20 Bible Verses about God's Promise To Abraham

But the promises were spoken to Abraham and his seed. He does not say, And unto seeds, as of many; but as of one; And thy seed, which is Christ.

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

For if the inheritance were by law, it is no more by promise: but God gave it to Abraham through the promise.

and thus having waited long, he received the promise.

And we preach unto you the promise, which was made to the fathers,

And now for the hope of the promise which is from God to our fathers, I stand being judged:

who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises:

For I say that Christ has been made minister of circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises of the fathers,

and God gave him no inheritance in it, not the step of his foot; and he promised to give it to him, and his seed after him, for an inheritance, there being no child to him.

When the time of the promise which God made with Abraham drew nigh, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

For if the heirs were by the law, faith has been made void, and the promise vitiated.

Then what is the law? It was added on account of the transgressions, until the seed to whom the promise was made should come; being ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Then was the law against the promises of God? it could not be so. For if the law was given being able to create life, truly justification would have been by law:

but the scripture has shut up all things unto sin, in order that the promise through faith of Jesus Christ may be given to those who believe.

but God, in this wishing more abundantly to show forth to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

but he who did not derive his lineage from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him having the promises.

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

And by faith Sarah herself received power unto the conception of seed, even past the time of age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.

By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac: and the one having received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

that is the children of the flesh the same are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.