For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
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, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,
and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.
For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,
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