Galaten 3:9

9 Zo dan, die uit het geloof zijn, worden gezegend met den gelovigen Abraham.

Galaten 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

Galatians 3:9

So then they which be of faith
This is the apostle's conclusion upon the whole, from the instance of Abraham, and, the promise made to him; and is an explanation of the preceding clause, and shows that it must be taken in a limited sense, and understood not of every individual; only of those who are of the same faith with Abraham, are believers in Christ, and seek for justification by faith in him, and not by the works of the law:

these are blessed with faithful Abraham;
in his seed Christ; they are blessed with a justifying righteousness in Christ as he was, and will be blessed with eternal life as he is; they shall sit with him, and with Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. The character of "faithful" given to him, respects not his uprightness and integrity among men, but his faith in God; and does not suppose that he was blessed for his faith, but that it was through faith that he received the blessing of justification, and not by the works of the law; and that in the same way, all that believe enjoy the same favour, for to them it is limited and restrained: nor can the Jews of all men find fault with this interpretation of the apostle's, since they themselves interpret the above clause of some particular persons of the nations of the world, and say in so many words, that

``the meaning is, not that all the men of the world should be blessed, but that every family that is in the world, (wtnwmaw wtemvml brqttv) , "that comes to the obedience and faith of him" (God,) to it shall adhere the blessing and providence. ^F15''

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Abarbinel in Pentateuch, fol. 54. 1, 2. Vid. R. Isaac Chizzuk Emuna, par. 1. c. 13. p. 135.

Galaten 3:9 In-Context

7 Zo verstaat gij dan, dat degenen, die uit het geloof zijn, Abrahams kinderen zijn.

8 En de Schrift, te voren ziende, dat God de heidenen uit het geloof zou rechtvaardigen, heeft te voren aan Abraham het Evangelie verkondigd, zeggende: In u zullen al de volken gezegend worden.

9 Zo dan, die uit het geloof zijn, worden gezegend met den gelovigen Abraham.

10 Want zovelen als er uit de werken der wet zijn, die zijn onder den vloek; want er is geschreven: Vervloekt is een iegelijk, die niet blijft in al hetgeen geschreven is in het boek der wet, om dat te doen.

11 En dat niemand door de wet gerechtvaardigd wordt voor God, is openbaar; want de rechtvaardige zal uit het geloof leven.