Galatians 3:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

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  • Gen 12:7 : 7 And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
  • Rom 4:13 : 13 For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
  • Luke 1:55 : 55 As he gave his word to our fathers.
  • Acts 3:25 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.
  • Gen 12:3 : 3 To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
  • Rom 12:5 : 5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;
  • 1 Cor 12:12 : 12 For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.
  • 1 Cor 12:27 : 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.
  • Gal 3:27-29 : 27 For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
  • Eph 4:15-16 : 15 But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ; 16 Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.
  • Eph 5:29-30 : 29 For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church; 30 Because we are parts of his body.
  • Eph 5:32 : 32 This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.
  • Col 2:19 : 19 And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.
  • Gen 13:15-16 : 15 For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever. 16 And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
  • Gen 15:5 : 5 And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 21:12 : 12 But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
  • Gen 22:17-18 : 17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them; 18 And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
  • Gen 26:3-4 : 3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham; 4 I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;
  • Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping. 14 Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

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  • Gal 3:29
    80%

    29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

  • Gal 3:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

    15Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.

  • Acts 3:25
    78%

    25You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

  • Rom 4:16
    77%

    16For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

  • Gal 3:17-19
    3 verses
    77%

    17Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

    18Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

    19What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.

  • Heb 11:18
    77%

    18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

  • Rom 4:13
    76%

    13For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 9:7-9
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    7And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

    9For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

  • Gen 22:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;

    18And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.

  • Gal 3:7-9
    3 verses
    75%

    7Be certain, then, that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.

    8And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

    9So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

  • Gen 17:6-10
    5 verses
    74%

    6I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

    7And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

    8And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

    9And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

    10And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

  • Gen 26:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

    4I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

  • Luke 1:55
    73%

    55As he gave his word to our fathers.

  • Gen 13:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.

    16And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.

  • Gen 15:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.

    4Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.

    5And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

  • Gal 4:28
    72%

    28Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

  • Gen 17:19
    72%

    19And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

  • Gen 21:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

    13And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.

  • Gen 28:4
    71%

    4And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
    71%

    16The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Acts 13:23
    71%

    23From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;

  • Gen 28:14
    71%

    14Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

  • Heb 6:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

    14Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

  • Rom 4:18
    70%

    18Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

    23Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

  • Heb 7:6
    70%

    6But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

  • Gen 18:18
    70%

    18Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

  • Gen 17:4
    69%

    4As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

  • Gen 35:12
    69%

    12And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

  • Gal 3:26
    68%

    26Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,