Key Verse Spotlight
Galatians 3:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. {accounted: or, imputed}
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
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.
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
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.
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