23 Bible Verses about God's Promise To Abraham

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ.

The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that he would be heir of the world, was not through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

And so Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

But the son by the slave was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise.

And we preach to you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,

And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised to show God's truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even though he had no child, he promised that he would give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.

"But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

For if those who are of the law are to be the heirs, faith has no value and the promise is void,

Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given which could impart life, then righteousness would indeed have come by the law.

But the Scripture has bound everyone under sin, so that that what was promised by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath,

But this man whose genealogy is not derived from them received a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

By faith he lived in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise;

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

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son,

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

In other words, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendants.

that is, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs and members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.