Romans 4:16 Cross References

Romans 4:16

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.

Romans 3:24

  1. Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins.
  2. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times.
  3. 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.

Ephesians 2:8

  1. God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

Romans 9:8

  1. This means that Abraham's physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. It is the children of the promise who are considered to be Abraham's children.

Ephesians 2:5

  1. that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!)

Romans 5:1

  1. Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.

Isaiah 51:2

  1. Yes, think about your ancestors Abraham and Sarah, from whom you came. Abraham was alone when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation."

Romans 15:8

  1. Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.

Galatians 3:22

  1. 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.

Romans 4:11

  1. 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.

Galatians 3:7

  1. The real children of Abraham, then, are all those who put their faith in God.
  2. What's more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would accept the Gentiles, too, on the basis of their faith. God promised this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, "All nations will be blessed through you."
  3. And so it is: All who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith.
  4. But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, "Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all these commands that are written in God's Book of the Law."
  5. Consequently, it is clear that no one can ever be right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."

Titus 3:7

  1. He declared us not guilty because of his great kindness. And now we know that we will inherit eternal life.

2 Peter 1:10

  1. So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Doing this, you will never stumble or fall away.

Hebrews 6:13

  1. For example, there was God's promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:
  2. "I will certainly bless you richly, and I will multiply your descendants into countless millions."
  3. Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.
  4. When people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.
  5. God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.
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