KJV King James Version
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
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Galatians 3:9
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
WEB World English Bible
So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
ASV American Standard Version
So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;’ so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,
Surrounding context — Galatians 3
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
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.
9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 For 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.
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
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Romans 4:16Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,Galatians 3:29And if ye [be] Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.Galatians 4:28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.Romans 4:24But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:Galatians 3:14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.Galatians 3:7-8Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
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