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Galatians 3:29
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And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
And now that you ride for the brand, you are the real children of Abraham. You are his heirs and Abraham's inheritance belongs to you too.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
but if *ye* [are] of Christ, then ye are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to the promise.
If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
And if ye are Christ's, then are ye the seed of Abraham, and heirs according to the promise.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are indeed true descendants of Abraham, and are heirs in fulfilment of the promise.
And if yee be Christs, then are ye Abrahams seed, and heires according to the promise.
And if you are of Christ, then you are a seed of Abraham, even heirs according to promise.
Yf ye be Christes, the are ye Abrahas sede and heyres acordynge to the promes.
and if you belong to Christ, you are Abraham's offspring, and his heirs by virtue of the promise.
And if you belong to Christ [if you are in Him], then you are Abraham's descendants, and [spiritual] heirs according to [God's] promise.
And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
Yf ye be Christes then are ye Abrahams seed and heyres by promes.
And if you are Christ's, then are you Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
And if ye [are] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
and if ye [are] of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise -- heirs.
You belong to Christ, so you are Abraham's descendants. You will inherit all of God's blessings because of the promise God made to Abraham.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to the promise.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.
And so, you should understand that everyone who has faith is a child of Abraham. Long ago the Scriptures said that God would accept the Gentiles because of their faith. That's why God told Abraham the good news that all nations would be blessed because of him. This means that everyone who has faith will share in the blessings that were given to Abraham because of his faith. Anyone who tries to please God by obeying the Law is under a curse. The Scriptures say, "Everyone who doesn't obey everything in the Law is under a curse." No one can please God by obeying the Law. The Scriptures also say, "The people God accepts because of their faith will live." The Law isn't based on faith. It promises life only to people who obey its commands. But Christ rescued us from the Law's curse, when he became a curse in our place. This is because the Scriptures say that anyone who is nailed to a tree is under a curse. And because of what Jesus Christ has done, the blessing that was promised to Abraham was taken to the Gentiles. This happened so that by faith we would be given the promised Holy Spirit. My friends, I will use an everyday example to explain what I mean. Once someone agrees to something, no one else can change or cancel the agreement. That is how it is with the promises God made to Abraham and his descendant. The promises were not made to many descendants, but only to one, and that one is Christ. What I am saying is that the Law cannot change or cancel God's promise that was made 430 years before the Law was given. If we have to obey the Law in order to receive God's blessings, those blessings don't really come to us because of God's promise. But God was kind to Abraham and made him a promise. What is the use of the Law? It was given later to show that we sin. But it was only supposed to last until the coming of that descendant who was given the promise. In fact, angels gave the Law to Moses, and he gave it to the people. There is only one God, and the Law did not come directly from him. Does the Law disagree with God's promises? No, it doesn't! If any law could give life to us, we could become acceptable to God by obeying that law. But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God's promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ. The Law controlled us and kept us under its power until the time came when we would have faith. In fact, the Law was our teacher. It was supposed to teach us until we had faith and were acceptable to God. But once a person has learned to have faith, there is no more need to have the Law as a teacher. All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus. And when you were baptized, it was as though you had put on Christ in the same way you put on new clothes. Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman. So if you belong to Christ, you are now part of Abraham's family, and you will be given what God has promised.
Also, if you belong to the Messiah, you are seed of Avraham and heirs according to the promise.
And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
And if ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heires by promes.
So if you belong to Christ, then you are descendants of Abraham, and his heirs according to the promise.
If you are Messiah's, then you are Avraham's seed and heirs according to promise.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants and heirs according to the promise.Genesis 21:10,12; Romans 8:17; 9:7; Galatians 4:7,28, 12; Ephesians 3:6; Hebrews 11:18;">[xr]
And if you are of the Meshiha, therefore are you the seed of Abraham, and heirs by the promise.
And if ye are the Messiah's, then are ye the seed of Abraham, and heirs by the promise.
And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God's promise to Abraham belongs to you.
If you belong to Christ, then you have become the true children of Abraham. What God promised to him is now yours.
And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise.
Now, if, ye, are of Christ, by consequence ye are, Abraham's seed, according to promise, heirs.
And if you be Christ’s, then are you the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
And if you are Christ's, then you are descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
If [ye be] Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heyres accordyng to the promise.
You belong to Christ, so you are Abraham's descendants. You get all of God's blessings because of the promise that God made to Abraham.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise.
If you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham and will receive what God has promised.
