GAL 3:6 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Just as Abraham “believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness,”

UST What you have experienced is just as Moses had written in the scriptures about Abraham. He wrote that Abraham trusted God, and as a result, God considered Abraham as being righteous.

BLB So also, "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."

AICNT Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.[fn]

3:6, Genesis 15:6

OEB It is just as it was with Abraham –
⇔ he had faith in God, and his faith was regarded by God as righteousness.

WEBBE Even so, Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

LSV According as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness;

FBV It's just like Abraham who “trusted God, and was considered to be right.”[fn]

3:6 Quoting Genesis 15:6.

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

T4T What you have experienced is as Moses wrote in the Scriptures about Abraham. He wrote that Abraham trusted God, and as a result, he was considered as being righteous {God erased the record of his sins}.

LEB Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,

BBE Even as Abraham had faith in God, and it was put to his account as righteousness.

Moff Why, it is as with Abraham, he had faith in God and that was counted to him as righteousness.

Wymth even as Abraham believed God, and his faith was placed to his account as righteousness?

ASV Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.

DRA As it is written: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

YLT according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him — to righteousness;

Drby Even as Abraham believed [fn]God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.

3.6 Elohim

RV Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.
(Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckon/counted/counted unto him for righteousness. )

SLT As Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for justice.

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

KJB-1769 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

KJB-1611 Euen as Abraham beleeued God, and it was [fn]accounted to him for righteousnesse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

3:6 Or, imputed.

Bshps Euen as Abraham beleued God, & it was ascribed to hym for righteousnesse.
(Even as Abraham believed God, and it was ascribed to him for righteousness.)

Gnva Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.
(Yea rather as Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness. )

Cvdl Euen as Abraha beleued God, and it was counted vnto him for righteousnes.
(Even as Abraha believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.)

TNT Even as Abraham beleved God and it was asscribed to him for rightewesnes.
(Even as Abraham believed God and it was asscribed to him for rightewesnes. )

Wycl As it is writun, Abraham bileuede to God, and it was rettid to hym to riytfulnesse.
(As it is written, Abraham believed to God, and it was rettid to him to rightfulness/righteousness.)

Luth Gleichwie Abraham hat GOtt geglaubet, und ist ihm gerechnet zur Gerechtigkeit.
(Equally Abraham has God believed, and is him calculated to/for justice.)

ClVg Sicut scriptum est: Abraham credidit Deo, et reputatum est illi ad justitiam:[fn]
(Like written it_is: Abraham believed to_God, and reputatum it_is them to justice: )

3.6 Ad justitiam. Justitiam vocat hic peccatorum remissionem et bonæ vitæ observantiam.

3.6 To justice. Justicem he_calls this/here of_sins/sinners remission and good of_life observance.

UGNT καθὼς Ἀβραὰμ ἐπίστευσεν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
(kathōs Abraʼam episteusen tōi Theōi kai elogisthaʸ autōi eis dikaiosunaʸn.)

SBL-GNT καθὼς Ἀβραὰμ ἐπίστευσεν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
(kathōs Abraʼam episteusen tōi theōi, kai elogisthaʸ autōi eis dikaiosunaʸn.)

RP-GNT Καθὼς Ἀβραὰμ ἐπίστευσεν τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
(Kathōs Abraʼam episteusen tōi theōi, kai elogisthaʸ autōi eis dikaiosunaʸn.)

TC-GNT Καθὼς Ἀβραὰμ ἐπίστευσε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην.
(Kathōs Abraʼam episteuse tōi Theōi, kai elogisthaʸ autōi eis dikaiosunaʸn. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:1–14: We are justified by believing, not by obeying the law

In this section, Paul contrasted “doing” and “believing.” He began by rebuking the Galatians because they had forgotten something. They had forgotten that they had been made right with God (justified) and had received the Holy Spirit by believing. They should not then begin to do/obey the law to be made right with God.

Being made right with God (justification) has always been an issue of believing. Abraham himself was justified because he believed. People who are Abraham’s children are those who believe. They are the ones who are blessed. People who try to be made right with God by obeying the law are cursed, because no one can obey the entire law.

Paul wanted the Galatians to change their ways. He was convinced that if they thought about their actions and understood the truth, they would change.

