Talált 108 Eredmények: promise
For the promise to Abraham and his descendants that he should inherit the world was not through the Law, but through the uprightness of faith. (Romans 4, 13)
For if it is those who live by the Law who will gain the inheritance, faith is worthless and the promise is without force; (Romans 4, 14)
That is why the promise is to faith, so that it comes as a free gift and is secure for all the descendants, not only those who rely on the Law but all those others who rely on the faith of Abraham, the ancestor of us all (Romans 4, 16)
Though there seemed no hope, he hoped and believed that he was to become father of many nations in fulfilment of the promise: Just so will your descendants be. (Romans 4, 18)
Counting on the promise of God, he did not doubt or disbelieve, but drew strength from faith and gave glory to God, (Romans 4, 20)
It is not that God's promise has failed. Not all born Israelites belong to Israel, (Romans 9, 6)
That is, it is not by being children through physical descent that people become children of God; it is the children of the promise that are counted as the heirs. (Romans 9, 8)
The actual words of the promise were: I shall come back to you at this season, and Sarah will have a son. (Romans 9, 9)
What I am saying is this: once a will had been long ago ratified by God, the Law, coming four hundred and thirty years later, could not abolish it and so nullify its promise. (Galatians 3, 17)
You see, if the inheritance comes by the Law, it no longer comes through a promise; but it was by a promise that God made his gift to Abraham. (Galatians 3, 18)
Then what is the purpose of the Law? It was added to deal with crimes until the 'progeny' to whom the promise had been made should come; and it was promulgated through angels, by the agency of an intermediary. (Galatians 3, 19)
As it is, scripture makes no exception when it says that sin is master everywhere; so the promise can be given only by faith in Jesus Christ to those who have this faith. (Galatians 3, 22)