Matthew Cross References - WPNT

¹ A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. ² Abraham begot Isaac, then Isaac begot Jacob, then Jacob begot Judah and his brothers; ³ then Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, then Perez begot Hezron, then Hezron begot Ram; ⁴ then Ram begot Amminadab, then Amminadab begot Nahshon, then Nahshon begot Salmon; ⁵ then Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, then Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, then Obed begot Jesse; ⁶ then Jesse begot David the king. Then King David begot Solomon by her who had been of Uriah, ⁷ then Solomon begot Rehoboam, then Rehoboam begot Abijah, then Abijah begot Asa; ⁸ then Asa begot Jehoshaphat, then Jehoshaphat begot Joram, then Joram begot Uzziah; ⁹ then Uzziah begot Jotham, then Jotham begot Ahaz, then Ahaz begot Hezekiah; ¹⁰ then Hezekiah begot Manasseh, then Manasseh begot Amon, then Amon begot Josiah; ¹¹ then Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time of the Babylonian captivity. ¹² After the Babylonian captivity Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, then Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel; ¹³ then Zerubbabel begot Abiud, then Abiud begot Eliakim, then Eliakim begot Azor; ¹⁴ then Azor begot Zadok, then Zadok begot Achim, then Achim begot Eliud; ¹⁵ then Eliud begot Eleazar, then Eleazar begot Matthan, then Matthan begot Jacob; ¹⁶ then Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom was begotten Jesus, who is called Christ. ¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David until the Babylonian captivity are fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian captivity until the Christ are fourteen generations. ¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they joined together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, decided to repudiate her secretly. ²⁰ But while he pondered these things, wow, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, because that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ And she will give birth to a Son and you will call His name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.” ²² Now all this happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely: ²³ “Behold, the virgin will become pregnant and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel”, which being translated is, ‘God with us’. ²⁴ Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as that angel of the Lord commanded him and received his wife, ²⁵ but did not know her until she had given birth to her son, the firstborn. And he called His name JESUS.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they joined together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

¹ Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men (magi) from the East came into Jerusalem, ² saying: “Where is he who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the East and have come to worship him.”

¹⁶ And having been baptized Jesus came up directly from the water, when wow, the heavens were opened to Him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and alighting upon Him.

²⁷ As Jesus went on from there two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

²² And then, a Canaanite woman coming from those parts cried out to Him saying: “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demonized.”

⁴² saying, “What do you think about the Christ; whose Son is He?” They say to Him, “David’s”. ⁴³ He says to them: “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’ saying, ⁴⁴ ‘The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I place your enemies as a footstool for your feet”’? ⁴⁵ Really now, if David calls Him ‘Lord’, how can He be his son?”

³¹ Now then, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS. ³² He will be great, and will be called ‘Son of the Most High’; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

⁶⁹ and has raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of His servant David ⁷⁰ — just as He spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from antiquity—

²³ (Beginning His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (so it was supposed) a son of Joseph, Jesus Himself was of Eli, ²⁴ of Matthan, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph, ²⁵ of Mattathiah, of Amos, of Nahum, of Esli, of Naggai, ²⁶ of Maath, of Mattathiah, of Semei, of Joseph, of Judah, ²⁷ of Joannan, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Shealtiel, of Neri, ²⁸ of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er, ²⁹ of Jose, of Eliezer, of Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi, ³⁰ of Simeon, of Judah, of Joseph, of Jonam, of Eliakim, ³¹ of Melea, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David, ³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz, of Salmon, of Nahshon, ³³ of Amminadab, of Aram, of Joram, of Hezron, of Perez, of Judah, ³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nahor, ³⁵ of Serug, of Reu, of Peleg, of Eber, of Shela, ³⁶ of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem, of Noah, of Lamech, ³⁷ of Methuselah, of Enoch, of Jared, of Mahalaleel, of Cainan, ³⁸ of Enosh, of Seth, of Adam, of God.)

⁴² Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ comes out of the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”

³⁰ So then, he being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath that of the fruit, according to flesh, of his loins He would raise up the Messiah to sit on his throne,

²² And removing him He raised up for them David as king, about whom He gave witness and said: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will’. ²³ God, from this man’s seed, according to promise, has brought Salvation to Israel,

³ concerning His Son, who became a physical descendant of David,

¹³ Now the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or his seed, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.

