Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible












Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all his descendantsnot only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all (as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls things that do not exist as though they did. In hope, he believed against hope, so that he became the father of many nations; as he had been told, "So shall your descendants be."



Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? Verse ConceptsAncestorsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesJustified By WorksWorks Of Faith















By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son, of whom it was said, "Through Isaac shall your descendants be called." He considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead; from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.





Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? Verse ConceptsAncestorsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesJustified By WorksWorks Of Faith

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son, of whom it was said, "Through Isaac shall your descendants be called." He considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead; from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.



He considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead; from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. Verse ConceptsAtonement, Types OfForeshadowingAbility, God's PowerOld Testament ParablesThe Dead Are RaisedRaising ChildrenAbraham Believed Godaccounting


He considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead; from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. Verse ConceptsAtonement, Types OfForeshadowingAbility, God's PowerOld Testament ParablesThe Dead Are RaisedRaising ChildrenAbraham Believed Godaccounting

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Verse ConceptsFishesStomachsTypes Of ChristForetelling Christ's DeathMinistry Of The Son Of ManThree Days And NightsFishmathjonahJesus Foretelling His Resurrection











In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.