Galatians 3:6 (WEB)
Even so, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”
Fathers and councils · 7
Irenaeus of Lyons
“So then they which be of faith shall be blessed with faithful Abraham.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 5–9; Gen. xii. 3.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles through faith, pronounced before to Abraham that all nations should be blessed in him; therefore they who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 6–9.
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Tertullian
“In short, Abraham believed God, and was accredited by Him with righteousness; but it was patience which proved his faith, when he was bidden to immolate his son, with a view to (I would not say the temptation, but) the typical attestation of his faith.” — editor's note: See Gen. xv. 6; Rom. iv. 3, 9, 22; Gal. iii. 6; James ii. 23.
Read the whole comment“For since “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness;” since, also, he deserved for that reason to be called “the father of many nations,” whilst we, who are even more like him in believing in God, are thereby…” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 6.
Read the whole comment““But,” says he, “I speak after the manner of men: when we were children, we were placed in bondage under the elements of the world.”” — editor's note: This apparent quotation is in fact a patching together of two sentences from Gal. iii. 15 and iv. 3 (Fr. Junius). “If I may be allowed to guess from the manner…
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together with
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.6.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Parallel passages
Romans 4:3 and Galatians 3:6 share the same wording (9 words).