“Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.”
Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. — the believers in Galatia are Abraham's true descendants not by ethnic lineage but by faith-participation ('hoi ek pisteos'); spiritual genealogy supersedes biological genealogy.
Church Fathers on Galatians 3:7
“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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