For no promise from God shall fail to be fulfilled."

Happy indeed is she who believed that the promise which she received from the Lord would be fulfilled."

And once, when he had gathered them together, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the fulfillment of the Father's promise-- "that promise," he said, "of which you have heard me speak;

For the promise is for you and for your children, and also for all those now far away, who may be called by the Lord our God."

As the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people increased largely in numbers in Egypt,

It was from this man's descendants that God, in accordance with his promise, gave Israel a Savior--Jesus;

We also have good news to tell you, about the promise made to our ancestors--

That our children have had this promise completely fulfilled to them by God, by his raising Jesus. That is just what is said in the second Psalm--'Thou art my Son; this day I have become thy Father.'

But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have taken an oath that they will not eat or drink, till they have made away with him; and they are at this very moment in readiness, counting upon your promise."

Felix, however, adjourned the case--though he had a fairly accurate knowledge of all that concerned the Cause--with the promise: "When Lysias, the commanding Officer, comes down, I will give my decision in your case."

Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial--

A promise which our Twelve Tribes, by earnest service night and day, hope to see fulfilled. It is for this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused--and by Jews themselves!

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

If those who take their stand on Law are to inherit the world, then faith is robbed of its meaning and the promise comes to nothing!

That is why all is made to depend upon faith, that all may be God's gift, and in order that the fulfillment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham's descendants-not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the Father of us all;

He was not led by want of faith to doubt God's promise.

This means that it is not the children born in the course of nature who are God's Children, but it is the children born in fulfillment of the Promise who are to be regarded as Abraham's descendants.

For these words are the words of a promise-'About this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.'

My point is this--An agreement already confirmed by God cannot be canceled by the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to cause the promise to be set aside.

If our heritage is the result of Law, then it has ceased to be the result of a promise. Yet God conferred it on Abraham by a promise.

What, then, you ask, was the use of the Law? It was a later addition, to make men conscious of their wrong-doings, and intended to last only till the coming of that 'offspring' to whom the promise had been made; and it was delivered through angels by a mediator.

And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham's offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.

But the child of the slave-woman was born in the course of nature, while the child of the free woman was born in fulfillment of a promise.

As for ourselves, brothers, we, like Isaac, are children born in fulfillment of a promise.

Remember that you were at that time far from Christ; you were shut out from the citizenship of Israel; you were strangers to the Covenants founded on God's Promise; you were in the world without hope and without God.

That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the Good News, the Gentiles are co-heirs with us and members of one Body, and that they share with us in God's Promise.

To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise;

'Honor thy father and mother'--this is the first Commandment with a promise--'

for while the training of the body is of service in some respects, religion is of service in all, carrying with it, as it does, a promise of Life both here and hereafter.

and so they bring condemnation upon themselves for having broken their previous promise.

We must, therefore, be very careful, though there is a promise still standing that we shall enter upon God's Rest, that none of you even appear to have missed it.

Since, then, there is still a promise that some shall enter upon this Rest, and since those who were first told the Good News did not enter upon it, because of their disbelief,

When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself.

And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfillment of God's promise.

Let us maintain the confession of our hope unshaken, for he who has given us his promise will not fail us.

You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.

It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land--as in a strange country--living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for child-bearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her.

Yet, though they all won renown by their faith, they did not obtain the final fulfillment of God's promise;

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a man is the slave of anything to which he gives way.

The Lord is not slow to fulfil his promise, as some count slowness; but he is forbearing with you, as it is not his will that any of you should perish, but that all should be brought to repentance.

but we look for 'new heavens and a new earth,' where righteousness shall have its home, in fulfillment of the promise of God.