Galatians 3:18
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18 For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise, but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.(A)
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Hebrews 6:12-15
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12 so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.(A)
The Certainty of God’s Promise
13 When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,(B) 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham,[a] having patiently endured, obtained the promise.
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- 6.15 Gk he
Galatians 2:21
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21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness[a] comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
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- 2.21 Or justification
Romans 4:13-16
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God’s Promise Realized through Faith
13 For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith.(A) 14 For if it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.(B)
16 For this reason the promise depends on faith, in order that it may rest on grace, so that it may be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (who is the father of all of us,(C)
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Psalm 105:42
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42 For he remembered his holy promise
and Abraham, his servant.(A)
Galatians 3:29
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29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring,[a] heirs according to the promise.(A)
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- 3.29 Gk seed
Romans 8:17
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17 and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.(A)
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Luke 1:72-73
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72 Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors
and has remembered his holy covenant,(A)
73 the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham,
to grant us
Luke 1:54-55
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54 He has come to the aid of his child Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,(A)
55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”(B)
Micah 7:18-20
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God’s Compassion and Steadfast Love
18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of his possession?
He does not retain his anger forever
because he delights in showing steadfast love.(A)
19 He will again have compassion upon us;
he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our[a] sins
into the depths of the sea.(B)
20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our ancestors
from the days of old.(C)
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- 7.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb their
Psalm 105:6-12
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6 O offspring of his servant Abraham,[a]
children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
7 He is the Lord our God;
his judgments are in all the earth.(A)
8 He is mindful of his covenant forever,
of the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,
9 the covenant that he made with Abraham,
his sworn promise to Isaac,(B)
10 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,(C)
11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as your portion for an inheritance.”(D)
12 When they were few in number,
of little account and strangers in it,(E)
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- 105.6 Or Israel
Galatians 3:26
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26 for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.(A)
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Galatians 3:16
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16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring;[a] it does not say, “And to offsprings,”[b] as of many, but it says, “And to your offspring,”[c] that is, to one person, who is Christ.(A)
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Galatians 3:12
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12 But the law does not rest on faith; on the contrary, “Whoever does the works of the law[a] will live by them.”(A)
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Galatians 3:10
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10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the things written in the book of the law.”(A)
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