Galatians 3:9

George Lamsa Translation

So then, it is the believers who are blessed through Abraham the faithful.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Consequently those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.

King James Version (1611)
So then, they which bee of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

King James Version
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

English Standard Version
So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

New American Standard Bible
So then, those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.

New Century Version
So all who believe as Abraham believed are blessed just as Abraham was.

Amplified Bible
So then those who are people of faith [whether Jew or Gentile] are blessed and favored by God [and declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with Him] along with Abraham, the believer.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.

Legacy Standard Bible
So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer.

Berean Standard Bible
So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Contemporary English Version
This means that everyone who has faith will share in the blessings that were given to Abraham because of his faith.

Complete Jewish Bible
So then, those who rely on trusting and being faithful are blessed along with Avraham, who trusted and was faithful.

Darby Translation
So that they who are on the principle of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

Easy-to-Read Version
Abraham believed this, and because he believed, he was blessed. All people who believe are blessed the same as Abraham was.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

Good News Translation
Abraham believed and was blessed; so all who believe are blessed as he was.

Lexham English Bible
So then, the ones who have faith are blessed together with Abraham who believed.

Literal Translation
So that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

American Standard Version
So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

Bible in Basic English
So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.

Hebrew Names Version
So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Avraham.

International Standard Version
Therefore, those who believe are blessed together with Abraham, the one who believed.

Etheridge Translation
therefore believers are blessed with Abraham the believer.

Murdock Translation
therefore, it is, who are blessed with believing Abraham.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So then, they which be of fayth, are blessed with the faythfull Abraham.

English Revised Version
So then they which be of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

World English Bible
So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So then they who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse;

Weymouth's New Testament
So we see that it is those who possess faith that are blessed with believing Abraham.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And therfor these that ben of bileue, schulen be blessid with feithful Abraham.

Update Bible Version
So then those that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

Webster's Bible Translation
So then they who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

New English Translation
So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

New King James Version
So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

New Living Translation
So all who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith.

New Life Bible
So then, all those who have faith will be happy, along with Abraham who had faith.

New Revised Standard
For this reason, those who believe are blessed with Abraham who believed.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then, they who are of faith, are blessed with believing Abraham;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, they that are of faith shall be blessed with faithful Abraham.

Revised Standard Version
So then, those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
So then they which be of fayth are blessed with faythfull Abraham.

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

Mace New Testament (1729)
so that it is they who believe, who are blessed with Abraham, who did believe.

THE MESSAGE
So those now who live by faith are blessed along with Abraham, who lived by faith—this is no new doctrine! And that means that anyone who tries to live by his own effort, independent of God, is doomed to failure. Scripture backs this up: "Utterly cursed is every person who fails to carry out every detail written in the Book of the law."

Simplified Cowboy Version
So every cowboy who has faith in God shares the same blessing as Abraham did.

Contextual Overview

⁶ Just as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness, ⁷ You must know therefore, that those who trust on faith are the children of Abraham. ⁸ Because God knew in advance that the Gentiles would be declared righteous through faith, he first preached to Abraham, as it is said in the Holy Scripture, In you shall all the Gentiles be blessed. ⁹ So then, it is the believers who are blessed through Abraham the faithful. ¹⁰ For those who rely on the works of the law are still under the curse: for as it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not practice everything which is written in the book of the law. ¹¹ But that no man is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, as it is written, The righteous shall live by faith. ¹² Thus the law is not made by faith, but, Whosoever shall do the things which are written in it shall live in it. ¹³ Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, by becoming accursed for our sakes: for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a cross: ¹⁴ That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. ¹⁵ My brethren, I speak as a man; Though it be but a man''s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man can reject it or change anything in it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Galatians 3:7, Galatians 3:8, Galatians 3:14, Galatians 3:29, Galatians 4:28, Romans 4:11, Romans 4:16, Romans 4:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:18 - And in Genesis 24:1 - blessed Leviticus 19:19 - mingled Psalms 21:6 - made Psalms 24:5 - receive Psalms 67:7 - God Isaiah 51:2 - for Acts 3:26 - sent Romans 4:5 - But to Romans 4:6 - blessedness Galatians 3:6 - as Ephesians 1:1 - which Ephesians 1:3 - who Colossians 1:2 - the saints 1 Timothy 2:7 - in faith Hebrews 1:14 - heirs

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the fruit of the tree, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat the fruits of it all the days of your life;

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the ground; out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust shall you return.

Genesis 3:20
So Adam called his wifes name Eve because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:21
And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.

Genesis 4:9
And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brothers keeper?

Genesis 11:5
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which men were building.

Genesis 16:8
And he said to her, Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going? And she said, I flee from the presence of my mistress Sarai.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So then they which be of faith,.... This is the apostle's conclusion upon the whole, from the instance of Abraham, and, the promise made to him; and is an explanation of the preceding clause, and shows that it must be taken in a limited sense, and understood not of every individual; only of those who are of the same faith with Abraham, are believers in Christ, and seek for justification by faith in him, and not by the works of the law:

these are blessed with faithful Abraham; in his seed Christ; they are blessed with a justifying righteousness in Christ as he was, and will be blessed with eternal life as he is; they shall sit with him, and with Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. The character of "faithful" given to him, respects not his uprightness and integrity among men, but his faith in God; and does not suppose that he was blessed for his faith, but that it was through faith that he received the blessing of justification, and not by the works of the law; and that in the same way, all that believe enjoy the same favour, for to them it is limited and restrained: nor can the Jews of all men find fault with this interpretation of the apostle's, since they themselves interpret the above clause of some particular persons of the nations of the world, and say in so many words, that

"the meaning is, not that all the men of the world should be blessed, but that every family that is in the world,

שתתקרב למשמעתו ואמונתו, "that comes to the obedience and faith of him" (God,) to it shall adhere the blessing and providence. o''

o Abarbinel in Pentateuch, fol. 54. 1, 2. Vid. R. Isaac Chizzuk Emuna, par. 1. c. 13. p. 135.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So then they which be of faith - They whose leading characteristic it is that they believe. This was the leading trait in the character of Abraham, and this is the leading thing required of those who embrace the gospel, and in the character of a true Christian.

Are blessed with faithful Abraham - In the same manner they are interested in the promises made to him, and they will be treated as he was. They are justified in the same manner, and admitted to the same privileges on earth and in heaven.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 9. They which be of faith — All who believe, as Abraham has believed, are made partakers of Abraham's blessings.