Galatians 3:6 KJV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:6

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 to show that the most eminent of the patriarchs was not saved by the deeds of the Law. He was saved by faith, and this fact showed that it was possible to be saved in that way, and that it was the design of God to save people in this manner. Abraham believed God, and was justified, before the Law of Moses was given. It could not, therefore, be pretended... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:5-9

Galatians 3:5-9. He therefore Namely, God; that ministereth to you the Spirit Who is continually giving you additional supplies of grace by the Spirit; and worketh miracles, &c. Bestows the extraordinary gifts of the Spirit upon you; doeth he it by the works of the law Through your hearing and embracing the doctrine of those who inculcate the necessity of observing the ceremonies of the law; or by the hearing of faith By your hearing, receiving, and acquiescing in the doctrine... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:6-14

Example of Abraham (3:6-14)Abraham’s life demonstrates that God justifies on the basis of faith, not law-keeping. (To understand the illustrations that follow, read Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 13:14-18; Genesis 15:1-6; Genesis 22:15-18.) Abraham was justified not because he kept the law, but because he believed God. The law, with its rules about circumcision, had not yet been given. The real children of Abraham are not those who have been circumcised according to the law, but those who have been... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:6

believed . Greek. pisteud. App-150 . God. App-98 . accounted . Greek. logizomai , See Romans 4:3 . for . Greek. eis . App-104 . righteousness. Greek. dikaiosune , App-191 . Quoted from Genesis 15:6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:6

Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.By the introduction of this great truth, Paul refuted the notion that the Law of Moses had had anything to do with the salvation of Abraham. Since Abraham was justified, or reckoned righteous in God's sight, without regard to the Law of Moses, Abraham being the ancestor of every Jew on earth, why should any of his remote descendants, much less the Gentile Galatians, think to gain anything at all from it? The argument... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 3:6

Galatians 3:6.— St. Paul's next argument against circumcision and subjection to the law is, "That the children of Abraham, intitled to the inheritance and blessing promised to Abraham and his seed, are so by faith, and not by being under the law, which brings a curse upon those who are under it," Galatians 3:6-18. Beza is of opinion that the 7th verse should not begin a sentence, but depend on the foregoing, As Abraham believed,—ver. 7 ye therefore know, &c. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:6

6. The answer to the question in Galatians 3:5 is here taken for granted, It was by the hearing of faith: following this up, he says, "Even as Abraham believed," c. (Genesis 15:4-6 Romans 4:3). God supplies unto you the Spirit as the result of faith, not works, just as Abraham obtained justification by faith, not by works (Galatians 3:6; Galatians 3:8; Galatians 3:16; Galatians 4:22; Galatians 4:26; Galatians 4:28). Where justification is, there the Spirit is, so that if the former comes by... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:6

The Judaizers, in emphasizing the Mosaic Law, appealed to Moses frequently. Paul took them back farther in their history to Abraham, the father of the Jewish nation. He cited Genesis 15:6 to prove that God justified Abraham by faith, not because he kept the Law. Abraham believed the promise that God would bless him. Abraham could and did do nothing but believe God’s promise that He would do something supernatural for him (cf. Romans 4:3). One writer suggested that the best commentary on... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:6-9

The blessing of faith 3:6-9 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:6-14

2. The Scriptural argument 3:6-14Next Paul appealed to Scripture to defend salvation by faith alone. To refute the legalists Paul first argued that it is incorrect to say that only through conformity to the Law could people become sons of Abraham (Galatians 3:6-9). Second, he argued that by the logic of the legalists those whose standing the Law determines are under the curse of the Law, not special blessing (Galatians 3:10-14). read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:5-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:6-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 3:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:6-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:6-14

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