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19 Abraham, father of many peoples,
    kept his glory without stain:(A)

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[a]Realize then that it is those who have faith who are children of Abraham.(A) Scripture, which saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, foretold the good news to Abraham, saying, “Through you shall all the nations be blessed.”(B) Consequently, those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham who had faith.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:7–9 Faith is what matters, for Abraham and the children of Abraham, in contrast to the claims of the opponents that circumcision and observance of the law are needed to bring the promised blessing of Gn 12:3; cf. Gn 18:18; Sir 44:21; Acts 3:25.