Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
The covenant
And in
General references
Bible References
The covenant
Luke 1:72
to perform mercy towards our fathers, and to remember his own holy covenant:
Romans 9:4
who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the gift of the law, and the sacred service, and the promises;
Romans 15:8
Now I say that Jesus Christ was the minister of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
Galatians 3:29
But if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
And in
Romans 4:13
For not by the law [came] the promise to Abraham and his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but by the righteousness of faith.
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture foreseeing that by faith God would justify the Gentiles, preached the gospel before unto Abraham, saying, that "In thee shall all the nations be blessed."
General references
Galatians 4:28
So we, brethren, as Isaac, are the children of the promise.