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Galatians 3:8

Abraham
FaithJustificationThe stranger and outcastProphecy

6 So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.

The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

10 All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

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BSB
The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
KJV
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
WEB
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
ASV
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying,] In thee shall all the nations be blessed.
DARBY
and the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations on the principle of faith, announced beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham: In thee all the nations shall be blessed.
BLB
Now the Scripture, having foreseen that God justifies the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel beforehand to Abraham: “All the nations will be blessed in you.”
ÅB
Og da Skriften forutså at det er ved tro Gud rettferdiggjør hedningene, forkynte den Abraham forut det evangelium: I deg skal alle folk velsignes.
OTB
Skriften forutså at Gud ville rettferdiggjøre hedningene ved tro, og forkynte evangeliet på forhånd til Abraham: «I deg skal alle folkeslag velsignes.»
B1930
Og da Skriften forutså at det er ved tro Gud rettferdiggjør hedningene, forkynte den Abraham forut det evangelium: I dig skal alle folk velsignes.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 12:3

    I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

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  • Genesis 22:18

    And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

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  • Genesis 28:14

    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

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  • Genesis 18:18

    Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

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  • Genesis 26:4

    I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

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  • Hebrews 4:2

    For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

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  • Romans 3:28–30

    For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

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  • Galatians 3:22

    But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

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