16 That is why it depends on faith, kin order that the promise may rest on grace and lbe guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, mwho is the father of us all,
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and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
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But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
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For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
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This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.
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