish family is truly a Jew!
John 8:33
- "But we are descendants of Abraham," they said. "We have never been slaves to anyone on earth. What do you mean, 'set free'?"
Romans 10:11
- As the Scriptures tell us, "Anyone who believes in him will not be disappointed. "
John 6:47
- "I assure you, anyone who believes in me already has eternal life.
Galatians 3:29
- 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 2:28
- 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.
- 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.
John 6:40
- For it is my Father's will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life--that I should raise them at the last day."
John 3:36
- And all who believe in God's Son have eternal life. Those who don't obey the Son will never experience eternal life, but the wrath of God remains upon them."
Romans 4:16
- 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.
- That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, "I have made you the father of many nations." This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who brings into existence what didn't exist before.
- When God promised Abraham that he would become the father of many nations, Abraham believed him. God had also said, "Your descendants will be as numerous as the stars," even though such a promise seemed utterly impossible!
Matthew 16:16
- Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."
Exodus 31:13
- "Tell the people of Israel to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you forever. It helps you to remember that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
Revelation 9:4
- They were told not to hurt the grass or plants or trees but to attack all the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
Romans 10:6
- But the way of getting right with God through faith says, "You don't need to go to heaven" (to find Christ and bring him down to help you).
2 Peter 1:1
- This letter is from Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to all of you who share the same precious faith we have, faith given to us by Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, who makes us right with God.
Matthew 8:11
- And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Galatians 3:7
- The real children of Abraham, then, are all those who put their faith in God.
Romans 10:4
- For Christ has accomplished the whole purpose of the law. All who believe in him are made right with God.
Genesis 17:10
- This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised;
- the flesh of his foreskin must be cut off. This will be a sign that you and they have accepted this covenant.
Galatians 5:5
- But we who live by the Spirit eagerly wait to receive everything promised to us who are right with God through faith.
Romans 4:12
- 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.
- It is clear, then, that God's promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was not based on obedience to God's law, but on the new relationship with God that comes by faith.
John 3:15
- so that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life.
- "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Galatians 6:16
- May God's mercy and peace be upon all those who live by this principle. They are the new people of God.
Exodus 31:17
- It is a permanent sign of my covenant with them. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but he rested on the seventh day and was refreshed."
John 11:25
- Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again.
- They are given eternal life for believing in me and will never perish. Do you believe this, Martha?"
John 7:38
- If you believe in me, come and drink! For the Scriptures declare that rivers of living water will flow out from within."
- (When he said "living water," he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)
Philippians 3:9
- and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God's law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
Exodus 12:13
- The blood you have smeared on your doorposts will serve as a sign. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Romans 9:33
- God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said, "I am placing a stone in Jerusalem that causes people to stumble, and a rock that makes them fall. But anyone who believes in him will not be disappointed. "