Galatians 4:28

World English Bible (2000)

Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.

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  • Gal 3:29 : 29 If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
  • Gal 4:23 : 23 However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
  • Rom 4:13-18 : 13 For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't 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 is made of no effect. 15 For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience. 16 For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. 17 As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were. 18 Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."
  • Rom 9:8-9 : 8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed. 9 For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."
  • Acts 3:25 : 25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'

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  • Rom 9:7-10
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    7Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."

    8That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

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

    10Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.

  • Gal 4:29-31
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    29But as then, he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now.

    30However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman."

    31So then, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the free woman.

  • Gal 4:27
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    27For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband."

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

    23However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

    24These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

    25For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.

  • Gal 3:7-9
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    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.

    8The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."

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

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;

    18even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

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

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

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

    17As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

    18Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."

  • 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, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

  • Rom 4:1
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    1What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

  • Gal 3:14-16
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    14that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

    15Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.

    16Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn't say, "To seeds," as of many, but as of one, "To your seed," which is Christ.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Gen 25:19
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    19This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."

  • Rom 8:16-17
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    16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

    17and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

  • Gen 17:19
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    19God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

  • Gal 4:7
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    7So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

  • Rom 4:12-13
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    12He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

    13For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn't through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    12God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.

    13I will also make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is your seed."

  • Gal 3:18
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    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.

  • Acts 13:32
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    32We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

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

  • Matt 3:9
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    9Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

  • Gal 4:1
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    1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;

  • Acts 7:8
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    8He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

  • Gal 4:5
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    5that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children.

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

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

  • Rom 9:4
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    4who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

  • Gen 21:10
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    10Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this handmaid and her son! For the son of this handmaid will not be heir with my son, Isaac."