Hebrews 11:8
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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.
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Genesis 12:1-4
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Promises to Abram(A)
12 Now the (B)Lord had said to Abram:
“Get (C)out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 (D)I will make you a great nation;
(E)I will bless you
And make your name great;
(F)And you shall be a blessing.
3 (G)I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in (H)you all the families of the earth shall be (I)blessed.”
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
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Acts 7:2-4
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2 And he said, (A)“Brethren and fathers, listen: The (B)God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in (C)Haran, 3 and said to him, (D)‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4 Then (E)he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was (F)dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.
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1 Peter 1:22
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The Enduring Word
22 Since you (A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth [a]through the Spirit in [b]sincere (B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
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- 1 Peter 1:22 NU omits through the Spirit
- 1 Peter 1:22 Lit. unhypocritical
Matthew 7:24-25
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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: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
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Genesis 22:18
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18 (A)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, (B)because you have obeyed My voice.”
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Genesis 15:7-8
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7 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who (A)brought you out of (B)Ur of the Chaldeans, (C)to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 And he said, “Lord God, (D)how shall I know that I will inherit it?”
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Genesis 12:7
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7 (A)Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, (B)“To your [a]descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an (C)altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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- Genesis 12:7 Lit. seed
James 2:14-16
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Faith Without Works Is Dead(A)
14 (B)What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 (C)If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and (D)one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
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Romans 10:16
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16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, (A)“Lord, who has believed our report?”
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Psalm 105:9-11
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9 (A)The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, (B)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
1 Peter 4:17
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17 For the time has come (A)for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, (B)what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
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Hebrews 11:33
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33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, (A)stopped the mouths of lions,
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Romans 6:17
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17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart (A)that form of doctrine to which you were [a]delivered.
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- Romans 6:17 entrusted
Romans 1:5
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5 Through Him (A)we have received grace and apostleship for (B)obedience to the faith among all nations (C)for His name,
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Ezekiel 36:24
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24 For (A)I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.
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Isaiah 51:2
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2 (A)Look to Abraham your father,
And to Sarah who bore you;
(B)For I called him alone,
And (C)blessed him and increased him.”
Isaiah 41:2
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2 “Who raised up one (A)from the east?
Who in righteousness called him to His feet?
Who (B)gave the nations before him,
And made him rule over kings?
Who gave them as the dust to his sword,
As driven stubble to his bow?
Nehemiah 9:7-8
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7 “You are the Lord God,
Who chose (A)Abram,
And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
And gave him the name (B)Abraham;
8 You found his heart (C)faithful before You,
And made a (D)covenant with him
To give the land of the Canaanites,
The Hittites, the Amorites,
The Perizzites, the Jebusites,
And the Girgashites—
To give it to his descendants.
You (E)have performed Your words,
For You are righteous.
Joshua 24:3
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3 (A)Then I took your father Abraham from the other side of [a]the River, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his [b]descendants and (B)gave him Isaac.
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- Joshua 24:3 The Euphrates
- Joshua 24:3 Lit. seed
Deuteronomy 9:5
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5 (A)It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out from before you, and that He may [a]fulfill the (B)word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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- Deuteronomy 9:5 perform
Genesis 17:8
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8 Also (A)I give to you and your descendants after you the land (B)in[a] which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and (C)I will be their God.”
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- Genesis 17:8 Lit. of your sojournings
Genesis 15:5
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5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and (A)count the (B)stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, (C)“So shall your (D)descendants be.”
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Genesis 13:15-17
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15 for all the land which you see (A)I give to you and (B)your [a]descendants forever. 16 And (C)I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
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- Genesis 13:15 Lit. seed
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