Reference: Promise
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Used by Paul to denote the spiritual gifts of God, chiefly the Messiah, the Holy Spirit, and the fullness of gospel blessings, of which an assurance was given to Abraham and other saints in behalf of themselves, and of believers who should come after them, Ro 4:13-14; Ga 3:14-29. The "children of the promise" are either Isaac's posterity, as distinguished from Ishmael's; Jews converted to Christianity; or all true believers, who by faith lay hold on the promise of salvation in Christ. In Heb 11:39, "promise" means the thing promised, Ac 1:4. The "exceeding great and precious promises" of God include all good things for this life and the future; which are infallibly secured to his people in Christ, 2Co 1:20; 1Ti 4:8; 2Pe 1:4. On the ground of the infinite merits of their Redeemer, infinite love, unbounded wisdom, and almighty power are pledged for their benefit; and having given them his only son, God will with him freely give them every inferior blessing he sees to be desirable for them, Ro 8:32.
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And assembling them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which [says he] you have heard from me;
For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith. For if the subjects of the law are heirs, the faith is done away and the promise abrogated.
He who spared not his Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
for all the promises of God, the yes in him, and the Amen in him, are for glory to God by us.
that the blessing of Abraham may come on the nations, in Christ Jesus, that we may receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith. Brothers, I speak according to man. But no one abolishes a man's covenant when it is established, or makes additions to it. read more. The promises were spoken to Abraham and his offspring. He said not, And to offsprings, as of many, but as of one, And to your offspring, which is Christ. And this I say; that the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot abrogate the covenant previously established by God, to make the promise of no effect. For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by the promise. But God gave it to Abraham by the promise. What then? The law was added on account of transgressions, till the offspring should come to which the promise was made, being appointed by angels by the hand of a mediator. But there is no mediator of one; but God is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? By no means. For if a law had been given, able to give life, righteousness would really have been by the law; but the Scripture has shut up all under sin, that the promise of the faith of Jesus Christ may be given to them that believe. But before the faith came, we were kept shut up under the law for the faith to be revealed. So that the law was our schoolmaster to lead to Christ, that we might be justified by faith; but the faith having come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For you are all children of God by the faith in Jesus Christ; for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither servant nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are of Christ, then are you Abraham's children and heirs according to the promise.
And none of these who became martyrs through faith received the promise,
Hastings
Although the OT is the record of God's promises to lowly saints and to anointed kings, to patriarchs and to prophets, to the nation of His choice and to the world at large, the word itself is rarely used in the English Version, and less frequently in the RV than in the AV. The Heb. noun d
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on account of which he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask;
And when they heard him they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might betray him at a convenient time.
Behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but remain in the city till you are endued with power from on high.
And assembling them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which [says he] you have heard from me;
Being therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out which you both see and hear.
For the promise is to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.
For the promise is to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.
And [God] gave him no inheritance in it, not the breadth of a foot, and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no son.
But when the time of the promise which God made with an oath to Abraham was at hand, the people increased and became numerous in Egypt,
and [although] they found no cause of death [in him], they requested of Pilate that he might be destroyed;
And we declare to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,
But do not therefore be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them lie in wait, who have taken an oath not to eat nor drink till they have killed him, and now they are ready, awaiting an answer from you.
And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
that is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are accounted the posterity.
for all the promises of God, the yes in him, and the Amen in him, are for glory to God by us.
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every defilement of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
that the blessing of Abraham may come on the nations, in Christ Jesus, that we may receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.
And if you are of Christ, then are you Abraham's children and heirs according to the promise.
But we, brothers, like Isaac, are children of the promise.
in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
Let us fear, therefore, lest at any time a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to come short.
that you be not stupid, but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
and so having waited long he obtained the promise.
for which cause, God wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, interposed with an oath,
And here, men who die receive tithes, but there, one of whom it is testified that he lives.
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that death having been for a redemption of transgressions [transgressors] under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
By faith he resided temporarily in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise;
And none of these who became martyrs through faith received the promise,
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
through which have been given us very great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world by inordinate desire,
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world.
And this is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
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PROMISE, an assurance given by God, in his word, of bestowing blessings upon his people, 2Pe 1:4. The word in the New Testament is usually taken for the promises that God heretofore made to Abraham, and the other patriarchs, of sending the Messiah, and conferring his Holy Spirit and eternal life on those that should believe on him. It is in this sense that the Apostle Paul commonly uses the word promise, Ro 4:13-14; Ga 3:14,17-18,21-22,29. The promises of the new covenant are called better than those of the old, Heb 8:6. because they are more spiritual, clear, comprehensive, and universal than those of the Mosaic covenant. The time of the promise, Ac 7:17, is the time of fulfilling the promise. The "children of the promise" are,
1. The Israelites descended from Isaac, in opposition to the Ishmaelites descended from Ishmael and Hagar.
2. The Jews converted to Christianity, in opposition to the obstinate Jews, who would not believe in Christ.
3. All true believers, who are born again by the supernatural power of God, and who by faith lay hold on the promise of salvation in Jesus Christ.
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But when the time of the promise which God made with an oath to Abraham was at hand, the people increased and became numerous in Egypt,
For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith. For if the subjects of the law are heirs, the faith is done away and the promise abrogated.
that the blessing of Abraham may come on the nations, in Christ Jesus, that we may receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.
And this I say; that the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot abrogate the covenant previously established by God, to make the promise of no effect. For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by the promise. But God gave it to Abraham by the promise.
Is the law then against the promises of God? By no means. For if a law had been given, able to give life, righteousness would really have been by the law; but the Scripture has shut up all under sin, that the promise of the faith of Jesus Christ may be given to them that believe.
And if you are of Christ, then are you Abraham's children and heirs according to the promise.
but now he has obtained a more excellent service, by as much also as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which is established on better promises.
through which have been given us very great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world by inordinate desire,