Galatians 3:8

• §59Article 1 · The Revelation of GodRead at vatican.va

  “"In you all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."” — Catechism footnote: Gen 17:5; 12:3 (LXX); cf. Gal 3:8

Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.21Book IV

  “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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Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) §2

  “Orth.—When He brought him out of his father’s house, and ordered him to come into Palestine, did He not say to him “I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee, and in thy seed shall all families of the earth be blessed”?” — editor's note: Gen. xii. 3. The lxx. has ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν σοί. In Acts iii. 25, it is τῷ σπέρματί σου: in Gal. iii. 8, ἐν σοί

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 62

  “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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• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.6Book I

  “Therefore they who are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 6–9.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 22

  “For, unfolding the promised blessing upon all nations in the person of Abraham, “And in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed,” he adds, “He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. iii. 8, 16.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.3Book V

  ““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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• Genesis 12:3

  Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

• Genesis 18:18

  Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

• Genesis 22:18

  Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

• 2 Timothy 2:8

  Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 22.

• Genesis 12:1

  Cited together in Catechism §59.

• Genesis 12:3

  Cited together in Catechism §59.

• Genesis 15:6

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.6.

• Genesis 17:5

  Cited together in Catechism §59.

• Isaiah 7:9

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.6.

• Habakkuk 2:4

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.6.

• Matthew 1:1

  Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 22.

• John 8:24

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.6.

• Romans 1:3

  Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 22.