^5 (A)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Faithful Abraham^(A)

⁸ By faith ^(B)Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Build on the Rock^(A)

²⁴ “Therefore ^(B)whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:

¹⁶ and said: ^(A)“By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son—

²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works ^(A)when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

The Blessed State of the Righteous

^18 (A)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, ^(B)because you have obeyed My voice.”

⁶ For ^(A)in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but ^(B)faith working through love.

^58 (A)Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing ^(B)that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord

A Song of Ascents.