Galatians 3:7-9
New King James Version
7 Therefore know that only (A)those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And (B)the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, (C)“In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
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Galatians 3:7-9
Amplified Bible
7 So understand that it is the people who live by faith [with confidence in the power and goodness of God] who are [the true] sons of [a]Abraham. 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news [of the Savior] to Abraham in advance [with this promise], saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”(A) 9 So then those who are people of faith [whether Jew or Gentile] are blessed and favored by God [and declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with Him] along with Abraham, the believer.
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- Galatians 3:7 Abraham was justified [declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty] and declared righteous by God on the basis of his faith alone long before the Law and the ritual of circumcision were ever given to Moses.
Galatians 3:7-9
Authorized (King James) Version
7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
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Galatians 3:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 [a]Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
8 [b]For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would justify the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, (A)[c]In thee shall all the Gentiles be [d]blessed.
9 [e]So then they which be of faith, are blessed with [f]faithful Abraham.
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- Galatians 3:7 The second, that the sons of Abraham must be esteemed and accounted of by faith.
- Galatians 3:8 The third, that all people that believe, are without exception, comprehended in the promise of the blessing.
- Galatians 3:8 A proof of the first and second grounds, out of the words of Moses.
- Galatians 3:8 Blessing in this place, signifieth the free promise by faith.
- Galatians 3:9 The conclusion of the fifth argument: Therefore as Abraham is blessed by faith, so are all his children (that is to say, all the Gentiles that believe) blessed, that is to say, freely justified.
- Galatians 3:9 With faithful Abraham, and not by faithful Abraham, to give us to understand that the blessing cometh not from Abraham, but from him, by whom Abraham and all his posterity is blessed.
Galatians 3:7-9
Young's Literal Translation
7 know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham,
8 and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham --
9 `Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,
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