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Galatians 3

Gal. 3:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Even as
kathos (Greek #2531)
just (or inasmuch) as, that
KJV usage: according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
Pronounce: kath-oce'
Origin: from 2596 and 5613
Abraham
Abraam (Greek #11)
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
KJV usage: Abraham. (In Acts 7:16 the text should probably read Jacob.)
Pronounce: ab-rah-am'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (085)
believed
pisteuo (Greek #4100)
to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
KJV usage: believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Pronounce: pist-yoo'-o
Origin: from 4102
l God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
it was γaccounted
logizomai (Greek #3049)
to take an inventory, i.e. estimate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: conclude, (ac-)count (of), + despise, esteem, impute, lay, number, reason, reckon, suppose, think (on).
Pronounce: log-id'-zom-ahee
Origin: middle voice from 3056
to him
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
for
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
righteousness
dikaiosune (Greek #1343)
equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
KJV usage: righteousness.
Pronounce: dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay
Origin: from 1342
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Gen. 15:6•  (Gen. 15:6)
γ
or, imputed.

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Abraham,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gal. 3:9• 9So that they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham. (Gal. 3:9)
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Gen. 15:6•  (Gen. 15:6)
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Rom. 4:3‑6,9‑10,21‑22• 3For what doth the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.”
 4Now to him that worketh the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt;
 5but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
 6Just as David also describeth the blessedness of the man to whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works.
 9This blessedness then [cometh it] upon the circumcision or also upon the uncircumcision? For we say that to Abraham faith was reckoned for righteousness.
 10How then was it reckoned? When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision but in uncircumcision.
 21and fully persuaded that what he hath promised he is also able to perform.
 22Wherefore also it was reckoned to him for righteousness. (Rom. 4:3‑6,9‑10,21‑22)
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Rom. 9:32‑33• 32Why? Because not by faith but as by works [of law], for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
 33even as it is written, “Behold I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” (Rom. 9:32‑33)
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James 2:23• 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called Friend of God. (James 2:23)
accounted.
or, imputed.
Rom. 4:6,11,22,24• 6Just as David also describeth the blessedness of the man to whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works.
 11And he received [the] sign of circumcision as seal of the righteousness of the faith that [he had] in uncircumcision, in order to his being father of all that believe in a state of uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also,
 22Wherefore also it was reckoned to him for righteousness.
 24but on our account also, to whom it shall be reckoned, to us that believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord out of [the] dead, (Rom. 4:6,11,22,24)
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2 Cor. 5:19‑21• 19how that it was God in Christ reconciling [the] world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences, and putting in us the word of the reconciliation.
 20For Christ then we are ambassadors, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God:
 21him that knew not sin he made sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him. (2 Cor. 5:19‑21)
• The answer to such questions was simple. All the blessing they had received, summed up in the crowning gift of the Holy Spirit, the sufferings they had endured, and the manifestation of divine power in their midst, were the outcome of receiving the gospel concerning Jesus by the hearing of faith. (“Galatians 3” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousnessd.

JND Translation Notes

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See Gen. 15.6.

W. Kelly Translation

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Even as Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.