And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, That God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendents; not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No, I would not have known sin, except by the law: for I would not have known lust, unless the law had said, You shall not covet.
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we showed them respect: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?