In verses 1-8: The example of Abraham.
In verse 3: Gen 15.6.
In verses 4-5: Righteousness may be seen as an earned wage given to one who works or as a gift freely bestowed to the one who trust God who accepts sinners.
In verses 7-8: Ps 32.1-2
In verses 9-12: When Abraham received God's blessing.
The sequence of events in Genesis is critical to Paul's argument.
Which was more defining moment for Abraham?
Faith (Gen 15.6) or circumcision (Gen 17.1-14)?
Faith since it came first.
Thus, Abraham is a better ancestor of all who believe (Jews and gentiles) rather than the ancestor of the circumcised (Jews only).
In verses 13-15: God's promise through faith, not the Mosaic Law.
The promise of many descendants through Isaac experienced through righteousness of faith given in Genesis (15.1-6; 18.18; 22.15-18).
It did not come through the law of Moses, which came much later.
Since the promise linked more closely to faith than it is to the law, it is best experienced not by adherents of the law but by those living in faith.
In verse 15: Without law, there is no sense of violation (Gal 3.19).
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