Galatians 3:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

For if the inheritance be of the Lawe, it is no more by the promise, but God gaue it freely vnto Abraham by promise.

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  • Ps 105:6-9 : 6 Ye seede of Abraham his seruant, ye children of Iaakob, which are his elect. 7 He is the Lorde our God: his iudgements are through all the earth. 8 He hath alway remembred his couenant & promes, that he made to a thousand generations, 9 Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak: 10 And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant, 11 Saying, Vnto thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance. 12 Albeit they were fewe in nomber, yea, very fewe, and strangers in the land,
  • Ps 105:42 : 42 For he remembred his holy promes to Abraham his seruant,
  • Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who is a God like vnto thee, that taketh away iniquitie, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage! He reteineth not his wrath for euer, because mercie pleaseth him. 19 He will turne againe, and haue compassion vpon vs: he will subdue our iniquities, and cast all their sinnes into the bottome of the sea. 20 Thou wilt perfourme thy trueth to Iaakob, and mercie to Abraham, as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
  • Luke 1:54-55 : 54 Hee hath vpholden Israel his seruaunt to be mindefull of his mercie 55 ( As hee hath spoken to our fathers, to wit, to Abraham, and his seede) for euer.
  • Luke 1:72-73 : 72 That he might shewe mercie towards our fathers, and remember his holy couenant, 73 And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.
  • Rom 4:13-16 : 13 For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith. 14 For if they which are of the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, & the promise is made of none effect. 15 For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,
  • Rom 8:17 : 17 If we be children, we are also heires, euen the heires of God, and heires annexed with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I doe not abrogate the grace of God: for if righteousnes be by the Lawe, then Christ dyed without a cause.
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For as many as are of the workes of the Lawe, are vnder the curse: for it is written, Cursed is euery man that continueth not in all things, which are written in the booke of the Law, to doe them.
  • Gal 3:12 : 12 And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them.
  • Gal 3:16 : 16 Nowe to Abraham and his seede were the promises made. Hee saith not, And to the seedes, as speaking of many: but, And to thy seede, as of one, which is Christ.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.
  • Heb 6:12-15 : 12 That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises. 13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe, 14 Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously. 15 And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For ye are al the sonnes of God by faith, in Christ Iesus.

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  • Gal 3:14-17
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    14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Iesus, that wee might receiue the promes of the Spirite through faith.

    15 Brethren, I speake as men do: though it be but a mans couenant, when it is confirmed, yet no man doeth abrogate it, or addeth any thing thereto.

    16 Nowe to Abraham and his seede were the promises made. Hee saith not, And to the seedes, as speaking of many: but, And to thy seede, as of one, which is Christ.

    17 And this I say, that the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, the Lawe which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres after, can not disanull, that it shoulde make the promise of none effect.

  • Gal 3:21-24
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    21 Is the Lawe then against the promises of God? God forbid: For if there had bene a Lawe giuen which coulde haue giuen life, surely righteousnes should haue bene by the Lawe.

    22 But the Scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne, that the promes by the faith of Iesus Christ should be giuen to them that beleeue.

    23 But before faith came, we were kept vnder the Law, as vnder a garison, and shut vp vnto that faith, which should afterward be reueiled.

    24 Wherefore the Lawe was our scholemaster to bring vs to Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13 For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

    14 For if they which are of the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, & the promise is made of none effect.

    15 For the Lawe causeth wrath: for where no Lawe is, there is no transgression.

    16 Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

  • Gal 3:19
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    19 Wherefore then serueth the Law? It was added because of the transgressions, til the seed came, vnto the which the promise was made: and it was ordeined by Angels in the hande of a Mediatour.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29 And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.

  • Gal 3:5-12
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    5 He therefore that ministreth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it through the workes of the Law, or by the hearing of faith preached?

    6 Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

    7 Knowe ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8 For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.

    9 So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

    10 For as many as are of the workes of the Lawe, are vnder the curse: for it is written, Cursed is euery man that continueth not in all things, which are written in the booke of the Law, to doe them.

    11 And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith.

    12 And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them.

  • Heb 6:13
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    13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

  • Rom 4:1-3
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    1 What shal we say then, that Abraham our father hath found concerning the flesh?

    2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes, he hath wherein to reioyce, but not with God.

    3 For what saith the Scripture? Abraham beleeued God, and it was counted to him for righteousnesse.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27 Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.

    28 Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17 By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.

    18 (To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, one by a seruant, and one by a free woman.

    23 But he which was of the seruant, was borne after the flesh: and he which was of the free woman, was borne by promes.

  • Acts 7:5
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    5 And hee gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foote: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seede after him, when as yet hee had no childe.

  • Gen 15:3
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    3 Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.

  • 1 Chr 16:17-18
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    17 And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

    18 Saying, To thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.

  • Rom 3:31
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    31 Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6 But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

  • Rom 9:8-9
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    8 That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

    9 For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

  • Gal 3:2
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    2 This only would I learne of you, Receiued ye the Spirit by the workes of the Lawe, or by the hearing of faith preached?

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 Therefore, brethren, wee are after the maner of Isaac, children of the promes.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17 So God, willing more aboundantly to shew vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsell, bound himselfe by an othe,

  • Gen 28:4
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    4 And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20 Therefore by the woorkes of the Lawe shall no flesh be iustified in his sight: for by the Lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne.

  • Acts 3:25
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    25 Ye are the children of the Prophets, and of the couenant, which God hath made vnto our fathers, saying to Abraham, Euen in thy seede shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

  • Gen 17:9
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    9 Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 Knowe that a man is not iustified by the works of the Law, but by ye faith of Iesus Christ, euen we, I say, haue beleeued in Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the faith of Christ, & not by the workes of the Lawe, because that by the workes of the Lawe, no flesh shalbe iustified.

  • Gen 18:18
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    18 Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • Gen 26:5
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    5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voyce and kept mine ordinance, my commandements, my statutes, and my Lawes.