And ye are witnesses of these things. And behold I send the promise of my Father upon you:

And having assembled them together, he commanded them, not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard from me.

Being therefore exalted by the right-hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

And when the time of the promise which God had sworn to Abraham drew near, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, Till another king arose, who had not known Joseph.

Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

And we declare to you glad tidings, that the promise which was made to the fathers,

But do not yield to them; for there are more than forty of them lie in wait, who have bound themselves with a curse, neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, expecting a promise from thee.

And now I stand in judgment, for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers:

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham or to his seed by the law, but by the righteousness of faith.

For if they who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise of no effect.

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be of grace, that the promise might be firm to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (As it is written,

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

That is, not the children of the flesh are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

For this is the word of the promise, At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.

) That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

And this I say, the covenant which was before confirmed of God through Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of no effect.

For if the inheritance be by the law, it is no more by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Wherefore then was the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made: and it was ordained by angels, in the hand of a mediator.

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

And if ye are Christ's, then are ye the seed of Abraham, and heirs according to the promise.

And he of the bond-woman was born after the flesh, but he of the free-woman by promise.

Now we, brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise.

In whom ye likewise believed, after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom having believed, ye were also sealed by that Holy Spirit of promise,

being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise; having no hope, and without God in the world.

That the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and joint-partakers of his promise by Christ through the gospel,

thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise) That it may be well with thee,

For bodily exercise profiteth a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the present life, and of that which is to come.

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, according to the promise of eternal life,

Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entring into his rest, any of us should altogether come short of it.

For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater,

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Wherefore God being willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, interposed by an oath:

And for this end he is the Mediator of a new covenant, that by means of death for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the joint heirs of the same promise.

did not receive the promise, God having provided some better thing for us, that they might not be perfected without us.

While they promise them liberty, themselves are the slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him he is also brought into slavery.

walking after their own desires, Saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise (tho' some men count it slowness) but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Nevertheless we look for new heavens and a new earth, according to his promise, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

And this is the promise which he hath promised us, eternal life.