Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Abraham » Piety of
That is why all turns upon faith; it is to make the promise a matter of favour, to make it secure for all the offspring, not simply for those who are adherents of the Law but also for those who share the faith of Abraham ??of Abraham who is the father of us all (as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations). Such a faith implies the presence of the God in whom he believed, a God who makes the dead live and calls into being what does not exist. For Abraham, when hope was gone, hoped on in faith, and thus became the father of many nations ??even as he was told, So numberless shall your offspring be.
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and the scripture was fulfilled: Abraham believed God, and this was counted to him as righteousness ??he was called God's friend.
Verse Concepts
Abraham » Divine call of
"Listen, brothers and fathers," said Stephen. "The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before ever he stayed in Haran, and said to him, 'Leave your land and your countrymen and come to whatever land I show you.'
It was by faith that Abraham obeyed his call to go forth to a place which he would receive as an inheritance; he went forth, although he did not know where he was to go.
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Abraham » Lives in ur, but removes to haran
Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and stayed in Haran. From Haran God shifted him, after his father's death, to this land which you now inhabit.
Abraham » Called abraham
Covenant » The covenant with abraham
Election » Exemplified » Abram
Living waters » Waters coming forth from the rock
but when they came to Jesus and saw he was dead already, they did not break his legs; only, one of the soldiers pricked his side with a lance, and out came blood and water in a moment.
For I would have you know this, my brothers, that while our fathers all lived under the cloud, all crossed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses by the cloud and by the sea, all ate the same supernatural food, read more.
and all drank the same supernatural drink (drinking from the supernatural Rock which accompanied them ??and that Rock was Christ),
and all drank the same supernatural drink (drinking from the supernatural Rock which accompanied them ??and that Rock was Christ),