Romans 4:16

For this reason the promise comes by faith, so that it may be according to grace and be guaranteed to all Abraham's offspring, not only to the one who is of the law, but also to the one who is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

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In The King James Version

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

In Context

15because the law brings wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression.

17(just as it is written, “I have made yoʋ the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

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Cross References

Romans 3:24being freely justified by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Romans 15:8Now I say that Christ Jesus has become a servant to the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God in order to confirm the promises that were made to the fathers,

Galatians 3:22But the Scripture has confined all under sin, so that the promise might be given on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.

Ephesians 2:8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Hebrews 6:13When God made his promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself,

Matthew Henry on Romans 4:10-23

The Case of Abraham. ( a. d. 58.) 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not… Read the whole commentary →

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