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

In the same way, Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a]

You see, then, that those who have faith are Abraham’s real descendants. Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles[b] by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, “Through you all nations[c] will be blessed.”[d] Therefore, those who believe are blessed together with Abraham, the one who believed.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:6 Gen 15:6
  2. Galatians 3:8 Or nations
  3. Galatians 3:8 Or all the gentiles
  4. Galatians 3:8 Gen 12:3