And if ye ben oon in `Jhesu Crist, thanne ye ben the seed of Abraham, and eiris bi biheest.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Christ's: Galatians 5:24, 1 Corinthians 3:23, 1 Corinthians 15:23, 2 Corinthians 10:7
Abraham's: Galatians 3:7, Galatians 3:16, Galatians 3:28, Galatians 4:22-31, Genesis 21:10-12, Romans 4:12, Romans 4:16-21, Romans 9:7, Romans 9:8, Hebrews 11:18
heirs: Galatians 4:7, Galatians 4:28, Romans 4:13, Romans 4:14, Romans 8:17, 1 Corinthians 3:22, Ephesians 3:6, Titus 3:7, Hebrews 1:14, Hebrews 6:17, Hebrews 11:7, James 2:5, Revelation 21:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:4 - a father Genesis 17:21 - my Genesis 22:18 - And in Genesis 25:5 - General Deuteronomy 5:31 - General Psalms 47:9 - the God Psalms 115:12 - the house of Israel Isaiah 6:13 - so the holy Isaiah 27:6 - General Isaiah 37:31 - take Isaiah 49:18 - all these Isaiah 49:21 - seeing Isaiah 60:4 - they come Isaiah 64:8 - thou art Isaiah 65:23 - for Ezekiel 47:22 - they shall have Zechariah 8:13 - ye shall Matthew 8:11 - That Mark 9:41 - because Luke 1:33 - the Luke 3:8 - of these Luke 19:9 - forsomuch John 8:39 - If Acts 3:25 - the covenant Romans 4:11 - father Romans 11:18 - thou bearest 1 Corinthians 10:1 - our Galatians 3:9 - General Galatians 3:14 - the blessing Galatians 3:18 - if Galatians 3:22 - that Galatians 6:16 - the Israel Colossians 3:11 - but Hebrews 2:16 - the seed Hebrews 7:4 - Abraham 1 John 3:1 - that
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For if ye be Christ's,.... Or seeing ye are his, not by creation only, but by the Father's gift to him, by the purchase of his own blood, by the power of his grace, making them willing to give up themselves to him; not only his by profession, saying they are the Lord's, calling themselves by his name; but by possession, Christ dwelling in their hearts by faith, and they having his Spirit as a spirit of regeneration and adoption:
then are ye Abraham's seed; not his natural but his spiritual seed, the seed that should come, and to whom the promises were made, Galatians 3:16 and so were upon an equal foot even with the Jews that believed:
and heirs according to the promise; being the children of God, they are heirs of God; and being the spiritual children of Abraham, the children of the promise, which are counted for the seed, they are, according to the promise made to Abraham and his spiritual seed, heirs of the blessings of the grace of life, and of the eternal inheritance; of the blessing of justification of life, and of everlasting salvation; of this world and of the world to come; of all the spiritual blessings of the covenant of grace, and of the incorruptible and undefiled inheritance of the saints in light; to which they are begotten through the abundant mercy of God, for which they are made meet by the grace of Christ; and to which they have a right by his justifying righteousness.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And if ye be Christâs - If you belong to the Messiah, and are interested in his work.
Then are ye Abrahamâs seed - The promise made to Abraham related to the Messiah. It was a promise that in him all should be blessed. Abraham believed in that Messiah, and was distinguished for his faith in him who was to come. If they believed in Christ, therefore, they showed that they were the spiritual descendants of Abraham. No matter whether they were Jews or Gentiles; whether they had been circumcised or not, they had the same spirit which he evinced, and were interested in the promises made to him.
And heirs according to the promise - See Romans 8:17. Are heirs of God. You inherit the blessings promised to Abraham, and partake of the felicity to which he looked forward. You have become truly heirs of God, and this is in accordance with the promise made to Abraham. It is not by the obedience of the Law; it is by faith - in the same way that Abraham possessed the blessing; an arrangement before the giving of the Law, and therefore one that may include all, whether Jews or Gentiles. All are on a level; and all are alike the children of God, and in the same manner, and on the same terms that Abraham was.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Galatians 3:29. And if ye be Christ's — Or, as several good MSS. read, If ye be one in Christ. If ye have all received justification through his blood, and the mind that was in him, then are ye Abraham's seed; ye are that real, spiritual posterity of Abraham, that other seed, to whom the promises were made; and then heirs, according to that promise, being fitted for the rest that remains for the people of God, that heavenly inheritance which was typified by the earthly Canaan, even to the Jews.
1. THE Galatians, it appears, had begun well, and for a time run well, but they permitted Satan to hinder, and they stopped short of the prize. Let us beware of those teachers who would draw us away from trusting in Christ crucified. By listening to such the Galatians lost their religion.
2. The temptation that leads us astray may be as sudden as it is successful. We may lose in one moment the fruit of a whole life! How frequently is this the case, and how few lay it to heart! A man may fall by the means of his understanding, as well as by means of his passions.
3. How strange is it that there should be found any backslider! that one who once felt the power of Christ should ever turn aside! But it is still stranger that any one who has felt it, and given in his life and conversation full proof that he has felt it, should not only let it slip, but at last deny that he ever had it, and even ridicule a work of grace in the heart! Such instances have appeared among men.
4. The Jewish covenant, the sign of which was circumcision, is annulled, though the people with whom it was made are still preserved, and they preserve the rite or sign. Why then should the covenant be annulled? This question admits a twofold answer.
1. This covenant was designed to last only for a time, and when that time came, having waxed old, it vanished away.
2. It was long before that void, through want of the performance of the conditions.
The covenant did not state merely, ye shall be circumcised, and observe all the rites and ceremonies of the law; but, ye shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and your neighbour as yourself. This condition, which was the very soul of the covenant, was universally broken by that people. Need they wonder, therefore, that God has cast then off? Jesus alone can restore them, and him they continue to reject. To us the new covenant says the same things: Ye shall love the Lord, c. if we do not so, we also shall be cut off. Take heed, lest he who did not spare the natural branches, spare not thee; therefore, make a profitable use of the goodness and severity of God.
