Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible








Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness. Know, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, proclaimed beforehand the Gospel to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."

















For men swear by the greater; and the oath for confirmation is an end, to them, of every dispute: wherein God, more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of His counsel, interposed with an oath;

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


wherein God, more abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of His counsel, interposed with an oath; that, through two immutable facts, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us;





For God, when making a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, swore by Himself, Verse ConceptsGod HimselfSwearing











neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children; but, "In Isaac shall your seed be called." Verse ConceptsConcubinesChildren Of AbrahamDescendants ofSeeds










Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness. Know, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, proclaimed beforehand the Gospel to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."