Quotes about Covenant
But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- 2 Corinthians 3:14
We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
- Galatians 2:15
So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
- Galatians 3:9
Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
- Galatians 3:15
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.
- Galatians 3:16
What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- Galatians 3:17
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.
- Galatians 3:18
Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
- Galatians 3:19
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
- Galatians 3:29
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
- Galatians 4:22
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
- Galatians 5:3
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
- Ephesians 5:31