Galatians 3:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Foreseeing

Acts 15:15

God

Romans 3:28

Romans 9:30

Preached

Hebrews 4:2

In

General references

Zechariah 8:22

Romans 3:28

Galatians 3:9

Bible References

Foreseeing

This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,

God

For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the actions prescribed by the Law.

What can we say, then? Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness, have attained righteousness, a righteousness that comes through faith.

Preached

because we have had the good news told to us as well as to them. But the message they heard did not help them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened to it.

In

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. It doesn't say "descendants," referring to many, but "your descendant," referring to one person, who is the Messiah.

I'll bless those who bless you, but I'll curse the one who curses you, and through you all the people of the earth will be blessed."

"since Abraham's descendants will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?

Furthermore, through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed my command."

I'll cause you to have as many descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I'll certainly give all these lands to your descendants. Later on, through your descendants all the nations of the earth will bless one another.

Your descendants are going to become like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor a ruler's staff from between his feet, until the one comes, who owns them both, and to him will belong the allegiance of nations.

The righteous will flourish at the proper time and peace will prevail until the moon is no more.

Even though a tenth of its people remain in it, it will once again be burned, like a terebinth or an oak tree, the stump of which, though the tree has been felled, still contains holy seed."

I'll bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah they will inherit my mountains; my chosen people will inherit it, and my servants will live there.

since David says about him, "I always keep my eyes on the Lord, for he is at my right hand so that I cannot be shaken.

When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The world's kingdom has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever."

General references

Many people and powerful nations will come to inquire of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies in Jerusalem, and to pray in the presence of the LORD."'"

For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the actions prescribed by the Law.

Therefore, those who believe are blessed together with Abraham, the one who believed.