Galatians 3:26

Galatians 3:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
• New International Version (NIV)So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
• English Standard Version (ESV)for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Context of Galatians 3:26

24The law, then, was our guardian until Christ, so that we could be justified by faith. 25But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus. 27For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. 28There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 3:26 word by word

πάντες γὰρ υἱοὶ θεοῦ ἐστε διὰ τῆς πίστεως ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• ye areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the childrenυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• faithὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424

Cross-references for Galatians 3:26

• Galatians 4:5to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
• John 1:12But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,
• John 20:17“Don’t cling to me,” Jesus told her, “since I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”
• Romans 8:14For all those led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons.
• 2 Corinthians 6:18And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.
• Ephesians 1:5He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
• Ephesians 5:1Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,
• Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world,
• Hebrews 2:10For in bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God — for whom and through whom all things exist — should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• 1 John 3:1See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children — and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him.
• Revelation 21:7The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son.

Commentaries on Galatians 3:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26For ye, who have believed the Gospel, are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus - But no man is a child of God by circumcision, nor by any observance of the Mosaic law.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26For ye are all the children of God … - All who bear the Christian name - the converts from among the Jews and Gentiles alike; see the note at John 1:12. The idea here is, that they are no longer under tutors and governors; they are no longer subject to the direction and will of the “paedagogus”; they are arrived at age, and are admitted to the privileges of sons; see the note at Galatians 4:1. The language here is derived from the fact, that until the son…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-29Verses 26-29 Real Christians enjoy great privileges under the gospel; and are no longer accounted servants, but sons; not now kept at such a distance, and under such restraints as the Jews were. Having accepted Christ Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, and relying on him alone for justification and salvation, they become the sons of God. But no outward forms or profession can secure these blessings; for if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26Those who are God's children through faith in Jesus Christ (see also 4:4–7; John 1:12; Romans 9:8) have come of age as heirs to his promises (see Galatians 3:24–25, 29). They have received a part of that inheritance (3:14; Ephesians 1:14). The Galatians acted unwisely by trying to gain access to God through circumcision (Galatians 3:1). As God's children by faith, they already had the best possible access to him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. children--Greek, "sons." by--Greek, "through faith." "Ye all" (Jews and Gentiles alike) are no longer "children" requiring a tutor, but SONS emancipated and walking at liberty.Read the comment

Topics related to Galatians 3:26

• Adoption
• Church
• Faith
• Salvation
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• God
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Children of God
• Christ, Jesus
• Conclude
• Curse

Commentaries on Galatians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings