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You can be assured that those who have faith are children of Abraham. Because Scripture foresaw[a] that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, it declared the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.” For this reason, those who have faith share the blessing with Abraham, the faithful one.

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  1. Galatians 3:8 Scripture foresaw: Paul personifies Scripture, thus stressing its divine origin (see 1 Tim 5:18).

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