Black Lives Matter could be better put as All Lives Matter

In this passage there is a further explanation for those with a Jewish background (the circumcised). What about their religious heritage? The Jews placed confidence in the fact that they were Abraham’s descendants. The implication being that they were automatically right with God. The apostle Paul’s teaching on grace through faith, in this letter, however, did not sit well with their misunderstood privileges and practices.

Paul takes time in this passage to show them that although Abraham had plenty of good works, this was not the basis of his standing before God. Rather, he “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness”. Jesus said that Abraham “rejoiced to see My day.” Like Abraham, many people, before Jesus came, looked ahead by faith to Him as the promised One whose life would be an offering for sin. Paul’s teaching was not new.