Just as (A)Abraham (B)believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. Therefore, recognize that (C)it is those who are of faith who are (D)sons of Abraham. The Scripture, foreseeing that God [a]would justify the [b]Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “(E)All the nations will be blessed in you.” So then, (F)those who are of faith are blessed with [c]Abraham, the believer.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:8 Lit justifies
  2. Galatians 3:8 Lit nations
  3. Galatians 3:9 Lit the 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