Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Bible References
If
Galatians 3:10
For there is a curse upon all who rely on obedience to the Law, for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who does not stand by everything that is written in the Book of the Law and obey it."
Galatians 2:21
I refuse to nullify the mercy of God. For if uprightness could be secured through law, then Christ died for nothing!
Romans 4:13
For the promise made to Abraham and his descendants that the world should belong to him did not come to him or his descendants through the Law, but through the uprightness that resulted from his faith.
Romans 8:17
and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too.
But
Galatians 3:16
Now the promises were made to Abraham and his line. It does not say, "and to your lines," in the plural, but in the singular, "and to your line," that is, Christ.
Luke 1:54
"He has helped his servant Israel, Remembering his mercy,
Hebrews 6:12
so that you may never grow careless, but may learn to follow the example of those who through their faith and endurance are the possessors of God's promises.