21 Bible Verses about The promises of God

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every defilement of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

through which have been given us very great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world by inordinate desire,

And if you are of Christ, then are you Abraham's children and heirs according to the promise.

By faith he resided temporarily in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise;

for which cause, God wishing more abundantly to show to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, interposed with an oath,

but when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

But when the time of the promise which God made with an oath to Abraham was at hand, the people increased and became numerous in Egypt,

Of the posterity of this man, according to his promise, has God raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

and raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant; as he said by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old; A salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us, read more.
to perform his mercy with our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,

And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be an accomplishment of the words spoken to her by the Lord.

But we, according to his promise, look for a new heaven and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness.

And Mary said, Behold, I am the servant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.

What then? The law was added on account of transgressions, till the offspring should come to which the promise was made, being appointed by angels by the hand of a mediator.

The promises were spoken to Abraham and his offspring. He said not, And to offsprings, as of many, but as of one, And to your offspring, which is Christ.

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their minds, and will write them in their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

that you be not stupid, but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

For you have need of patience, that having done the will of God you may receive the promise.

For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

For if the inheritance is by the law, it is no longer by the promise. But God gave it to Abraham by the promise.

that is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are accounted the posterity.

But we, brothers, like Isaac, are children of the promise.

He has helped Israel his servant, and remembered his mercy, as he said to our fathers, to Abraham and his posterity forever.

For I will be merciful to their wickedness, and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more.

Being therefore exalted on the right hand of God, and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured this out which you both see and hear.

in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Let us fear, therefore, lest at any time a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to come short.

For the promise to Abraham and his posterity that he should inherit the world was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

Therefore it is by faith that it may be by grace, that the promise may be sure to all the posterity, not to that of the law only but to that of the faith of Abraham, who is a father of us all,

let us hold firmly the profession of the faith, without declining; for he is faithful that promised;

for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,

And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, which our twelve tribes, serving God continually, day and night, hope to attain; of this hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

And we declare to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,

for the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie announced before eternal ages,

And this is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

and will be to you a father, and you shall be to me sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every defilement of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Hear, my beloved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

for all the promises of God, the yes in him, and the Amen in him, are for glory to God by us.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every defilement of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

but the Scripture has shut up all under sin, that the promise of the faith of Jesus Christ may be given to them that believe.

that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world;

And this I say; that the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot abrogate the covenant previously established by God, to make the promise of no effect.

Is the law then against the promises of God? By no means. For if a law had been given, able to give life, righteousness would really have been by the law;

for bodily exercise profits little; but piety is profitable in all things, having a promise of the present life and of the life to come.

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

By faith also Sarah herself received power to become a mother, even beyond the usual age, because she regarded him faithful that promised.

who by faith subdued kingdoms, performed righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

that the gentiles are co-heirs and of the same body and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,

knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers shall come with scoffing walking after their inordinate desires, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world.

But we, according to his promise, look for a new heaven and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness.

PAUL, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart to the gospel of God,??2 which he promised by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,??3 concerning his Son born of the posterity of David as to the flesh,

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world.

and he did not doubt the promise of God by unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,

through which have been given us very great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world by inordinate desire,

For I say that Christ was made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers,

but now he has obtained a more excellent service, by as much also as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which is established on better promises.

Let us fear, therefore, lest at any time a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to come short.

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

who are Israelites, whose are the adoption and the glory, and the covenants and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises,

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

And assembling them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which [says he] you have heard from me;