23 Bible Verses about God's Promise To Abraham

But the promises were made to Abraham and "to his offspring." He doth not say, "and to offsprings," as speaking of many, but, as speaking of one, "and to thy offspring," which is Christ.

For not through the Law was the promise made to Abraham or his offspring that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

for if the inheritance cometh from the Law, it ceaseth to be the consequence of the promise; but to Abraham God gave it by promise.

And so, having endured with patience, he obtained the promised blessing.

But the one by the bondwoman was born after the flesh; while the one by the freewoman was through the promise.

And we declare to you the glad tidings, that the promise which was made to the fathers

And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to the fathers,

who are Israelites; whom God adopted as sons, whose was the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of the sanctuary, and the promises;

For I say that Christ became a minister to the circumcised for the sake of Gods truth, in order to make sure the promises given to the fathers;

and he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on; and he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no child.

But as the time of the promise drew near, which God solemnly made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

For if they that are of the Law are heirs, then faith becometh a vain thing, and the promise is made of no effect.

To what end then was the Law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise belongeth, having been ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

Is then the Law against the promises of God? Far be it! For if a law had been given which was able to give life, righteousness would indeed have been by the Law;

but the Scripture shut up all under sin, that the blessing promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Wherefore God, wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, confirmed it by an oath,

but he whose descent is not reckoned from them took tithes of Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

By faith he sojourned in the land of the promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

Through faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive, even when she was past age, because she accounted him faithful who had promised.

By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his onlybegotten son,

But ye, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of a promise.

That is, not the children by natural descent are children of God, but the children to whom the promise is made are accounted as the offspring.

that the gentiles are fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers with us of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel;