Note 11 at Gal. 3:7: Faith is what made Abraham pleasing to God (Heb. 11:6); it certainly wasn't his performance or genealogy. Yet the Jews had missed this truth. They had misinterpreted scripture to believe that the physical descendants of Abraham were the heirs of Abraham's blessings and God's covenant. Paul corrects that thinking with an amazing interpretation of Old Testament scripture. He says that everyone who puts faith in Christ is a true child of Abraham, whether he is a Jew or Gentile by birth.