3/03/2024 – Galatians Bible Study – Tim Brown – Paul brought Abraham into the discussion because no doubt the Judaizers used Abraham as certain proof that circumcision was necessary to please God and become acceptable to Him. What Paul is saying here quoting Genesis 15:6, “6just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness” is that they had conveniently ignored the fact that Scripture precisely ascribed righteousness to Abraham by faith and that God commanded Abraham to be circumcised many years after He had counted Abraham to be righteous because he believed God?”
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