23 Bible Verses about God's Promise To Abraham

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

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

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

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

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

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

Who are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the worship of God, and the promises:

Now I say, Christ Jesus was a servant of the circumcision, for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers:

And he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not to set his foot on; yet he promised to give it him for a possession, even to his seed after him, when he had no child.

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.

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

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.

Is then the law against the promises of God? God forbid. But if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness would have been by the law.

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

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

But he whose pedigree is not from them, took tythes of Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises:

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.

By faith Sarah also herself received power to conceive seed, even when she was past age, because she accounted him faithful who had promised.

By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac, and he that had received the promises, offered up his only begotten son:

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

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

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