John 8:39

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They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

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I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.

and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named."

Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.

You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;