Study it in the app“For this reason it is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, so that the promise may be certain to all the offspring, not only to those of the law but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all”
For this reasonΔιὰ τοῦτοit isbyἐκfaith,πίστεωςso thatἵναit may beaccording toκατὰgrace,χάρινso thatεἰς τὸthe promiseτὴν ἐπαγγελίανmay beεἶναιcertainβεβαίανto allπαντὶthe offspring,τῷ σπέρματιnotοὐonlyμόνονto thoseτῷofἐκthe lawτοῦ νόμουbutἀλλὰalsoκαὶto thoseτῷofἐκthe faithπίστεωςof Abraham,Ἀβραάμwhoὅςisἐστινthe fatherπατὴρof us allπάντων ἡμῶν
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteōs” appearsgrace
A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.
Where else “charin” appearspromise
Promise.
Where else “epangelian” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appearsfirm, sure
Firm, secure, sure: what does not fail.
Where else “bebaian” appearsoffspring
Someone's children and descendants.
Where else “spermati” appearsonly
Nothing beyond that: bread is not enough to live.
Where else “monon” appearslaw
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appearsAbraham
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” appearsoriginator
One who starts something or whom others follow.
Where else “patēr” appears15For the law brings about wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
16 · This verse (above)
17(as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations) in the presence of the God whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls the things that do not exist as though they existed.
1. What it says
What does Paul say happened to Abraham when he believed God? (vv. 3, 20-22)
2. What it means
Why does Paul use the example of Abraham to speak of faith? What does he want to show? (vv. 1-3, 9-12)
3. How I live it
Abraham kept trusting although it seemed impossible (vv. 18-21). In what situation is trust hard for you, and what would help you keep hoping?
