Galatians 3:8

God's Word

Scripture saw ahead of time that God would give his approval to non-Jewish people who have faith. So Scripture announced the Good News to Abraham ahead of time when it said, “Through you all the people of the world will be blessed.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse. Through you every family on earth will be blessed.”

Genesis 18:18

After all, Abraham is going to become a great and mighty nation and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 22:18

Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

Genesis 26:4

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and give all these lands to your descendants. Through your descendant all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Through you and through your descendant every family on earth will be blessed.

Genesis 49:10

A scepter will never depart from Judah nor a ruler’s staff from between his feet until Shiloh comes and the people obey him.

Psalm 72:7

May righteous people blossom in his day. May there be unlimited peace until the moon no longer ⌞shines⌟.

Isaiah 6:13

Even if one out of ten people is left in it, the land will be burned again. When a sacred oak or an oak is cut down, a stump is left The holy seed will be the land’s stump.”

Isaiah 65:9

I will bring ⌞with me⌟ Jacob’s descendant, one who will inherit my mountains from Judah. My chosen ones will inherit them. My servants will live there.

Jeremiah 4:2

if you take the oath, ‘As the Lord lives …’ in an honest, fair, and right way, then the nations will be blessed, and they will be honored by me.”

John 19:37

Another Scripture passage says, “They will look at the person whom they have stabbed.”

John 7:38

As Scripture says, ‘Streams of living water will flow from deep within the person who believes in me.’ ”

John 7:42

Doesn’t Scripture say that the Messiah will come from the descendants of David and from the village of Bethlehem, where David lived?”

Acts 2:35

until I put your enemies under your control.” ’

Romans 9:17

For example, Scripture says to Pharaoh, “I put you here for this reason: to demonstrate my power through you and to spread my name throughout the earth.”

Romans 9:30

So what can we say? We can say that non-Jewish people who were not trying to gain God’s approval won his approval, an approval based on faith.

Galatians 3:16

The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture doesn’t say, “descendants,” referring to many, but “your descendant,” referring to one. That descendant is Christ.

Galatians 3:22

But Scripture states that the whole world is controlled by the power of sin. Therefore, a promise based on faith in Jesus Christ could be given to those who believe.

Galatians 4:30

But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, because the son of the slave woman must never share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.”

Hebrews 4:2

We have heard the same Good News that your ancestors heard. But the message didn’t help those who heard it in the past because they didn’t believe.

Revelation 11:15

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