So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Genesis 26:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised because Abraham listened to me and kept my mandate, my commands, my statutes, and my instructions.’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws. American Standard Version (1901) because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Common English Bible I will do this because Abraham obeyed me and kept my orders, my commandments, my statutes, and my instructions.” Catholic Public Domain Version because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed the ceremonies and the laws." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed my ceremonies and laws. |
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased #– #every male among the members of Abraham’s household #– #and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.
For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’
and said, ‘By myself I have sworn,’ this is the Lord’s declaration: ‘Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,
And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed my command.’
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
‘Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going.
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works in offering Isaac his son on the altar?