Galatians 3:6

Galatians 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
• New International Version (NIV)So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?
• New King James Version (NKJV)just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

Context of Galatians 3:6

4Did you suffer so much for nothing? ⌞I doubt⌟ that it was for nothing! 5Does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you through your own efforts or through believing what you heard? Abraham serves as an example. He believed God, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abraham’s approval by God. 7You must understand that people who have faith are Abraham’s descendants. 8Scripture saw ahead of time that God would give his approval to non-Jewish people who have faith. So Scripture announced the Good News to Abraham ahead of time when it said, “Through you all the people of the world will be blessed.”

Galatians 3:6 word by word

καθὼς Ἀβραὰμ ἐπίστευσεν τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• believedπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• it was accountedλογίζομαιlogizomai · to countG3049
• to himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343

Cross-references for Galatians 3:6

• Galatians 3:9So people who believe are blessed together with Abraham, the man of faith.
• Genesis 15:6Then Abram believed the Lord, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abram’s approval by the Lord.
• Romans 4:3What does Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abraham’s approval by God.”
• Romans 9:32Why? They didn’t rely on faith to gain God’s approval, but they relied on their own efforts. They stumbled over the rock that trips people.
• James 2:23The Scripture passage came true. It says, “Abraham believed God, and that faith was regarded as the basis of Abraham’s approval by God.” So Abraham was called God’s friend.
• Romans 4:6David says the same thing about those who are blessed: God approves of people without their earning it. David said,
• 2 Corinthians 5:19In other words, God was using Christ to restore his relationship with humanity. He didn’t hold people’s faults against them, and he has given us this message of restored relationships to tell others.

Commentaries on Galatians 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Abraham believed God - This is quoted from Genesis 15:6; (note); and St. Paul produces it, Romans 4:3-5; (note). Abraham, while even uncircumcised, believed in God, and his faith was reckoned to him for justification; and Abraham is called the father of the faithful, or, of believers. If, then, he was justified without the deeds of the law, he was justified by faith; and if he was justified by faith, long before the law was given then the law is not…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Even as Abraham believed God … - see this passage fully explained in the notes at Romans 4:3. The passage is introduced here by the apostle to show that the most eminent of the patriarchs was not saved by the deeds of the Law. He was saved by faith, and this fact showed that it was possible to be saved in that way, and that it was the design of God to save people in this manner. Abraham believed God, and was justified, before the Law of Moses was given…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. 6This quote is from Genesis 15:6, where God made his covenant (special agreement) with Abraham (see Genesis 15:1–21; 17:1–27). This statement is essential to explain God's relationship with people (see Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 4:1–8, 17–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The answer to the question in Ga 3:5 is here taken for granted, It was by the hearing of faith: following this up, he says, "Even as Abraham believed," &c. (Ge 15:4-6; Ro 4:3). God supplies unto you the Spirit as the result of faith, not works, just as Abraham obtained justification by faith, not by works (Ga 3:6, 8, 16; Ga 4:22, 26, 28). Where justification is, there the Spirit is, so that if the former comes by faith, the latter must also.Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 3:6

• Abraham
• Faith
• Justification
• Quotations and Allusions
• Salvation
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• God
• Abraham, Abram
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Conclude
• Curse
• Eye
• Flesh
• Foolish
• Redeem

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