Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
KJV
γινώσκετε ἄρα ὅτι οἱ ἐκ πίστεως, οὗτοι υἱοί εἰσιν Ἀβραάμ.
Greek NT
cognoscite ergo quia qui ex fide sunt, ii sunt filii Abrahæ.
Vulgate
Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.
ASV
Know ye, therefore, that they who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἄρα
ara
particle · 36×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: υἱοί εἰσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: υἱοί εἰσιν | RP: εἰσιν υἱοὶ
- υἱοί εἰσιν — SBLGNT
- υἱοί εἰσιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἰσιν υἱοὶ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 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. Abraham was justified not by circumcision, not by work…
Cross-references
- Gal 3:9 — So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
- Gal 3:9 — So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
- Gal 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
- Gal 3:29 — And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
- Gal 6:16 — And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
- Gen 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
- John 8:39 — They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
- John 8:39 — They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
- John 8:56 — Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
- Luke 19:9 — And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
- Ps 100:3 — Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Rom 4:11 — And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circum
- Rom 4:24 — But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
- Rom 9:7 — Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.