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Selected Verse: Galatians 3:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ga 3:9 |
Strong Concordance |
So then [5620] they which be of [1537] faith [4102] are blessed [2127] with [4862] faithful [4103] Abraham [11]. |
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King James |
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
they--and they alone.
of faith--(See on Gal 3:7, beginning).
with--together with.
faithful--implying what it is in which they are "blessed together with him," namely, faith, the prominent feature of his character, and of which the result to all who like him have it, is justification. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
With (σὺν)
Not = like or as, but in fellowship with. Believers are regarded as homogeneous with Abraham, and as thus sharing the blessing which began in him.
Faithful (πιστῷ)
Or believing, as Act 16:1; Co2 11:15; Ti1 5:16. Those who are of the faith are one in blessing with him whose characteristic was faith. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| So then all they, and they only, who are of faith - Who truly believe. Are blessed with faithful Abraham - Receive the blessing as he did, namely, by faith. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They which be of faith - All who believe, as Abraham has believed, are made partakers of Abraham's blessings. |
7 Know ye [1097] therefore [686] that [3754] they which are of [1537] faith [4102], the same [3778] are [1526] the children [5207] of Abraham [11].
16 If any [1536] man [4103] or [2228] woman that believeth [4103] have [2192] widows [5503], let them relieve [1884] them [846], and [2532] let [916] not [3361] the church [1577] be charged [916]; that [2443] it may relieve [1884] them that are widows [5503] indeed [3689].
15 Therefore [3767] it is no [3756] great thing [3173] if [1499] his [846] ministers [1249] also [1499] be transformed [3345] as [5613] the ministers [1249] of righteousness [1343]; whose [3739] end [5056] shall be [2071] according [2596] to their [846] works [2041].
1 Then [1161] came he [2658] to [1519] Derbe [1191] and [2532] Lystra [3082]: and [2532], behold [2400], a certain [5100] disciple [3101] was [2258] there [1563], named [3686] Timotheus [5095], the son [5207] of a certain [5100] woman [1135], which was a Jewess [2453], and believed [4103]; but [1161] his father [3962] was a Greek [1672]: