Now to Abraham and his offspring were the promises made. He did not say, And to offsprings, as of many; but as of one, And to your offspring, which is Christ.
And he brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your descendents be.
And God said to Abraham, Let it not be distressing in your sight because of the lad, and because of your servant woman; in all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your descendents be called.
You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the peoples of the earth be blessed.
For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his descendents through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendents; not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Who are Israelites; to whom belong the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
What then is the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached beforehand the gospel to Abraham, saying, In you shall all nations be blessed.
And not holding to the Head, from which all the body by joints and ligaments having nourishment supplied, and knit together, increases with the increase of God.