“And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.”
The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through you.' — Paul reads the Abrahamic promise (Genesis 12:3, 18:18) as proto-evangelium, a forward proclamation ('proeeuangelidzo') of Gentile inclusion through faith; God's plan for Gentile justification has always been through faith, not Torah.
Church Fathers on Galatians 3:8
“And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Gospel beforehand unto Abraham, saying, In you shall all the nations be blessed.” If then those were Abraham's sons, not, who were related to him by blood, but who follow his faith, for this is the meaning of the words, “In you all the nations,” it is plain that the heathen are brought into kindred with him. Hereby too is proved another important point. It perplexed them that the Law…
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