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
Showing mercy to our forefathers, And mindful of his sacred Covenant.
Romans 9:4
For they are Israelites, and theirs are the adoption as Sons, the visible Presence, the Covenants, the revealed Law, the Temple worship, and the Promises.
Romans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ, in vindication of God's truthfulness, has become a minister of the Covenant of Circumcision, so that he may fulfil the promises made to our ancestors,
Galatians 3:29
And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham's offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.
And in
Romans 4:13
For the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through Law, but through the righteousness due to faith.
Galatians 3:8
And Scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the Good News to Abraham in the words--'Through thee all the Gentiles shall be blessed.'
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Galatians 4:28
As for ourselves, brothers, we, like Isaac, are children born in fulfillment of a promise.