23 Bible Verses about God's Promise To Abraham

Now the promises were made to Abraham, and to his seed. He doth not say, "and to seeds," as of many; but as of one, "and to thy seed," which is Christ.

For the promise made to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of faith:

For if the inheritance be from the law, it is no more from the promise: whereas God gave it to Abraham by promise.

And thus waiting patiently he obtained the promise.

But he who was of the servant, was born according to the course of nature; whereas the son of the free-woman was by virtue of the promise.

And we bring you good tidings,

And now I stand arraigned for the hope of the promise which was made by God to our fathers:

who are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the form of divine worship, and the promises:

Now Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the manifestation of the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers:

though He gave him no inheritance in it, no not the breadth of a foot; but He promised to give it to him for a possession, even to his seed after him; though he had then no child."

But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.

for if they only that are of the law be heirs, faith is made useless, and the promise is become of no effect.

What then availeth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come, to whom the promise was made; and it was delivered by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? not at all: for if a law had been given, which could have confered life, certainly righteousness would have been by the law.

But the scripture hath shut up all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

Wherefore God being willing more abundantly to manifest unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it with an oath:

but he, whose pedigree is not reckoned among them, took tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

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

By faith also Sarah received strength to conceive seed, and brought forth a son when she was past age, because she accounted Him faithful who had promised.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he who had received the promises, offered up his only son;

Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of the promise.

That is, not the children of the flesh are the children of God, but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.

and of the same body, and joint-partakers of his promise in Christ, by the gospel: