1 ad Corinthios 3:14

Clementine Latin Vulgate

sed obtusi sunt sensus eorum. Usque in hodiernum enim diem, idipsum velamen in lectione veteris testamenti manet non revelatum (quoniam in Christo evacuatur),

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
ut in gentibus benedictio Abrah� fieret in Christo Jesu, ut pollicitationem Spiritus accipiamus per fidem.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
ut in gentes benedictio Abrahae fieret in Christo Iesu, ut promissionem Spiritus accipiamus per fidem.

Bible Verse Review
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the blessing: Galatians 3:6-9, Galatians 3:29, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:3, Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 51:2, Isaiah 51:3, Romans 4:3-17

through: Galatians 3:16, Genesis 22:18, Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 52:10, Luke 2:10, Luke 2:11, Acts 2:39, Acts 3:25, Acts 3:26, Acts 4:12, Romans 10:9-15, 1 Timothy 2:4-6

might: Galatians 3:2, Galatians 3:5, Galatians 4:6, Isaiah 32:15, Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 44:4, Isaiah 59:19-21, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:40, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 39:29, Joel 2:28, Joel 2:29, Zechariah 12:10, Luke 11:13, Luke 24:49, John 7:39, Acts 1:4, Acts 1:5, Acts 2:33, Acts 2:38, Acts 5:32, Acts 10:45-47, Acts 11:15, Acts 11:16, Romans 8:9-16, Romans 8:26, Romans 8:27, 1 Corinthians 12:13, 2 Corinthians 1:22, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 1:14, Ephesians 2:18, Ephesians 2:22, Ephesians 3:16, Ephesians 4:30, 1 Peter 1:22, Jude 1:19, Jude 1:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:18 - become Genesis 28:4 - the blessing Deuteronomy 11:26 - General Deuteronomy 30:15 - General Psalms 21:6 - made Psalms 24:5 - receive Psalms 67:7 - God Psalms 72:17 - men Psalms 115:12 - the house of Israel Isaiah 19:24 - a blessing Zechariah 8:13 - ye shall Matthew 25:34 - Come Luke 19:9 - forsomuch Acts 16:31 - and thy Acts 26:18 - faith Romans 3:29 - General Romans 4:6 - blessedness Romans 4:9 - Cometh Romans 8:34 - It is Christ 2 Corinthians 3:8 - the ministration Galatians 2:16 - but Galatians 3:9 - General Galatians 3:22 - that Galatians 4:15 - the blessedness Ephesians 2:8 - through Ephesians 3:6 - partakers Hebrews 9:12 - having

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That the blessing of Abraham,.... The same blessing Abraham enjoyed, even justification by the righteousness of Christ; and what was promised to Abraham, that in him, his seed, that is Christ, the Gentiles should be blessed, or justified; for though this blessing may in general comprise every spiritual blessing, yet it chiefly regards that of justification; or a deliverance from the curse of the law, and which is the end of Christ's being made a curse, that this blessedness

might come on the Gentiles; the uncircumcision, as well as the circumcision; see Romans 4:9 that is, upon as many of them as were ordained unto eternal life, and in consequence of that believe in Christ; quite contrary to a Jewish notion, that

"no blessing dwells but upon an Israelite a:''

now though this blessing, as all other spiritual ones, were laid up in the covenant of grace, put into the hands of Christ, and God's elect blessed therewith, as considered in him, yet the curse of the law for their transgressions stood in the way of their personal enjoyment of it, to their peace and comfort in their own souls; wherefore Christ is made a curse for them, to make way for the blessing to take place upon them; which is by an act of God's grace imputed to them, and is received by faith:

through Jesus Christ; or "in Jesus Christ", as the words may be read; meaning either, that this blessing comes upon the Gentiles that were in Christ, chosen in him, in union with him, and represented by him, both in the covenant and on the cross; or else that Christ is the Mediator, as from whom, so through whom, this, as every blessing of grace, comes to the children of God:

that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith; Beza puts the copulative and to this clause, reading it, "and that we", c. as does the Ethiopic version thereby more clearly pointing out this to be another end of Christ's being made a curse for us: by "the promise of the Spirit" may be meant, either by an "hypallage", the Spirit of promise, who opens and applies the promises; or the Spirit promised, not as a spirit of regeneration, conversion, and faith; for, as such, he cannot be received by faith; Since, antecedent to his being so, there can be no faith; but rather as a spirit of adoption, in respect to which he is said to be received, Romans 8:15 and this blessing of adoption, as in consequence of redemption from under the law, its curse and condemnation, Galatians 4:4. Or else a spiritual promise, in distinction from the temporal promise of the land of Canaan, made to Abraham and his natural seed, and means the promise of eternal life and happiness in the world to come; which promise is now received by faith, and that in consequence of the sufferings and death of Christ the testator; see Hebrews 9:15.

a Zohar in Exod. fol. 51. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That the blessing of Abraham - The blessing which Abraham enjoyed, to wit, that of being justified by faith. “Might come on the Gentiles.” As well as on the Jews. Abraham was blessed in this manner before he was circumcised Romans 4:11, and the same blessing might be imparted to others also who were not circumcised; see this argument illustrated in the notes at Romans 4:10-12.

Through Jesus Christ - Since he has been made a curse for all, and since he had no exclusive reference to the Jews or to any other class of people, all may come and partake alike of the benefits of his salvation.

That we might receive the promise of the Spirit - That all we who are Christian converts. The promise of the Spirit, or the promised Spirit, is here put for all the blessings connected with the Christian religion. It includes evidently the miraculous agency of the Holy Spirit; and all his influences in renewing the heart, in sanctifying the soul, and in comforting the people of God. These influences had been obtained in virtue of the sufferings and death of the Lord Jesus in the place of sinners, and these influences were the sum of all the blessings promised by the prophets.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. That the blessing of Abraham — That is, justification or the pardon of sin, with all other blessings consequent on it, such as peace with God, spiritual life, and eternal glory.

Might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ — So we find that he was made a curse for us, that the blessings promised to Abraham might be given to them who believe on him, as having been made a curse; i.e. an expiatory victim for them.

The promise of the Spirit — The spirit of adoption, sonship with God; and the Spirit of God to attest that sonship. And all this was through faith. Hence, from the beginning God had purposed that salvation should be through faith, and never expected that any soul of man should be justified by the works of the law; and only gave that law that the exceeding sinfulness of sin might appear, and that man might be prepared to welcome the Gospel, which proclaimed salvation to a lost world through the atoning passion and death of Christ.