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So you should understand who Abraham's children really are. It is those people who trust God. The Bible already said what would happen at a future time. It said that God would make the Gentiles right with himself, if they believed in him. God showed this good news to Abraham a long time before it happened. He said to Abraham, ‘I will bless people from all countries because of you.’[a] So then, God did not bless only Abraham when he trusted God. God also blesses all people who trust him like Abraham did.

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  1. 3:8 See Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

Know then that it is (A)those of faith who are (B)the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that (C)God would justify[a] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, (D)“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:8 Or count righteous; also verses 11, 24