according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;

know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham,

and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham --

'Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,

that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.

and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to thy seed,' which is Christ;

for if by law be the inheritance, it is no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant it.

and if ye are of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise -- heirs.

for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,