Genesis 15:1
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God's Covenant with Abram
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: (A)“Fear not, Abram, I am (B)your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
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Genesis 15:6-10
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6 And (A)he believed the Lord, and (B)he counted it to him as righteousness.
7 And he said to him, “I am the Lord who (C)brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans (D)to give you this land to possess.” 8 But he said, “O Lord God, (E)how am I to know that I shall possess it?” 9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 And he brought him all these, (F)cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But (G)he did not cut the birds in half.
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Genesis 15:17
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17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
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Genesis 17:7
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7 And I will (A)establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, (B)to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
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Genesis 17:9-12
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9 And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a (A)sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 He who is (B)eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or (C)bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring,
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Deuteronomy 10:16
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16 Circumcise therefore (A)the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer (B)stubborn.
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Deuteronomy 30:6
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6 And (A)the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, (B)so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
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Matthew 19:13-15
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Let the Children Come to Me
13 (A)Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples (B)rebuked the people, 14 but Jesus said, (C)“Let the little children (D)come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And he laid his hands on them and went away.
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Acts 2:38-39
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38 And Peter said to them, (A)“Repent and (B)be baptized every one of you (C)in the name of Jesus Christ (D)for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive (E)the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For (F)the promise is for you and (G)for your children and for all (H)who are far off, everyone (I)whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
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Romans 2:28-29
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Romans 4:3
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3 For what does the Scripture say? (A)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
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Romans 4:9
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9 Is this blessing then only for (A)the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? (B)For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.
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Romans 4:11
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11 (A)He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was (B)to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
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Romans 11:16-18
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16 (A)If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 But if (B)some of the branches were broken off, and you, (C)although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root[a] of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
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- Romans 11:17 Greek root of richness; some manuscripts richness
1 Corinthians 7:14
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14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. (A)Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
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Galatians 3:6-9
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6 just as (A)Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?
7 Know then that it is (B)those of faith who are (C)the sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that (D)God would justify[a] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, (E)“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
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- Galatians 3:8 Or count righteous; also verses 11, 24
Galatians 3:13-14
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13 Christ (A)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (B)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (C)on a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might (D)come to the Gentiles, so that (E)we might receive (F)the promised Spirit[a] through faith.
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- Galatians 3:14 Greek receive the promise of the Spirit
Galatians 3:27
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27 For as many of you as (A)were baptized (B)into Christ have (C)put on Christ.
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Galatians 3:29
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29 And (A)if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, (B)heirs according to promise.
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Colossians 2:11-12
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11 In him also (A)you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (C)having been buried with him in baptism, in which (D)you were also raised with him through faith in (E)the powerful working of God, (F)who raised him from the dead.
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