Galatians 3:29

Galatians 3:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• New International Version (NIV)If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• New Living Translation (NLT)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.

Context of Galatians 3:29

27For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.

Galatians 3:29 word by word

εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς Χριστοῦ, ἄρα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ σπέρμα ἐστέ, κατ᾽ ἐπαγγελίαν κληρονόμοι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• Christ’sΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• thenἄραara · thereforeG686
• are yeεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Abraham’sἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11
• seedσπέρμαsperma · seed: offspringG4690
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• heirsκληρονόμοςklēronomos · heirG2818
• according toκατάkata · according toG2596
• the promiseἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Galatians 3:29

• Galatians 5:24And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
• 1 Corinthians 3:23and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
• 1 Corinthians 15:23But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 10:7Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.
• Galatians 3:7Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.
• Galatians 4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.
• Genesis 21:10So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac."
• Romans 4:12and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
• Romans 9:7and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named."
• Hebrews 11:18of whom it was said, "Through Isaac shall your offspring be named."
• Galatians 4:7So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
• Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
• Romans 8:17and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
• 1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
• Ephesians 3:6This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
• Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Commentaries on Galatians 3:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29And 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29And if ye be Christ‘s - If you belong to the Messiah, and are interested in his work. Then are ye Abraham‘s 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…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. 29Jesus is the ideal descendant of Abraham (3:16). So, those united with Jesus are also Abraham's children and inherit all his promises (3:27–28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. and heirs--The oldest manuscripts omit "and." Christ is "Abraham's seed" (Ga 3:16): ye are "one in Christ" (Ga 3:28), and one with Christ, as having "put on Christ" (Ga 3:27); therefore YE are "Abraham's seed," which is tantamount to saying (whence the "and" is omitted), ye are "heirs according to the promise" (not "by the law," Ga 3:18); for it was to Abraham's seed that the inheritance was promised (Ga 3:16). Thus he arrives at the same truth which…Read the comment

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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