Galatians 3:6

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even as Abraham believed God ... - see this passage fully explained in the notes at Romans 4:3 . The passage is introduced here by the apostle t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Even as (e) Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. (5) The fifth argument which is of great force, and has three g...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Galatians 3:1 to Galatians 5:12 . Doctrinal Section. Paul Sets the Choice before them Christ or the Law and Argues for its Urgency. Galatians...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

believed . Greek. pisteud. App-150. God. App-98. accounted . Greek. logizomai , See Romans 4:3 . for . Greek. eis . App-104. righteousne...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Having appealed to facts and experience, he now gives quotations from Scripture. And first, he brings forward the example of Abraham. Arguments...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Abraham believed God - This is quoted from Genesis 15:6 (note); and St...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Galatians 3:6 .— St. Paul's next argument against circumcision and subjection to the law is, "That the children of Abraham, intitled to the inhe...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. The answer to Galatians 3:5 is here taken for granted, It was b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Justification is by Faith, not Works 1-14. The Apostle upbraids the Galatians with their speedy change from faith to legal observances, reminding...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

As Abraham ] a typical case, which the Judaisers could not gainsay: cp. Genesis 15:6 . St. Paul declares: Our Jewish sacred Scriptures teach salvat...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Even as. — The argument is here very condensed. Ideas lie close together in the Apostle’s mind which are some distance apart in ours. He asks wheth...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(6-14) These prolific results are due to faith, and not to the Law; just as it was faith which won for Abraham that imputed righteousness. Faith was...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 ABRAHAM'S BLESSING AND THE LAW'S CURSE. Galatians 3:6-14 FAITH then, we have learnt, not works of law, was the condition on which t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Righteousness Based on Faith Galatians 3:1-10 The strong tendency of the Galatian Christians to depend upon ceremonies or upon legal obedience,...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the second division of the epistle, in which Paul deals with the doctrine of liberty. He begins with the exclamation, "O foolish Galatian...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) В¶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. (7) Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even as Abraham believed God ,.... The apostle having observed, that the special grace and extraordinary gifts of the Spirit were received not throu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Ver. 6. It was accounted to him ] This the Papists jeeringly call a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He therefore Namely, God; that ministereth to you the Spirit Who is continually giving you additional supplies of grace by the Spirit; and worke...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

FAITH IS THE ONE PRINCIPLE OF BLESSING (vs.1-9) "0 foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?" (v.1). Little wonder, as Paul considers the princip...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Justification by Faith. A. D. 56. 6 Even a...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As Abraham was justified, so must all the children of Abraham; but Abraham believed God, (that is, agreed to the truth of all those promises which...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Confirms What He Has Said By Pointing Out That Every Blessing They Have Received Was Received Through Faith ( Galatians 3:1-9 ). Paul now rem...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘He therefore who supplies to you the Spirit, and works powerful works among you (or ‘within you'), does he do it by the works of the Law or by the h...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Galatians 3:6 . Even as Abraham believed God. —Where justification is there the Spirit is, so that if the former...
Scofield Reference Notes

God Jehovah. ( Genesis 15:6 ).
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Paul, writing, to those changeable Galatians, who had so soon deserted the faith, says to them in this chapter Galatians 3:1 . O foolish Galatians...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Galatians 3:1-2 . O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidentl...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

3:1. O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Galatians 3:1 . Oh foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you: εβασκανε, who hath fascinated, beguiled, or seduced you by subtlety and cunning, and...
The Biblical Illustrator

Even as Abraham believed God. The faith of Abraham I. A simple, child-like dependence on the naked word of God. II. An acceptance of and tru...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians (ὦ ἀνόητοι Γαλάται). In thus apostrophizing them, the apostle brands their present beh...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:19-21 ; Galatians 3:9 ; Genesis 15:6 ; James 2:23 ; Romans 4:10 ; Romans 4:11 ; Romans 4:21 ; Romans 4:22 ; Romans 4:24 ; R...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Doubtless in confirmation of that grand doctrine, that we are justified by faith, even as Abraham was. The Apostle, both in this and in the epistle...

⁶ Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounteda to him for righteousness.

Related Commentaries of Galatians 3:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Galatians 3:6