Acts 3:25

God's Word

You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the promise  that God made to our ancestors when he said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendant all people on earth will be blessed.’

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse. Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”

Genesis 17:19

God replied, “No! Your wife Sarah will give you a son, and you will name him Isaac [He Laughs]. I will make an everlasting promise to him and his descendants.

Genesis 18:18

After all, Abraham is going to become a great and mighty nation and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 20:7

Give the man’s wife back to him now, because he’s a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don’t give her back, you and all who belong to you are doomed to die.”

Genesis 22:18

Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and give all these lands to your descendants. Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Through you and through your descendant every family on earth will be blessed.

1 Chronicles 16:16

the promise that he made to Abraham, and his sworn promise to Isaac.

1 Chronicles 16:17

He confirmed it as a law for Jacob, as an everlasting promise to Israel,

Nehemiah 9:8

You found that his heart was faithful to you. You made a promise  to him to give the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites to his descendants. You kept your promise because you are fair.

Psalm 22:27

All the ends of the earth will remember and return to the Lord. All the families from all the nations will worship you

Psalm 96:7

Give to the Lord, you families of the nations. Give to the Lord glory and power.

Luke 1:72

He has shown his mercy to our ancestors and remembered his holy promise,

Acts 13:26

“Brothers—descendants of Abraham and converts to Judaism—the message that God saves people was sent to us.

Acts 2:39

This promise belongs to you and to your children and to everyone who is far away. It belongs to everyone who worships the Lord our God.”

Romans 15:8

Let me explain. Christ became a servant for the Jewish people to reveal God’s truth. As a result, he fulfilled God’s promise to the ancestors of the Jewish people.

Romans 4:13

So it was not by obeying the laws in Moses’ Teachings that Abraham or his descendants received the promise that he would inherit the world. Rather, he received this promise through God’s approval that comes by faith.

Galatians 3:16

The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture doesn’t say, “descendants,” referring to many, but “your descendant,” referring to one. That descendant is Christ.

Galatians 3:29

If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants and heirs, as God promised.

Galatians 3:8

Scripture saw ahead of time that God would give his approval to non-Jewish people who have faith. So Scripture announced the Good News to Abraham ahead of time when it said, “Through you all the people of the world will be blessed.”

Revelation 14:6

I saw another angel flying overhead with the everlasting Good News to spread to those who live on earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song, “You deserve to take the scroll and open the seals on it, because you were slaughtered. You bought people with your blood to be God’s own. They are from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

Revelation 7:9

After these things I saw a large crowd from every nation, tribe, people, and language. No one was able to count how many people there were. They were standing in front of the throne and the lamb. They were wearing white robes, holding palm branches in their hands,