Romans 4:13 Cross References

Romans 4:13

13: 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 3:29

  1. 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.

Romans 9:8

  1. This means that Abraham's physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. It is the children of the promise who are considered to be Abraham's children.

Genesis 17:4

  1. "This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of not just one nation, but a multitude of nations!
  2. What's more, I am changing your name. It will no longer be Abram; now you will be known as Abraham, for you will be the father of many nations.
  3. I will give you millions of descendants who will represent many nations. Kings will be among them!

Psalms 2:8

  1. Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your possession.

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."

Galatians 3:16

  1. 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.
  2. This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.
  3. For if the inheritance could be received only by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God's promise. But God gave it to Abraham as a promise.

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 17:16

  1. And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings will be among her descendants!"

Genesis 28:14

  1. 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.

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.

Psalms 72:11

  1. All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him.
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