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.

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.

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

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

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.

And this is God’s plan: Both Gentiles and Jews who believe the Good News share equally in the riches inherited by God’s children. Both are part of the same body, and both enjoy the promise of blessings because they belong to Christ Jesus.

Being descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say,“ Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted,” though Abraham had other children, too.This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children.

The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife.The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise.These two women serve as an illustration of God’s two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them.And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law.But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother.As Isaiah said,“ Rejoice, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into a joyful shout, you who have never been in labor! For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband!”And you, dear brothers and sisters, are children of the promise, just like Isaac.But you are now being persecuted by those who want you to keep the law, just as Ishmael, the child born by human effort, persecuted Isaac, the child born by the power of the Spirit.But what do the Scriptures say about that?“ Get rid of the slave and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”So, dear brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman; we are children of the free woman.

And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham’s. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him,“ I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping— believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him,“ That’s how many descendants you will have!”And Abraham’s faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead— and so was Sarah’s womb.Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God.He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises.

whether Paul or Apollos or Peter, or the world, or life and death, or the present and the future. Everything belongs to you,and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him?

Because of his grace he made us right in his sight and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.

And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith.If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless.

Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.

The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.

Look at the obvious facts. Those who say they belong to Christ must recognize that we belong to Christ as much as they do.

It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.

Therefore, angels are only servants— spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.

There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

even though God had told him,“ Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.”

God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.

God gave the promises to Abraham and his child. And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say“ to his children,” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says“ to his child”— and that, of course, means Christ.

So she turned to Abraham and demanded,“ Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won’t have it!”This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son.But God told Abraham,“ Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.