But you, ¹  brothers and sisters, ²  are children of the promise like Isaac.

And so by persevering, Abraham ¹  inherited the promise.

For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave ¹  it to Abraham through the promise.

By faith he lived as a foreigner ¹  in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs ²  of the same promise.

From the descendants ¹  of this man ²  God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised. ³ 

For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified. ¹ 

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, ¹  heirs according to the promise.

From Paul, ¹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise ²  of life in Christ Jesus,

And these all were commended ¹  for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. ² 

And now I stand here on trial ¹  because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors, ² 

For this is what the promise declared: ¹  “About a year from now ²  I will return and Sarah will have a son.” ³ 

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised ¹  on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, ² 

For every one of God’s promises are “Yes” in him; therefore also through him the “Amen” is spoken, to the glory we give to God.

But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, ¹  while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.

namely, that through the gospel ¹  the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members ²  of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

“Honor your father and mother,” ¹  which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

Therefore we must be wary ¹  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

so that you may not be sluggish, ¹  but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

But Melchizedek ¹  who does not share their ancestry ²  collected a tithe ³  from Abraham and blessed ⁴  the one who possessed the promise.

But ¹  now Jesus ²  has obtained a superior ministry, since ³  the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted ⁴  on better promises. ⁵