Galatians 3:16

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Now it was to Abraham that the promises were made, 'and to his offspring.' It was not said 'to his offsprings,' as if many persons were meant, but the words were 'to thy offspring,' showing that one person was meant--and that was Christ.

Cross References

Matthew 1:1

A genealogy of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David and Abraham.

Luke 1:55

(As he promised to our forefathers) For Abraham and his race for ever."

Acts 3:25

You yourselves are the heirs of the Prophets, and heirs, too, of the Covenant which God made with your ancestors, when he said to Abraham--'In your descendants will all the nations of the earth be blessed.'

Romans 12:5

So we, by our union in Christ, many though we are, form but one body, and individually we are related one to another as its parts.

Romans 4:13

For the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through Law, but through the righteousness due to faith.

Romans 4:16

That is why all is made to depend upon faith, that all may be God's gift, and in order that the fulfillment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham's descendants-not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the Father of us all;

Romans 9:4

For they are Israelites, and theirs are the adoption as Sons, the visible Presence, the Covenants, the revealed Law, the Temple worship, and the Promises.

1 Corinthians 12:12

For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;

1 Corinthians 12:27

Together you are the Body of Christ, and individually its parts.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I! Are they Israelites? So am I! Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I!

Galatians 3:19

What, then, you ask, was the use of the Law? It was a later addition, to make men conscious of their wrong-doings, and intended to last only till the coming of that 'offspring' to whom the promise had been made; and it was delivered through angels by a mediator.

Galatians 3:8

And Scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the Good News to Abraham in the words--'Through thee all the Gentiles shall be blessed.'

Ephesians 5:32

In this there is a profound truth--I am speaking of Christ and his Church.

Colossians 2:19

He fails to maintain union with the Head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and Keynesian of every part, grows with a divine growth.

Colossians 3:11

In that new life there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeman; but Christ is all!--and in all!