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

In the same way, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”[a] The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.

What’s more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would make the Gentiles right in his sight because of their faith. God proclaimed this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, “All nations will be blessed through you.”[b] So all who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith.

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