Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible








Even so Abraham "believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you will all the nations be blessed."

















Men swear by one greater than themselves, and in all their disputes the oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath,

the oath which he swore to our father Abraham: Verse ConceptsAbraham, New Testament ReferencesGod Swearing Blessings


So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.





For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, Verse ConceptsGod HimselfSwearing











nor are they all children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but, "Through Isaac shall your descendants be named." Verse ConceptsConcubinesChildren Of AbrahamDescendants ofSeeds










Even so Abraham "believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you will all the nations be blessed."