² I will set up my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you greatly.”

¹⁴ I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,

²⁵ You are the sons^[a] of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.^[b](A)

¹² At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise,^(A) without hope^(B) and without God in the world.