Galatians 4:28

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But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac.

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  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.
  • Gal 4:23 : 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.
  • Rom 4:13-18 : 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 17 (as it is written,“I have made you the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed– the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do. 18 Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement,“so will your descendants be.”
  • Rom 9:8-9 : 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.”
  • Acts 3:25 : 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.’

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  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather“through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”

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

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

    10Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac–

  • Gal 4:29-31
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    29But just as at that time the one born by natural descent persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is now.

    30But what does the scripture say?“Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son” of the free woman.

    31Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

  • Gal 4:27
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    27For it is written:“Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband.”

  • Gal 4:22-25
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    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

    23But 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.

    24These things may be treated as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar.

    25Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

  • Gal 3:7-9
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    7so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.

    8And 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.”

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

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

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

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

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

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16For 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

    17(as it is written,“I have made you the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed– the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

    18Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement,“so will your descendants be.”

  • Acts 3:25
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    25You 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.’

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34Isaac’s Descendants Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:Esau and Israel.

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

  • Gal 3:14-16
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    14in 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.

    15Inheritance 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.

    16Now 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 3:26
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    26For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

  • Gen 25:19
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    19Jacob and Esau This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham.Abraham became the father of Isaac.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4May 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 8:16-17
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    16The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.

    17And 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.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

  • Gal 4:7
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    7So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

  • Rom 4:12-13
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    12And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.

    13For 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.

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12But God said to Abraham,“Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.

    13But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”

  • Gal 3:18
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    18For 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.

  • Acts 13:32
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    32And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

  • Gen 17:21
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    21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

  • Matt 3:9
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    9and don’t think you can say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

  • Gal 4:1
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    1Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

  • Acts 7:8
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    8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

  • Gal 4:5
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    5to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights.

  • Gen 17:4
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    4“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.

  • Rom 9:4
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    4who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

  • Gen 21:10
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    10So she said to Abraham,“Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”