[a]Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

[b]For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would justify the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, (A)[c]In thee shall all the Gentiles be [d]blessed.

[e]So then they which be of faith, are blessed with [f]faithful Abraham.

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  1. Galatians 3:7 The second, that the sons of Abraham must be esteemed and accounted of by faith.
  2. Galatians 3:8 The third, that all people that believe, are without exception, comprehended in the promise of the blessing.
  3. Galatians 3:8 A proof of the first and second grounds, out of the words of Moses.
  4. Galatians 3:8 Blessing in this place, signifieth the free promise by faith.
  5. Galatians 3:9 The conclusion of the fifth argument: Therefore as Abraham is blessed by faith, so are all his children (that is to say, all the Gentiles that believe) blessed, that is to say, freely justified.
  6. Galatians 3:9 With faithful Abraham, and not by faithful Abraham, to give us to understand that the blessing cometh not from Abraham, but from him, by whom Abraham and all his posterity is blessed.

Understand, then, that those who have faith(A) are children of Abraham.(B) 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.”[a](C) So those who rely on faith(D) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.(E)

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  1. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18