⁵ The patriarchs are theirs, and from them came the Christ (the physical part), who is over all, God forever blessed. Amen.

¹⁶ But to Abraham were spoken the promises, and to his Seed. He doesn’t say “and to seeds”, as about many, but “and to your seed”, as about one, who is Christ.

¹⁶ “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you, in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning Star.

³³ of Amminadab, of Aram, of Joram, of Hezron, of Perez, of Judah, ³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nahor,

⁸ And He gave him a covenant of circumcision; and so he begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac did the same to Jacob, and Jacob to the twelve patriarchs.

⁷ Neither are they all ‘children’ because they are Abraham’s descendants; but, “in Isaac will your seed be called”. ⁸ That is, it is not the physical children who are God’s ‘children’, but the children of the promise are regarded as ‘seed’. ⁹ For this is the word of promise: “At this season I will come, and Sarah will have a son.” ¹⁰ Not only that, but also when Rebecca had conceived twins by our forefather Isaac ¹¹ (though they had not yet been born, not having done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls), ¹² it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger”. ¹³ As it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord arose out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

¹¹ By faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the normal age, since she judged Him faithful who had promised.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, upon being tested, offered up Isaac; yes, he who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his only begotten, ¹⁸ of whom it had been said, “Through Isaac will your seed be reckoned,”

⁵ From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

³³ of Amminadab, of Aram, of Joram, of Hezron, of Perez, of Judah,

³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz, of Salmon, of Nahshon,

³¹ By faith the prostitute Rahab, having received the spies in peace, did not perish with the disobedient.

²⁵ Similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different way?

³ Further, what the law could not do, in that it was weak due to the flesh, God has done by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned the sin in the flesh,

²⁷ of Joannan, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Shealtiel, of Neri,

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they joined together, she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, decided to repudiate her secretly. ²⁰ But while he pondered these things, wow, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, because that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ And she will give birth to a Son and you will call His name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.” ²² Now all this happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely: ²³ “Behold, the virgin will become pregnant and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel”, which being translated is, ‘God with us’. ²⁴ Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as that angel of the Lord commanded him and received his wife, ²⁵ but did not know her until she had given birth to her son, the firstborn. And he called His name JESUS.

¹³ Now when they had departed, again, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying: “Get up, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt and stay there until I tell you; because Herod is about to seek the young Child to destroy Him.”

¹⁷ So while they were assembled Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Messiah?”

²² Pilate says to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Messiah?” They all say to him, “Let Him be crucified!”

³ Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they took offense at Him.

²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; the virgin’s name was Mary.

³¹ Now then, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS. ³² He will be great, and will be called ‘Son of the Most High’; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, ³³ and He will reign over the house of Jacob into the ages; indeed, of His kingdom there will be no end!” ³⁴ So Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I do not know a man?” ³⁵ In answer the angel said to her: “Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will hover over you; precisely for this reason the holy One who is to be born will be called ‘Son of God’!

⁴ So Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of Natsareth town, into Judea to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because he was of David’s ‘house’, that is, line of descent, ⁵ to enroll himself with Mary, the woman who had been betrothed to him, who was pregnant.

⁷ and she gave birth to her firstborn Son, wrapped Him in pieces of cloth and laid Him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the lodging place.

¹⁰ The angel said to them: “Do not be afraid because listen, I am announcing the most joyful news to you, which will be to all the people! ¹¹ You see, today, in David’s city, a Savior was born to you, who is Lord Christ!

⁴⁸ So upon seeing Him they were amazed, and His mother said to Him: “Son, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in distress.”

²³ (Beginning His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (so it was supposed) a son of Joseph, Jesus Himself was of Eli,

²² (All were bearing witness to Him and were marveling at the gracious words that were coming out of His mouth; and they started saying, “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?”)

²⁵ The woman says to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes He will explain everything to us.”

¹¹ then Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time of the Babylonian captivity. ¹² After the Babylonian captivity Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, then Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel;

² But John, hearing in prison about the works of the Messiah, sent two of his disciples

⁴¹ He first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated ‘Christ’).

¹ A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

²⁵ “So that’s what the Lord has done for me in the days when He concerned Himself to take away my reproach among the people!”

