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Today’s Reading: Romans 4Download the entire schedule here (in .pdf format)

Paul, talking to those teaching that the Gentiles must become Jewish Proselytes in order to be Christians, turns to the case of Abraham, the father of the Jews, to show that his heirs are those that have the same faith, not the circumcision.

In his discussion of faith here, Paul is not speaking to how Jews and Gentiles are justified; he is talking about God’s righteousness. Abraham, the father of all the Jews, was himself the things (the law, circumcision, etc.) which the Christians of Jewish background were attempting …

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