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Galatians 3:8

The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

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ASV

And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the nations be blessed.

KJV

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.

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προϊδοῦσαproidousaHaving foreseenG4308 →
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πίστεωςpisteōsfaithG4102 →
δικαιοῖdikaioijustifiesG1344 →
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ἔθνηethnēGentilesG1484 →
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θεός,theosGod,G2316 →
προευηγγελίσατοproeuēngelisatoforetold the gospelG4283 →
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ἈβραὰμAbraamto AbrahamG11 →
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ἐνευλογηθήσονταιeneulogēthēsontaiWill be blessedG1757 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
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πάνταpantaallG3956 →
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ἔθνη.ethnēnations.G1484 →

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Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”2 Timothy 3:16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’Genesis 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.Romans 3:28For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,Romans 3:30since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—Romans 3:21But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.Romans 3:28–30For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.Hebrews 4:2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.Galatians 3:22But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.John 7:38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

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