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Galatians 3:6-8 KJV
Galatians · chapter 3 · verses 6–8
6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8And 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.Galatians 3:6-8 · King James Version
Galatians 3:6-8 in context
4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
8And 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.
9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Commentary
Cross references
- Genesis 15:6
- Romans 4:21-22
- James 2:23
- Romans 4:3-6
- Romans 4:24
- Genesis 12:3
- Genesis 22:18
- Genesis 28:14
- Genesis 18:18
Key words (Strong's)
- foreseeingprooraōto foreseeG4275 →
- accountedlogizomaito reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over, to take into account, to make an…G3049 →
- scripturegraphēa writing, thing written, the Scripture, used to denote either the book itself, or its…G1124 →
- believedpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- childrenyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
- justifydikaioōto render righteous or such he ought to be, to show, exhibit, evince, one to be…G1344 →
- heathenethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
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The apostle having reproved the Galatians for not obeying the truth, and endeavoured to impress them with a sense of their folly herein, in these verses he largely proves the doctrine which he had reproved them for rejecting, namely, that of justification by faith without the works of the law.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-18