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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  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

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, then understand that the ones who have faith[a], these are sons of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news in advance to Abraham: “In you all the nations[b] will be blessed.”[c] So then, the ones who have faith are blessed together with Abraham who believed.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:7 Literally “of faith”
  2. Galatians 3:8 Or “Gentiles”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context
  3. Galatians 3:8 A quotation from Gen 12:3; 18:18