Galatians 3:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

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  • Ps 105:6-9 : 6 O seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen. 7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. 8 He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it.
  • Ps 105:42 : 42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
  • Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
  • Luke 1:54-55 : 54 He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, 55 As He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever.
  • Luke 1:72-73 : 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, 73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
  • Rom 4:13-16 : 13 For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise nullified. 15 Because the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
  • Rom 8:17 : 17 And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.'
  • Gal 3:12 : 12 And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.'
  • Gal 3:16 : 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Heb 6:12-15 : 12 That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.' 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

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  • Gal 3:14-17
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    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it.

    16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.

    17And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.

  • Gal 3:21-24
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    21Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, then truly righteousness would have been by the law.

    22But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

    23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, confined unto the faith which would afterwards be revealed.

    24Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

    14For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise nullified.

    15Because the law produces wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression.

    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

  • Gal 3:19
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    19Why then serves the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made, and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

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

  • Gal 3:5-12
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    5He who ministers to you the Spirit and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

    8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'

    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

    10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.'

    11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.'

    12And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.'

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

  • Rom 4:1-3
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    1What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has reason to boast; but not before God.

    3For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

  • Rom 3:27-28
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    27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

    28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

    23But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, but he of the freewoman was through promise.

  • Acts 7:5
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    5And He gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on; yet he promised that He would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when as yet he had no child.

  • Gen 15:3
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    3And Abram said, Behold, to me You have given no offspring: and, lo, one born in my house is my heir.

  • 1 Chr 16:17-18
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    17And confirmed to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

    18Saying, 'To you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;'

  • Rom 3:31
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    31Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not: on the contrary, we establish the law.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6But he whose genealogy is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

  • Rom 9:8-9
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    8That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

    9For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • Gal 3:2
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    2This only I would learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

  • Gal 4:28
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    28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath:

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

  • Acts 3:25
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    25You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Gen 17:9
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    9And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

  • Gen 18:18
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    18Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  • Gen 26:5
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    5Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.