41 Bible Verses about Promises

and this is the reward that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

that is, the children by natural descent are not thereby the children of God: but the children of the promise are alone considered as his posterity.

for it is necessary you should persevere, that after having perform'd what God has commanded, you may receive what he has promised.

for the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

therefore the inheritance is of faith, that it might be meerly of favour, to the end the promise might be assured to all his posterity, not to that part only who have the law, but to that also who have the faith of Abraham, the father of us all, as it is written,

for all the promises of God do center in him, and are verifyed by him to the glory of God by our preaching.

but imitate the example of those who by faith and patience have obtain'd the inheritance that was promis'd to them.

Let us stedfastly maintain the hope which we have avow'd, since he is faithful that has promised:

by which we have receiv'd the most inestimable promises, that thereby you might become partakers of the divine perfections, after having escap'd from the corruption of a sensual world.

that at that time ye were without all knowledge of the Messiah, being aliens from the common-wealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and living in the world without any true knowledge of God.

and if you belong to Christ, you are Abraham's offspring, and his heirs by virtue of the promise.

These all died in faith, without receiving what was promised, having only a distant view of what they eagerly expected, professing to live as strangers and pilgrims in the land.

"where is the promise of his coming? for since our fathers are dead, the state of things is the same it has ever been since the beginning of the world."

by whom you also have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: and having believed in him, ye were mark'd with the seal of the holy spirit, which was promised:

by the full persuasion he had, that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

who are Israelites; who had the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the law, the form of divine worship, and the promises;

Our high priest then has obtained a priesthood so much the more excellent, as he is the mediator of a better alliance, established upon better promises.

Tho' these were all celebrated for their faith, they did not receive the reward that was promised:

and after he had patiently waited, he obtained what was promised.

the Lord does not delay the accomplishment of his promise, as some do imagine. but he waits with patience upon our account, as being unwilling that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

since then, we have these promises, my dear brethren, let us cleanse our selves from all impurity, whether of body or mind, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Besides, the promise that he should possess the world, was not made to Abraham, or to his posterity in consideration of the law, but with regard to the righteousness by faith.

"To what purpose then was the law?" it was added as a check to transgressors, till the offspring should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels with the intervention of a mediator.

now while the time was approaching to accomplish what God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew numerous in Egypt,

and for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that, the transgressions that were unexpiated by the first testament, being expiated by his death, they who are called might receive the eternal inheritance, which was promised.

the first commandment with a promise annexed, is, "honour thy father and mother,

blessed is she that has believed; for what she has heard from the Lord, shall be accomplished."