Galatians 3:8

Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and so it announced the gospel ahead of time to Abraham: "In you all the nations will be blessed."
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Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    A Promise to Abraham cites Galatians 3:8

    …says that when God promised blessing to all nations, He “foretold the gospel to Abraham” (Galatians 3:8). So when the good news of Jesus spreads to every nation, that is Genesis 12 coming true.…

  2. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    August cites Gal 3:8

    …to that ancient page, and realize that it includes thee in its amplitude of blessing! Gal 3:8, Gal 3:9, Gal 3:14, assures us that all these blessings are included in the one gift of…

  3. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    What About People Who Lived Before Jesus? cites Galatians 3:8

    …believe in? More than he could see. Paul says that God “foretold the gospel to Abraham” (Galatians 3:8). Jesus Himself said, “Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it…

  4. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 11 — Of Justification by Faith cites Gal. 3:8

    …speaks of the Scripture, “foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith,” (Gal. 3:8), what other meaning can you give it than that God imputes righteousness by faith? Again…

  5. Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning · Ochorus Originals

    Abram Sets Out cites Galatians 3:8

    …many times over, who came to bless people from every nation in the world (Galatians 3:8, 16). Read it in your Bible: Genesis 12:1–9 Dear God, thank you that I can trust you even…

  6. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section II. The Acts of the Will of the Human Soul of Jesus Christ, Necessarily Holy, Yet Truly Virtuous, Praise-worthy, Rewardable, &c cites Gal. iii. 8

    …in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.” (Compare Luke i. 72, 73. and Gal. iii. 8, 15, 16.) The apostle in Heb. vi. 17, 18. speaking of this promise to Abraham, says…

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