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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to 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 all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the 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 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
• 1 Corinthians 3:23and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
• 1 Corinthians 15:23But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
• 2 Corinthians 10:7You are judging by appearances. If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.
• Galatians 3:7Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.
• Galatians 4:22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
• Genesis 21:10and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”
• Romans 4:12And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
• Romans 9:7Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”
• Hebrews 11:18even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”
• Galatians 4:7So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
• Romans 4:13It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
• Romans 8:17Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
• 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 through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
• Hebrews 1:14Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will 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