Galatians 3:6

The faith of the Galatians is likened to that of Abraham, in that it found the same acceptance with God.

The quotation of Genesis 15:6 was reckoned follows the LXX, whereas our version, following the Hebrew text, refers to God, he counted it. This passage is repeatedly commented on by Philo as well as in the N.T. Paul bases his argument upon it in Romans 4:3 by way of proof that God imputes righteousness on the ground of faith, not of works, and James guards it against misinterpretation by teachers who degraded faith into a barren assent of the intellect (James 2:17-23). Obviously Jewish teachers had already concentrated attention on this passage on account of the explicit testimony which it bears to the faith of Abraham and to God's acceptance of that faith; and stress had been laid upon its authority in their schools of theology.