Romans 4:13
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.
Galatians 3:29
and if ye belong to Christ, then are ye Abrahams offspring, heirs according to the promise.
Romans 9:8
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.
Galatians 3:16-18
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.
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For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
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Galatians 3:16
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.
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Romans 4:11
And he received the outward sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all the uncircumcised who have faith, so that righteousness might be put to their account also;
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Galatians 4:28
But ye, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of a promise.