ἐπαγγέλλω

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.