Therefore, having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out this that you see and hear.

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those [who are] far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself."

"But as the time of the promise that God had made to Abraham was drawing near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

From the descendants of this man, according to [his] promise, God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus.

And we proclaim the good news to you: that the promise that was made to the fathers,

this [promise] God has fulfilled to our children [by] raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have fathered you.'

And now I stand here on trial on the basis of hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, [that] he would be heir of the world, [was] not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.

For if those of the law [are] heirs, faith is rendered void and the promise is nullified.

Because of this, [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God

That is, [it is] not the children {by human descent} [who are] children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

For the statement of the promise [is] this: "At this time I will return and {Sarah will have} a son."

in order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Now I am saying this: the law, that came after four hundred and thirty years, does not revoke a covenant previously ratified by God, in order to nullify the promise.

For if the inheritance [is] from the law, [it is] no longer from the promise, but God graciously gave [it] to Abraham through the promise.

But the scripture imprisoned all under sin, in order that the promise could be given by faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.

And if you [are] Christ's, then you are descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

But the one by the female slave was born according to human descent, and the one by the free woman through the promise,

But you, brothers, are children of the promise, just as Isaac.

that you were at that time apart from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope, and without God in the world.

[that] the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),

For the training of the body is {somewhat} profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, [because it] holds promise for the present life and for the [life] to come.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of life which [is] in Christ Jesus,

Therefore let us fear, [while there] remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of [it].

For [when] God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself,

And so, [by] persevering, he obtained the promise.

In the same way God, [because he] wanted to show even more to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his resolve, guaranteed [it] with an oath,

And because of this, he is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that, [because] a death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions [committed] during the first covenant, those who are the called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.

and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For {ever since} the fathers fell asleep, all [things] have continued just as they have been from the beginning of creation."

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness resides.

And this is the promise which he himself promised us: eternal life.