Some other examples for a heading for this section are:

Justification by Law or by Faith? (NET)

Law or Faith

Paragraph 3:6–9

The implied response to Paul’s rhetorical questions in 3:1–5 is that the Galatians received the Spirit by faith in Christ. Paul then talked about Abraham to support his case that salvation is by faith. Abraham was a familiar example of a person with great faith.

Paul explained that God accepted Abraham as righteous because of his faith. Salvation never depended on keeping the law.

3:6a–b

So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness”: This verse is a quotation from Genesis 15:6. It proves that God considered Abraham as righteous by means of faith. Abraham’s righteousness did not depend on anything that he did.

You may want to make it clear that this is a quotation from Genesis. One way to do this is to put the reference in a footnote at the end of the verse (as in the BSB). A sample footnote is:

This is a quotation from Genesis 15:6.

3:6a

So also, “Abraham believed God,

¶ Think about Abraham. “He trusted God,
¶ Remember Abraham our^(excl) father/ancestor. “He put his faith/trust in God

So also: There are at least three ways to interpret the function of the Greek word that the BSB translates as So also:

It introduces an example. The example is Abraham and his faith. For example:
Abraham serves as an example. (GW) (BSB, NIV, GNT, GW, REB, JBP)
It introduces a quotation from the Old Testament. Here, it is a shortened introduction. The longer introduction would be “just as it is written” (as in Romans 1:17). For example:
The Scriptures say that God accepted Abraham because Abraham had faith. (CEV) (ESV, CEV, NCV, GNTGNT says, “Consider the experience of Abraham; as the scripture says…” So the GNT follows both interpretation 1 and interpretation 2.)
It introduces a comparison. The comparison is between Abraham in 3:6 and “those who believe” in 3:7. They were both God’s people because they believed. For example:
⁶Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, ⁷so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham. (NET) (NET, NRSV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1).

Some other ways to translate this word are:

Consider Abraham (NIV)

Think of Abraham

Remember Abraham

Abraham: Abraham is an important Jewish ancestor written about in the Old Testament. Paul often referred to him as an example of a believing person.

In some languages, it is natural to use a title or description along with the name of important people like Abraham. For example:

Abraham of old

our ^(excl) father Abraham

the prophet Abraham

believed God: Paul used the word believed to refer to faith in God. It does not refer to just accepting a statement as true.

Some other ways to translate this clause are:

trusted God

had faith in God

put his faith in God (NJB)

See faith, Meaning 1 in the Glossary for more information.

3:6b

and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

and God regarded him as righteous.”
and because of that, God considered him to be a blameless/straight person.”

and it was credited to him as righteousness: The clause it was credited means “was calculated,” “was reckoned,” or “was regarded/considered.” God considered Abraham to be righteous because of his faith.

This clause is passive. Some ways to translate it are:

Use a passive clause. For example:
he was counted/considered to be righteous
As an active verb: For example:
and God accepted Abraham’s faith, and that faith made him right with God (NCV)
and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous (GNT)

as righteousness: The word righteousness refers to the character trait of being “upright,” “blameless,” or “just.”

Some other ways to translate this phrase are:

upright/blameless

a just/straight man

See also righteous in the Glossary for more information.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

καθὼς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καθώς Ἀβραάμ Ἐπίστευσεν τῷ Θεῷ καί ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην)

Here, the phrase Just as indicates that what follows is connected to what preceded it, specifically [3:1-5](../03/01.md). The phrase Just as is also introducing new information. The new information that this phrase is introducing is the biblical example of Abraham. Use a form that would be appropriate in this context. Alternate translation: [Even as]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

ἐπίστευσεν τῷ Θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καθώς Ἀβραάμ Ἐπίστευσεν τῷ Θεῷ καί ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην)

Here, Paul quotes Genesis 15:16. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with opening and closing quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐλογίσθη

˱it˲_˓was˒_reckoned

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [God credited it]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐλογίσθη

˱it˲_˓was˒_reckoned

Here, the word it refers to Abraham’s belief in God. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: [God credited his belief]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δικαιοσύνην

righteousness

See how you translated the word righteousness in [2:21](../02/21.md).

Parallel GAL 3:6

Section 3:1–14: We are justified by believing, not by obeying the law

Paragraph 3:6–9

3:6a–b

3:6a

3:6b