So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Genesis 26:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” Flere versionerKing 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 departed from Haran.
Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.
No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
and said, “By myself I have sworn, says the Lord: Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
“Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he set out, not knowing where he was going.
Was not our ancestor Abraham justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?