Galatians 3:29
27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
- KJV
- And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
- WEB
- If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
- ASV
- And if ye are Christ`s, then are ye Abraham`s seed, heirs according to promise.
- DARBY
- but if *ye* [are] of Christ, then ye are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.
- BLB
- Now if you⁺ [are] of Christ, then you⁺ are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.
- ÅB
- Men hører dere Kristus til, da er dere jo Abrahams slekt, arvinger etter løfte.
- OTB
- Og hvis dere er i Kristus, da er dere Abrahams ætt, arvinger etter løftet.
- B1930
- Men hører I Kristus til, da er I jo Abrahams ætt, arvinger efter løfte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 3:6
This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextRomans 9:7–8
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
Read in contextGalatians 3:7
Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.
Read in contextRomans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Read in contextRomans 4:16–21
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
Read in contextGalatians 4:22–31
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
Read in contextGalatians 4:7
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
Read in contextTitus 3:7
so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
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