Galatians 3:16 Cross References

Galatians 3:16

16: God gave the promise to Abraham and his child. And notice that it doesn't say the promise was to his children, as if it meant many descendants. But the promise was to his child--and that, of course, means Christ.

Romans 4:13

  1. It is clear, then, that God's promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was not based on obedience to God's law, but on the new relationship with God that comes by faith.

Galatians 3:27

  1. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have been made like him.
  2. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians--you are one in Christ Jesus.
  3. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you.

Genesis 12:7

  1. Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I am going to give this land to your offspring. "And Abram built an altar there to commemorate the LORD's visit.

Luke 1:55

  1. For he promised our ancestors--Abraham and his children--to be merciful to them forever."

Romans 4:16

  1. So that's why faith is the key! God's promise is given to us as a free gift. And we are certain to receive it, whether or not we follow Jewish customs, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.

Galatians 3:8

  1. What's more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would accept the Gentiles, too, on the basis of their faith. God promised this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, "All nations will be blessed through you."

Genesis 12:3

  1. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

Genesis 26:3

  1. Do as I say, and stay here in this land. If you do, I will be with you and bless you. I will give all this land to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.
  2. I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Ephesians 5:29

  1. No one hates his own body but lovingly cares for it, just as Christ cares for his body, which is the church.
  2. And we are his body.

Genesis 17:7

  1. "I will continue this everlasting covenant between us, generation after generation. It will continue between me and your offspring forever. And I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  2. Yes, I will give all this land of Canaan to you and to your offspring forever. And I will be their God.

Genesis 22:17

  1. I will bless you richly. I will multiply your descendants into countless millions, like the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. They will conquer their enemies,
  2. and through your descendants, all the nations of the earth will be blessed--all because you have obeyed me."

1 Corinthians 12:12

  1. The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up only one body. So it is with the body of Christ.

Genesis 21:12

  1. But God told Abraham, "Do not be upset over the boy and your servant wife. Do just as Sarah says, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.

Romans 12:5

  1. so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.

Genesis 28:13

  1. At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, "I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I will give it to you and your descendants.
  2. Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will cover the land from east to west and from north to south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

Acts 3:25

  1. You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham, 'Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.'

Ephesians 4:15

  1. Instead, we will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
  2. Under his direction, the whole body is fitted together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

Genesis 13:15

  1. I am going to give all this land to you and your offspring as a permanent possession.
  2. And I am going to give you so many descendants that, like dust, they cannot be counted!

Colossians 3:11

  1. In this new life, it doesn't matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

1 Corinthians 12:27

  1. Now all of you together are Christ's body, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it.

Genesis 15:5

  1. Then the LORD brought Abram outside beneath the night sky and told him, "Look up into the heavens and count the stars if you can. Your descendants will be like that--too many to count!"

Genesis 49:10

  1. The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will obey.

Colossians 2:19

  1. But they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For we are joined together in his body by his strong sinews, and we grow only as we get our nourishment and strength from God.

Ephesians 5:32

  1. This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.
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