41 Bible Verses about Promises

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

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

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

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.

Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

For whatever promises of God there are, are in him yes, and in him amen, to the glory of God by us.

that you may not become slothful, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

let us hold fast the unwavering confession of our hope, for he is faithful who has promised;

through which things very great and precious favors that were promised have been given us, that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through desire:

that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the community of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and having no God in the world:

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

All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. and having embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.

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 creation.

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

and being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform.

who are Israelites, to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;

But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which is established with reference to better promises.

And all these, having obtained a good reputation by faith, received not the promise,

And so, when he had waited patiently, he received the promises.

The Lord does not delay concerning his promise, as some men count delay, but he is long-suffering toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every pollution of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, nor to his posterity, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.

What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added on account of transgressions, (till the offspring should come, to whom the promise was made,) having been appointed through the service of angels, in the hand of a mediator.

And as the time of the promise which God had made with an oath to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

And for this reason, he is the mediator of the new covenant: that, since his death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions that were under the former covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Honor your father and your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

And blessed is she who believed; for there shall be a fulfillment of the things which were spoken to her from the Lord.