'Promise' in the Bible
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
But as at that time the child [of ordinary birth] born according to the flesh persecuted the son who was born according to [the promise and working of] the Spirit, so it is now also.
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
which is the first command with a promise, 'That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,
I, Paul, write this with my own hand, I will repay it in full (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Therefore, since the promise remains for some to enter His rest, and those who formerly had the good news preached to them failed to [grasp it and did not] enter because of [their unbelief evidenced by] disobedience,
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.
But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.
For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Let us continue to hold firmly to the hope that we confess without wavering, for the one who made the promise is faithful.
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
By faith Sarah, even though she was old and barren, received the strength to conceive, because she was convinced that the one who had made the promise was faithful.
By faith Joseph, when he was dying, referred to [the promise of God for] the exodus of the sons of Israel [from Egypt], and gave instructions concerning [the burial of] his bones [in the land of the promise].
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
His voice shook the earth [at Mount Sinai] then, but now He has given a promise, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the [starry] heaven.”
Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
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.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
This is the message [of God’s promised revelation] which we have heard from Him and now announce to you, that God is Light [He is holy, His message is truthful, He is perfect in righteousness], and in Him there is no darkness at all [no sin, no wickedness, no imperfection].
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
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- Aforepromised (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Compromise (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Compromises (2 instances in 2 translations)
- Long-promised (1 instance in 1 translation)
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- Promising (6 instances in 11 translations)
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- Promissory (3 instances in 2 translations)
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- Uncompromisingly (89 instances in 1 translation)
Bible Theasaurus
- Anticipate (12 instances)
- Assurance (28 instances)
- Assure (83 instances)
- Call (513 instances)
- Contract (6 instances)
- Engage (51 instances)
- Foretell (7 instances)
- Guarantee (15 instances)
- Hope (316 instances)
- Predict (11 instances)
- Promise (237 instances)
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