Galatians 4:28

American Standard Version (1901)

Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

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  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
  • Gal 4:23 : 23 Howbeit the [son] by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the [son] by the freewoman [is born] through promise.
  • Rom 4:13-18 : 13 For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect: 15 for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression. 16 For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were. 18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.
  • Rom 9:8-9 : 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. 9 For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Acts 3:25 : 25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

    9For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

    10And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac--

  • Gal 4:29-31
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    29But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, so also it is now.

    30Howbeit what saith the scripture? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman.

    31Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.

  • Gal 4:27
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    27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.

  • Gal 4:22-25
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    22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

    23Howbeit the [son] by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the [son] by the freewoman [is born] through promise.

    24Which things contain an allegory: for these [women] are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage, which is Hagar.

    25Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.

  • Gal 3:7-9
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    7Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

    8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

    9So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son] ;

    18[ even he] to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

  • 1 Chr 1:28
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    28The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

    17(as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

    18Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.

  • Acts 3:25
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    25Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

  • Rom 4:1
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    1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?

  • Gal 3:14-16
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    14that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

    16Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

  • Gen 25:19
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    19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:

  • Gen 28:4
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    4and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.

  • Rom 8:16-17
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    16The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

    17and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him] .

  • Gen 17:19
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    19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. [

  • Gal 4:7
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    7So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

  • Rom 4:12-13
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    12and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

    13For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

    13And also of the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

  • Gal 3:18
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    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.

  • Acts 13:32
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    32And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

  • Matt 3:9
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    9and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Gal 4:1
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    1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;

  • Acts 7:8
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    8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

  • Gal 4:5
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    5that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

  • Rom 9:4
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    4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;

  • Gen 21:10
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    10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.