He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

according to the promise he made to our ancestors to Abraham and his descendants forever."

"Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace according to your promise,

For this promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are distant, whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

"Now as the time approached for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people's population increased a great deal in Egypt.

"And now I stand here on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our ancestors.

For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the Law, but through the righteousness produced by faith.

For if those who were given the Law are the heirs, then faith is useless and the promise is worthless,

Therefore, the promise is based on faith, so that it may be a matter of grace and may be guaranteed for all of Abraham's descendants not only for those who were given the Law, but also for those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

nor did he doubt God's promise out of a lack of faith. Instead, his faith became stronger and he gave glory to God,

That is, it is not merely the children born through natural descent who were regarded as God's children, but it is the children born through the promise who were regarded as descendants.

For this is the language of the promise: "At this time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

This is what I mean: The Law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.

For if the inheritance comes about through the Law, it no longer comes about through the promise. But it was through a promise that God so graciously gave it to Abraham.

Why, then, was the Law added? Because of transgressions, until the descendant came about whom the promise pertained. It was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

And if you belong to the Messiah, then you are Abraham's descendants indeed, and heirs according to the promise.

Now the slave woman's son was conceived through human means, while the free woman's son was conceived through divine promise.

So you, brothers, are children of the promise, like Isaac.

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

"Honor your father and mother"" (This is a very important commandment with a promise.)

From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by God's will in keeping with the promise of life that is in the Messiah Jesus.

Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it,

For when God made his promise to Abraham, he swore an oath by himself, since he had no one greater to swear by.

In the same way, when God wanted to make the unchangeable character of his purpose perfectly clear to the heirs of his promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,

Let us continue to hold firmly to the hope that we confess without wavering, for the one who made the promise is faithful.

By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who also inherited the same promise,

By faith Sarah, even though she was old and barren, received the strength to conceive, because she was convinced that the one who had made the promise was faithful.

by saying, "What happened to the Messiah's promise to return? Ever since our ancestors died, everything continues as it did from the beginning of creation."

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some people understand slowness, but is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to perish, but wants everyone to repent.

But in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.