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Galatians 3:9
9So then, God did not bless only Abraham when he trusted God. God also blesses all people who trust him like Abraham did.
Galatians 3:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
- New International Version (NIV)So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
Context of Galatians 3:9
7So you should understand who Abraham's children really are. It is those people who trust God. 8The Bible already said what would happen at a future time. It said that God would make the Gentiles right with himself, if they believed in him. God showed this good news to Abraham a long time before it happened. He said to Abraham, ‘I will bless people from all countries because of you.’ So then, God did not bless only Abraham when he trusted God. God also blesses all people who trust him like Abraham did. 10But some people try to obey all the rules of God's Law. They think that they will become right with God if they do this very well. But God will speak against people like that and he will punish them. It is written in the Bible: ‘God will punish everyone who does not always obey all the rules in his Law completely.’ 11We know that the Law can not cause anyone to become right with God. That is clear because the Bible says, ‘The person that God has accepted as right will live because they trust him.’
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ὥστε οἱ ἐκ πίστεως εὐλογοῦνται σὺν τῷ πιστῷ Ἀβραάμ.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Galatians 3:9
- Galatians 3:7So you should understand who Abraham's children really are. It is those people who trust God.
- Galatians 4:28You, my Christian friends, are like Sarah's son, Isaac. Like him, you became God's children as a result of God's promise.
- Romans 4:11Some time after that, God told Abraham that someone should circumcise him. That would be a mark on his body to show that God had accepted him. God had already accepted Abraham because Abraham believed in him. God did not accept Abraham because they had circumcised him as a Jewish man. This shows that Abraham is like a father to everyone that God has accepted. Like Abraham, God has accepted them because they have believed in him. It is not important that nobody has circumcised them.
Commentaries on Galatians 3:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9They which be of faith - All who believe, as Abraham has believed, are made partakers of Abraham's blessings.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9So then they which be of faith - They whose leading characteristic it is that they believe. This was the leading trait in the character of Abraham, and this is the leading thing required of those who embrace the gospel, and in the character of a true Christian. Are blessed with faithful Abraham - In the same manner they are interested in the promises made to him, and they will be treated as he was. They are justified in the same manner, and admitted to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 The apostle proves the doctrine he had blamed the Galatians for rejecting; namely, that of justification by faith without the works of the law. This he does from the example of Abraham, whose faith fastened upon the word and promise of God, and upon his believing he was owned and accepted of God as a righteous man. The Scripture is said to foresee, because the Holy Spirit that indited the Scripture did foresee. Through faith in the promise of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9Abraham's story shows that faith has always been the basis for a relationship with God and for receiving God's promises.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. they--and they alone. of faith--(See on Ga 3:7, beginning). with--together with. faithful--implying what it is in which they are "blessed together with him," namely, faith, the prominent feature of his character, and of which the result to all who like him have it, is justification.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Galatians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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