Galatians 3:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the gentiles through faith, preached beforehand the gospel unto Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all nations be blessed.'

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  • Gen 12:3 : 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
  • Heb 4:2 : 2 For unto us the gospel was preached, as well as unto them; but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
  • Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.
  • Gen 22:18 : 18 And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.
  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him shall the gathering of the people be.
  • Ps 72:7 : 7 In his days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace as long as the moon endures.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 But yet a tenth will be in it, and it will return, and be consumed; as a terebinth tree or as an oak, whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.
  • Isa 65:9 : 9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah an inheritor of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
  • John 7:38 : 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.
  • Gen 26:4 : 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
  • Gen 28:14 : 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 18:18 : 18 Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
  • Acts 2:25-26 : 25 For David says concerning Him: 'I saw the Lord always before me, for He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken: 26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; moreover, my flesh also will rest in hope:
  • Acts 2:35 : 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.'
  • Acts 15:15-18 : 15 And this agrees with the words of the prophets, as it is written, 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; and I will build again its ruins, and I will set it up: 17 That the rest of mankind might seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, says the Lord, who does all these things. 18 Known to God are all His works from the beginning of the world.
  • Rom 3:28-30 : 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
  • Rom 9:17 : 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth.
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.
  • Gal 3:16 : 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
  • 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from childhood you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 That the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for all good works.
  • Gal 4:30 : 30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? 'Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.'
  • John 7:42 : 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
  • John 19:37 : 37 And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

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  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

  • Gal 3:6-7
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    6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

    7Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

  • Gal 3:14
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    14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

  • Gen 18:18
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    18Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

  • Acts 3:25-26
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    25You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

    26To you first, God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

  • Rom 4:16-18
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    16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

    17As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

    18Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, So shall your descendants be.

  • Gen 22:18
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    18And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.

  • Rom 4:9-13
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    9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

    10How was it then credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

    11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

    12And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.

    13For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham, or to his descendants, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  • Rom 4:1-3
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    1What shall we say then that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has reason to boast; but not before God.

    3For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

  • Gen 12:2-3
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    2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:

    3And I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.

  • Heb 11:18
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    18of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • Gal 3:29
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    29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.

  • Gal 3:16
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    16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He does not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to your seed,' which is Christ.

  • Gal 3:18
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    18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

  • Jas 2:23
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    23And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.

  • Rom 9:7-9
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    7Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.

    8That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

    9For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.

  • Gal 3:22-23
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    22But the Scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

    23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, confined unto the faith which would afterwards be revealed.

  • Rom 3:29-30
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    29Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,

    30since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.

  • Gen 28:14
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    14And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

  • Gen 26:3-4
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    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;

    4And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

  • Gen 17:9
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    9And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6But he whose genealogy is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

  • Gen 15:6
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    6And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.

  • Rom 3:22
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    22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference:

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Heb 6:14
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    14Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.'

  • Gen 17:4
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    4As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.

  • Gal 3:11
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    11But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.'

  • Rom 4:6
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    6Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works,

  • Eph 3:6
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    6That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel:

  • Rom 1:17
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    17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'