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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: VERSE 6. Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him
for righteousness.
The Apostle next adduces the example of Abraham and reviews the testimony of
the Scriptures concerning faith. The first passage is taken from Genesis
16:6: "And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for
righteousness." The Apostle makes the most of this passage. Abraham may
have enjoyed a good standing with men for his upright life, but not with God.
In the sight of God, Abraham was a condemned sinner. That he was justified
before God was not due to his own exertions, but due to his faith. The
Scriptures expressly state: "Abraham believed in the Lord; and he counted it
to him for righteousness."
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