You who belong to Christ are Abraham’s seed. So you will receive what God has promised.

你们既属乎基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许承受产业的了。

既然你们属于基督，你们就是亚伯拉罕的子孙，是照着应许承受产业的了。

既然你们属于基督，你们就是亚伯拉罕的子孙，是照着应许承受产业的了。

你们若属于基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，都是照着上帝的应许承受产业的人。

如果你们属于基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是按照应许承受产业的了。

而且，如果你们属于基督，你们就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许的继承人。

你們既屬乎基督，就是亞伯拉罕的後裔，是照着應許承受產業的了。

既然你們屬於基督，你們就是亞伯拉罕的子孫，是照着應許承受產業的了。

既然你們屬於基督，你們就是亞伯拉罕的子孫，是照着應許承受產業的了。

你們若屬於基督，就是亞伯拉罕的後裔，都是照著上帝的應許承受產業的人。

如果你們屬於基督，就是亞伯拉罕的後裔，是按照應許承受產業的了。

你們如果是屬基督的，那你們就是亞伯拉罕的後裔，照應許做後嗣了。

而且，如果你們屬於基督，你們就是亞伯拉罕的後裔，是照著應許的繼承人。

若屬基督、則為亞伯拉罕裔、依所許而為嗣子矣、

若宗基督、則可謂亞伯拉罕裔、而為嗣子、享所許之福矣、

爾若屬基督、則為亞伯拉罕之裔、且循所許而為嗣子矣、

夫爾等既屬基督即為亞伯漢之裔、亦即承恩諾之嗣子也。

If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.

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

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.

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

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

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

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

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

Here is the mystery. Because of the good news, God’s promises are for Gentiles as well as for Jews. Both groups are parts of one body. They share in the promise. It belongs to them because they belong to Christ Jesus.

Not everyone in Abraham’s family line is really his child. Not at all! Scripture says,“ Your family line will continue through Isaac.”( Genesis 21:12)In other words, God’s children are not just in the family line of Abraham. Instead, they are the children God promised to him. They are the ones considered to be Abraham’s children.

It is written that Abraham had two sons. The slave woman gave birth to one of them. The free woman gave birth to the other one.Abraham’s son by the slave woman was born in the usual way. But his son by the free woman was born because of God’s promise.These things are examples. The two women stand for two covenants. One covenant comes from Mount Sinai. It gives birth to children who are going to be slaves. It is Hagar.Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia. She stands for the present city of Jerusalem. That’s because she and her children are slaves.But the Jerusalem that is above is free. She is our mother.It is written,“ Be glad, woman, you who have never had children. Shout for joy and cry out loud, you who have never had labor pains. The woman who is all alone has more children than the woman who has a husband.”( Isaiah 54:1)Brothers and sisters, you are children because of God’s promise just as Isaac was.At that time, the son born in the usual way tried to hurt the other son. The other son was born by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is the same now.But what does Scripture say?“ Get rid of the slave woman. Get rid of her son. The slave woman’s son will never have a share of the family’s property. He’ll never share it with the free woman’s son.”( Genesis 21:10)Brothers and sisters, we are not the slave woman’s children. We are the free woman’s children.

As his children, we will receive all that he has for us. We will share what Christ receives. But we must share in his sufferings if we want to share in his glory.

The promise is based on God’s grace. The promise comes by faith. All of Abraham’s children will certainly receive the promise. And it is not only for those who are ruled by the law. Those who have the same faith that Abraham had are also included. He is the father of us all.It is written,“ I have made you a father of many nations.”( Genesis 17:5) God considers Abraham to be our father. The God that Abraham believed in gives life to the dead. Abraham’s God also creates things that did not exist before.When there was no reason for hope, Abraham believed because he had hope. He became the father of many nations, exactly as God had promised. God said,“ That is how many children you will have.”( Genesis 15:5)Abraham did not become weak in his faith. He accepted the fact that he was past the time when he could have children. At that time Abraham was about 100 years old. He also realized that Sarah was too old to have children.But Abraham kept believing in God’s promise. He became strong in his faith. He gave glory to God.He was absolutely sure that God had the power to do what he had promised.

That means Paul or Apollos or Peter or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All are yours.You are joined to Christ and belong to him. And Christ is joined to God.

Those who have victory will receive all this from me. I will be their God, and they will be my children.

My dear brothers and sisters, listen to me. Hasn’t God chosen those who are poor in the world’s eyes to be rich in faith? Hasn’t he chosen them to receive the kingdom? Hasn’t he promised it to those who love him?

His grace made us right with God. So now we have received the hope of eternal life as God’s children.

And Abraham is also the father of those who are circumcised and believe. So just being circumcised is not enough. Those who are circumcised must also follow the steps of our father Abraham. He had faith before he was circumcised.Abraham and his family received a promise. God promised that Abraham would receive the world. It would not come to him because he obeyed the law. It would come because of his faith, which made him right with God.Do those who depend on the law receive the promise? If they do, faith would mean nothing. God’s promise would be worthless.

So you aren’t a slave any longer. You are God’s child. Because you are his child, God gives you the rights of those who are his children.

So you see, those who have faith are children of Abraham.

You are judging only by how things look on the surface. Suppose someone is sure they belong to Christ. Then they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.

Noah had faith. So he built an ark to save his family. He built it because of his great respect for God. God had warned him about things that could not yet be seen. Because of his faith Noah showed the world that it was guilty. Because of his faith he was considered right with God.

All angels are spirits who serve. God sends them to serve those who will receive salvation.

There is no Jew or Gentile. There is no slave or free person. There is no male or female. That’s because you are all one in Christ Jesus.

God had said to him,“ Your family line will continue through Isaac.”( Genesis 21:12) Even so, Abraham was going to offer him up.

So God gave his word when he made his promise. He wanted to make it very clear that his purpose does not change. He wanted those who would receive what was promised to know this.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their sinful desires to his cross. They don’t want these things anymore.

But here is the order of events. Christ is the first of those who rise from the dead. When he comes back, those who belong to him will be raised.

The promises were given to Abraham. They were also given to his seed. Scripture does not say,“ and to seeds.” That means many people. It says,“ and to your seed.”( Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7) That means one person. And that one person is Christ.

Sarah said to Abraham,“ Get rid of that slave woman! Get rid of her son! That woman’s son will never have a share of the family’s property. All of it belongs to my son Isaac.”What Sarah said upset Abraham very much. After all, Ishmael was his son.But God said to Abraham,“ Do not be so upset about the boy and your slave Hagar. Listen to what Sarah tells you, because your family line will continue through Isaac.