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Galatians 3:8 Cross-References
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“And 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 3:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Galatians 3:8
And 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. Paul personifies Scripture as an active agent that 'foresaw' (proidousa, προϊδοῦσα)—literally 'seeing beforehand.' The participial phrase 'foreseeing that God would justify' reveals that justification by faith was not a New Testament innovation but the Old Testament plan all along. The verb 'justify' (dikaioi, δικαιοῖ) is present tense: God's ongoing justifying action is by faith, for Jew and Gentile alike.The phrase 'preached be...
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“and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed.,And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.,וַאֲבָרֲכָה מְבָרְכֶיךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ אָאֹר וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָה׃ ,And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”
“because you have obeyed my voice.,And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.,וְהִתְבָּרֲכוּ בְזַרְעֲךָ כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ בְּקֹלִי׃ ,and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.”
“and you will spread abroad to the west”
“and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?”
“and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed”
“even as they also did”
“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.”
“that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.”
“nor the ruler's staff from between his feet”
“as the Scripture has said”