Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.
Romans 4:1 - English Standard Version 2016 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [BUT] IF so, what shall we say about Abraham, our forefather humanly speaking–[what did he] find out? [How does this affect his position, and what was gained by him?] American Standard Version (1901) What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh? Common English Bible So what are we going to say? Are we going to find that Abraham is our ancestor on the basis of genealogy? Catholic Public Domain Version So then, what shall we say that Abraham had achieved, who is our father according to the flesh? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version WHAT shall we say then that Abraham hath found, who is our father according to the flesh. |
Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?”
“Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)
That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.
Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?