Galatians 3:29

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“And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.”

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“And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.”

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“And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

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“And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.”

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“and if ye <FI>are<Fi> of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise--heirs.”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Galatians 3:29 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 21:10and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
  2. Romans 4:12And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
  3. Romans 4:16Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
  4. Romans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
  5. Romans 9:7Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
  6. 1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
  7. 1 Corinthians 15:23But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
  8. 2 Corinthians 10:7You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
  9. Galatians 3:7Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.
  10. Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
  11. Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  12. Galatians 4:7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
  13. Galatians 4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
  14. Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
  15. Ephesians 3:6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
  16. Titus 3:7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
  17. Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
  18. Hebrews 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
  19. Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
  20. Hebrews 11:18even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
  21. James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
  22. Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

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