Galatians 3:29
And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham’s offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 21:10She said to Abraham, “Drive out this slave-girl and her son, for the son of this slave-girl will never be heir with my son Isaac”
Romans 4:16That is why everything is made to depend on faith: so that everything may be God’s gift, and in order that the fulfillment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham’s descendants – not only for those who take their stand on the Law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the father of us all;
Romans 9:7nor, because they are Abraham’s descendants, are they all his children; but – ‘It is Isaac’s children who will be called your descendants.’
1 Corinthians 15:23But each in their proper order – Christ the first-fruits; afterward, at his coming, those who belong to the Christ.
Galatians 3:7You see, then, that those whose lives are based on faith are the sons of Abraham.
Galatians 3:28All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 3:20-29
Design of the Law; The True Children of Abraham. ( a. d. 56.) 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded… Read the whole commentary →