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The Book of Galatians, Chapter 3, Verse 6

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Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
King James Version
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
American Standard Version
Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.
New English Translation
Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith.
World English Bible
Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."
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And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed.
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So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
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For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
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But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
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And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
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Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:
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That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though [it be] but a man's covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
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Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
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And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.