²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; the virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸ So upon entering where she was the angel said, “Rejoice, recipient of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!” ²⁹ But upon seeing him she was perplexed at his word and was trying to figure out what sort of greeting it might be. ³⁰ The angel said to her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God. ³¹ Now then, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS. ³² He will be great, and will be called ‘Son of the Most High’; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, ³³ and He will reign over the house of Jacob into the ages; indeed, of His kingdom there will be no end!” ³⁴ So Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I do not know a man?” ³⁵ In answer the angel said to her: “Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will hover over you; precisely for this reason the holy One who is to be born will be called ‘Son of God’! ³⁶ Furthermore, your relative Elizabeth, she has actually conceived a son in her old age and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren; ³⁷ because any word spoken by God will be possible.” ³⁸ So Mary said: “Yes, I am the Lord’s slave! Let it happen to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

⁴ But at just the right time God sent out His Son, born of a woman, born under law, ⁵ so that He might redeem those under law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

²⁶ Now such a High Priest was fitting for us—holy, innocent, undefiled, having been set apart from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens—

⁵ Therefore, upon coming into the world He says: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for me;

²⁰ because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a just and holy man. And consulting him he would do many things; indeed, he would hear him with pleasure.

⁴ They said, “Moses permitted one to write a certificate of divorce and to put away”.

²⁵ Well now, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, expectantly waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and Holy Spirit was upon him.

⁴ they say to Him: “Teacher, we found this woman committing adultery, in the very act. ⁵ Now in our law Moses commanded that such women are to be stoned; so what do you say?”

²² So they said: “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by an angel to summon you to his house, and to hear words from you.”

¹⁹ Now Herod having died, there, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

²² But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in a dream he proceeded into the region of Galilee.

⁵ Now the angel spoke up and said to the women: “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for the Jesus who was crucified.

¹⁰ and the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense. ¹¹ Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense; ¹² and upon seeing him Zacharias was shaken, and a fear fell upon him. ¹³ But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, because your prayer was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

¹⁹ So in answer the angel said to him: “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God; I was sent to speak to you and bring you this good news.

²⁶ Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee named Natsareth,

⁴ So Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of Natsareth town, into Judea to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because he was of David’s ‘house’, that is, line of descent,

⁸ Now there were shepherds in that same area, staying out in the field and keeping the nightly watches over their flock. ⁹ When wow, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. ¹⁰ The angel said to them: “Do not be afraid because listen, I am announcing the most joyful news to you, which will be to all the people! ¹¹ You see, today, in David’s city, a Savior was born to you, who is Lord Christ! ¹² And this is the sign to you: you will find a Baby wrapped in pieces of cloth, lying in a manger.” ¹³ Suddenly a multitude of the heavenly army was with the angel praising God and saying, ¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward mankind!”

¹³ But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, because your prayer was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

³¹ Now then, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS.

³⁵ In answer the angel said to her: “Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will hover over you; precisely for this reason the holy One who is to be born will be called ‘Son of God’! ³⁶ Furthermore, your relative Elizabeth, she has actually conceived a son in her old age and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren;

¹¹ You see, today, in David’s city, a Savior was born to you, who is Lord Christ!

²¹ When eight days were completed so as to circumcise Him, His name was indeed called JESUS, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

²⁹ The next day John sees Jesus coming toward him and says, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

²⁶ God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to you first, to bless you by turning each of you away from your iniquities.”

¹² Also, the salvation does not exist in anyone else, because there is no other name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved.”

³¹ Him God has exalted to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

²³ God, from this man’s seed, according to promise, has brought Salvation to Israel,

³⁸ Therefore, let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you; ³⁹ and by Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the Law of Moses.

²⁵ Husbands, love your own wives just as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up on her behalf, ²⁶ in order that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of the water: in a word, ²⁷ that He might present her—the splendid Church—to Himself, not having a blemish or a wrinkle or any such thing, but that she be holy and blameless.

²⁰ and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross —through Him, whether things on the earth or things on the heavens. ²¹ So now He has reconciled you as well (you who once were alienated and hostile in your mind because of your wicked works), ²² by His physical body through His death, so as to present you before Him holy and blameless and above reproach — ²³ if, that is, you continue in the faith established and firm, not drifting away from the hope of the Gospel, that you heard and that was proclaimed in all the creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

¹⁴ who gave Himself for us, so that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.

²⁵ Therefore He is able to save absolutely those who come to God through Him, since He always lives and can intercede on their behalf.

⁷ But if we walk in the light just as He is in the light we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

¹ My dear children, I am writing these things to you so that you not sin; if someone does sin, we have an Advocate in the Father’s presence, righteous Jesus Christ— ² also, He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; not concerning ours only but also concerning those of the whole world.

⁵ And you know that He was revealed in order to remove our sins—in Him there is no sin.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins with His own blood ⁶ —indeed, He made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁴ So I said to him, “My lord, you know.” So he said to me: “These are those who come out of the Great Tribulation—they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵ And he was there until the death of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely: “Out of Egypt I called my Son.”

²³ And upon arriving he settled in a city called Natsareth [Branch-town], so that what was spoken through the prophets should be fulfilled, that He would be called a Natsorean [Branch-man].

¹⁷ “Do not suppose that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

¹⁷ so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet should be fulfilled, namely: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”

¹⁷ so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, namely:

²¹ but he has no root in himself and is short-lived; for when trial or persecution comes because of the word, directly he is offended.

³⁵ so that what was spoken through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

²² Because these are days of vengeance, that all the written things may be fulfilled.

⁴⁴ Then He said to them, “These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything that is written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.”

³⁵ If He called them ‘gods’ to whom the Word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken —

³⁸ so that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet should be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what we heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD really been revealed?” ³⁹ Therefore they were unable to believe, in that Isaiah said again: ⁴⁰ “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes and understand with their hearts and should turn around, and I would heal them.”

²⁵ However, this was so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’

¹² While I was with them in the world I kept them in Your name. I protected those whom You gave me, and not one of them was lost except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

⁹ so that the word that He spoke might be fulfilled, “Of those you have given me I did not lose even one.”

³⁶ Because these things happened so that the Scripture should be fulfilled: “Not a bone of His will be broken.” ³⁷ And again another Scripture says: “They will look on Him whom they pierced.”

¹⁸ But the things that God foretold through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Messiah would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.

²⁷ The Jerusalem dwellers and their rulers, understanding neither Him nor the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him. ²⁸ Though they found no cause for death, they asked Pilate to have Him executed. ²⁹ When they had fulfilled all things that were written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and placed Him in a tomb.

¹⁷ Because God put it into their hearts to perform His purpose, even to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the Beast, until the words of God should be fulfilled.

²⁰ teaching them to obey everything that I commanded you; and take note, I am with you every day, until the end of the age!” Amen.

¹⁴ So the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we observed His glory, glory of an Only-begotten, from the Father, full of grace and truth.

⁹ Now the Lord said to Paul by a vision at night: “Do not be afraid; rather speak and do not keep silent,

³ concerning His Son, who became a physical descendant of David, ⁴ who was established to be God’s powerful Son (according to His spirit of holiness) by resurrection from the dead —Jesus Christ our Lord—

¹⁹ namely that in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, including committing to us the message of this reconciliation.

¹⁶ Yes, the mystery of our religion is confessedly great: God was manifested in flesh, was vindicated in spirit, was revealed to angels, was proclaimed among nations, was believed in the world, was received up in glory!

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the nations might hear. Also, I was delivered out of a lion’s mouth;

²² The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. The Grace be with you. Amen.

⁵ His mother says to the servants, “Do whatever He may tell you.” ⁶ (Now there were six stone waterpots set there, according to the purification rites of the Jews, containing 20 or 30 gallons each.) ⁷ Jesus says to them, “Fill the pots with water.” So they filled them to the brim. ⁸ So He says to them, “Now, draw some out and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So they took it.

¹⁴ You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.

⁷ By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that is according to faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham, upon being called to go forth to the place that he would receive as an inheritance, obeyed and went, though not being acquainted with where he was going.

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵ choosing rather to be maltreated along with God’s people than to have the temporary pleasure of sin, ²⁶ considering the reproach of Christ to be greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; because he was looking ahead to the reward. ²⁷ By faith he left Egypt behind, not fearing the king’s rage, because he persevered as though seeing Him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them. ²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry ground, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were swallowed up. ³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, having been encircled for seven days. ³¹ By faith the prostitute Rahab, having received the spies in peace, did not perish with the disobedient.

²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You can see that faith was acting together with his works, and the faith was made complete by the works. ²³ And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “So Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called ‘friend of God’. ²⁴ You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. ²⁵ Similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different way? ²⁶ For just as the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

²¹ And she will give birth to a Son and you will call His name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

²⁹ Because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.