So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[a](A)

Understand, then, that those who have faith(B) are children of Abraham.(C) Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[b](D) So those who rely on faith(E) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.(F)

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  1. Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6
  2. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

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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  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