Quotes About Inheritance

And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.í

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abrahamís 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.

And 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.

It is not as though Godís word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Nor because they are Abrahamís descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

So it is not the children of the flesh who are Godís children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.

Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

The 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.

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abrahamís seed and heirs according to the promise.

What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.

He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.

to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.