Hebrews 6:12

6:12 so that you may not be sluggish, ¹  but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Hebrews 6:17

6:17 In the same way ²  God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, ³  and so he intervened with an oath,

Matthew 25:34

25:34 Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Romans 8:17

8:17 And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) ⁴  – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

Galatians 3:7

3:7 so then, understand ⁵  that those who believe are the sons of Abraham. ⁶ 

Galatians 3:9

3:9 So then those who believe ⁷  are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

Galatians 3:29

3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, ⁸  heirs according to the promise.

Ephesians 3:6

3:6 namely, that through the gospel ⁹  the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members ¹⁰  of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

Titus 3:7

3:7 And so, ¹¹  since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.” ¹² 

James 2:5

2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! ¹³  Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

James 2:1

Prejudice and the Law of Love

2:1 My brothers and sisters, ¹⁴  do not show prejudice ¹⁵  if you possess faith ¹⁶  in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁷ 

James 1:4

1:4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

James 3:7

3:7 For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature ¹⁸  is subdued and has been subdued by humankind. ¹⁹ 

[6:12]  ¹ tn Or “dull.”

[6:17]  ² tn Grk “in which.”

[6:17]  ³ tn Or “immutable” (here and in v. 18); Grk “the unchangeableness of his purpose.”

[8:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other hand, fellow heirs with Christ.” Some prefer to render v. 17 as follows: “And if children, then heirs – that is, heirs of God. Also fellow heirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.” Such a translation suggests two distinct inheritances, one coming to all of God’s children, the other coming only to those who suffer with Christ. The difficulty of this view, however, is that it ignores the correlative conjunctions μέν…δέ (men…de, “on the one hand…on the other hand”): The construction strongly suggests that the inheritances cannot be separated since both explain “then heirs.” For this reason, the preferred translation puts this explanation in parentheses.

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Grk “know.”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn The phrase “sons of Abraham” is used here in a figurative sense to describe people who are connected to a personality, Abraham, by close nonmaterial ties. It is this personality that has defined the relationship and its characteristics (BDAG 1024-25 s.v. υἱός 2.c.α).

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “those who are by faith,” with the Greek expression “by faith” (ἐκ πίστεως, ek pistew") the same as the expression in v. 8.

[3:29]  ⁸ tn Grk “seed.” See the note on the first occurrence of the word “descendant” in 3:16.

[3:6]  ⁹ sn The phrase through the gospel is placed last in the sentence in Greek for emphasis. It has been moved forward for clarity.

[3:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and fellow members.”

[3:7]  ¹¹ tn This is the conclusion of a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek encompassing Titus 3:4-7. Showing the goal of God’s merciful salvation, v. 7 begins literally, “in order that, being justified…we might become heirs…”

[3:7]  ¹² tn Grk “heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”

[2:5]  ¹³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[2:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “partiality.”

[2:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “do not have faith with personal prejudice,” with emphasis on the last phrase.

[2:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “our Lord Jesus Christ of glory.” Here δόξης (doxhs) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[3:7]  ¹⁸ tn Grk (plurals), “every kind of animals and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures.”

[3:7]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “the human species.”