just as (A)Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

Know then that it is (B)those of faith who are (C)the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that (D)God would justify[a] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, (E)“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:8 Or count righteous; also verses 11, 24

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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