Galatians 3:18

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For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise.

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  • Ps 105:6-9 : 6 O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones! 7 He is the LORD our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth. 8 He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations– 9 the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! 10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, 11 saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” 12 When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident foreigners within it,
  • Ps 105:42 : 42 Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant.
  • Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love? 19 Who will once again have mercy on us? Who will conquer our evil deeds? Who will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea? 20 You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.
  • Luke 1:54-55 : 54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy, 55 as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”
  • Luke 1:72-73 : 72 He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant– 73 the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants
  • Rom 4:13-16 : 13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified. 15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either. 16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants– not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
  • Rom 8:17 : 17 And if children, then heirs(namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)– if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”
  • Gal 3:12 : 12 But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.
  • Gal 3:16 : 16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say,“and to the descendants,” referring to many, but“and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.
  • Heb 6:12-15 : 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises. 13 Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, 14 saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.” 15 And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

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  • Gal 3:14-17
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    14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

    15 Inheritance Comes from Promises and not Law Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

    16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say,“and to the descendants,” referring to many, but“and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.

    17 What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise.

  • Gal 3:21-24
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    21 Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

    22 But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.

    23 Sons of God Are Heirs of Promise Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed.

    24 Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.

  • Rom 4:13-16
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    13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

    14 For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

    15 For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.

    16 For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants– not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

  • Gal 3:19
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    19 Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the descendant to whom the promise had been made. It was administered through angels by an intermediary.

  • Gal 3:29
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    29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.

  • Gal 3:5-12
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    5 Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

    6 Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

    7 so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.

    8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying,“All the nations will be blessed in you.”

    9 So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

    10 For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written,“Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”

    11 Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

    12 But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

  • Heb 6:13
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    13 Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

  • Rom 4:1-3
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    1 The Illustration of Justification What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?

    2 For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.

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

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

    28 For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law.

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.

    18 God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

    23 But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.

  • Acts 7:5
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    5 He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.

  • Gen 15:3
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    3 Abram added,“Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!”

  • 1 Chr 16:17-18
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    17 He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,

    18 saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

  • Rom 3:31
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    31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6 But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

  • Rom 9:8-9
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    8 This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

    9 For this is what the promise declared:“About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.”

  • Gal 3:2
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    2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

  • Gal 4:28
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    28 But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17 In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

  • Gen 28:4
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    4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

  • Rom 3:20
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    20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

  • Acts 3:25
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    25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham,‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’

  • Gen 17:9
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    9 Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

  • Gal 2:16
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    16 yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

  • Gen 18:18
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    18 After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.

  • Gen 26:5
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    5 All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

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