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Galatians 3:6

“Just as Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

Galatians 3:6 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Genesis 15:6

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Paul quotes Genesis 15:6, naming Abraham.

Formula: καθὼς “just as” (Galatians 3:6)

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Greek of the New Testament: καθὼς Ἀβραὰμ ἐπίστευσεν τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהֶאֱמִן בַּיהוָה וַיַּחְשְׁבֶהָ לּוֹ צְדָקָה

Septuagint (Genesis 15:6 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἐπίστευσεν Ἀβρὰμ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 7 consecutive words: “τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Galatians 3:6, word by word

AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraam

Abraham

Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.

Where else “Abraam” appears
believedἐπίστευσενepisteusen

trust

To trust in God or in Jesus.

Where else “episteusen” appears
Godθεῷtheōi

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

Where else “theōi” appears
it was countedἐλογίσθηelogisthē

reckon

To put something to someone's account: "it was reckoned as righteousness".

Where else “elogisthē” appears
righteousnessδικαιοσύνηνdikaiosynēn

righteousness

Doing what is just, living as God wants.

Where else “dikaiosynēn” appears

Translation note

Quoted from Genesis 15:6, as in Romans 4:3.

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Quotation · Genesis 15:6

Paul quotes Genesis 15:6, naming Abraham.

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Galatians 3:6

6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.

Genesis 15:6

6And he believed in YHWH, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

The context

5So the one who supplies to you the Spirit and works miracles among you, does he do it by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

6 · This verse (above)

7Know, then, that those of faith, these are sons of Abraham.

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