“Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
So also Abraham 'believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.' — Paul cites Genesis 15:6, establishing Abraham as the prototype of faith-righteousness; Abraham's pistis (faith, trust in God's promise) was the ground ('elogisthē' — reckoned, imputed) of his dikaiosynē (righteousness), predating both the law (430 years later) and circumcision (Genesis 17), making Abraham the father of all who believe.
Church Fathers on Galatians 3:6
“Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness.” Even the miracles done by themselves, he says, declare the power of Faith, but I shall attempt if you will suffer me to draw my proofs from ancient narratives also. Then, as they made great account of the Patriarch, he brings his example forward, and shows that he too was justified by Faith. And if he who was before grace, was justified by Faith, although plentiful in works, much more we. For…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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