just like Abraham who believed God,(A) and it was credited to him for righteousness?[a](B)

You know, then, that those who have faith, these are Abraham’s sons.(C) Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and proclaimed the gospel ahead of time to Abraham,(D) saying, All the nations[b] will be blessed through you.[c](E) Consequently, those who have faith are blessed with Abraham,(F) who had faith.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 Gn 15:6
  2. 3:8 Or Gentiles
  3. 3:8 Gn 12:3; 18:18
  4. 3:9 Or with believing Abraham

Abraham: an example of righteousness

Understand that in the same way that Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness,[a] those who believe are the children of Abraham. But when it saw ahead of time that God would make the Gentiles righteous on the basis of faith, scripture preached the gospel in advance to Abraham: All the Gentiles will be blessed in you.[b] Therefore, those who believe are blessed together with Abraham who believed.

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