Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 3:27
3:27 ye, (g-2) 'Ye' is not emphatic. The passage does not imply that some might not have been. The apostle is speaking of the bearing of the ordinance read more
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John Darby
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:1-29
Justification is by Faith, not Works1-14. The Apostle upbraids the Galatians with their speedy change from faith to legal observances, reminding them of the fact that their reception of the Spirit had not been through the works of the Law, but through faith, and appealing both to the testimony of their own consciences and to the teaching of sacred history in the parallel case of Abraham.Paraphrase. ’(1) You thoughtless Galatians have surely been bewitched. I told you plainly of Christ dying for... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:25-29
(25-29) But now the Law has been exchanged for the dispensation of faith. Henceforth the old state of pupilage is at an end. We are no longer like children, but adult members of the divine family—sons of God. We have entered into this relation by faith in Christ. For to be baptised into Christ is to enter into the closest possible relation to Him. It is to be identified with Him entirely. Nor is any excluded. The old barriers of race, status, and even sex, are done away. Through their relation... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:26
(26) Children of God.—The translation “children” here is unfortunate, as the point to be brought out is that the Christian is no longer in the condition of “children,” but in that of grown-up “sons.” The pre-Messianic period bears to the Messianic period the same relation that a childhood or minority bears to full age. The Christian, as such, has the privileges of an adult son in his Father’s house. He is released from pupilage, and has received his freedom. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:27
(27) For.—This introduces the reason why the Christian stands to God in the relation of an adult son. He is so by virtue of his relation to Christ.Baptized into Christ.—To be baptised “into Christ” is something more than merely “to be baptised in the name of Christ.” It implies the contracting of a very close and intimate relation, the nature of which is expressed in the phrase which follows.Have put on Christ.—The metaphor has been thought to be taken from the putting on of the white baptismal... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Galatians 3:1-29
Galatians 3:1 'How any man with clear head and honest heart,' wrote Sterling, 'and capable of seeing realities, and distinguishing them from scenic fancies, should, after living in a Romanist country, and especially at Rome, be inclined to side with Leo against Luther, I cannot understand.' References. III. 1. Bishop Winnington-Ingram, The Men Who Crucify Christ, p. 1. D. C. A. Agnew, The Soul's Business and Prospects, p. 1. T. Arnold, Christian Life; Its Hopes, p. 254. Spurgeon, Sermons,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:25-29
Chapter 15THE EMANCIPATED SONS OF GOD.Galatians 3:25-29"FAITH has come!" At this announcement Law the tutor yields up his charge; Law the jailor sets his prisoner at liberty. The age of servitude has passed. In truth it endured long enough. The iron of its bondage had entered into the soul. But at last Faith is come; and with it comes a new world. The clock of time cannot be put back. The soul of man will never return to the old tutelage, nor submit again to a religion of rabbinism and... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Galatians 3:1-29
II. CONTRASTS BETWEEN LAW AND GRACE CHAPTER 3 1. The gift of the Spirit not by the works of the law, but by hearing of faith. (Galatians 3:1-5 ) 2. Righteousness not bestowed by the law, but by faith. (Galatians 3:6-9 ) 3. The law curses; the curse born by Christ. (Galatians 3:10-14 ) 4. The law cannot annul the covenant of promise, (Galatians 3:15-18 ) 5. Wherefore serveth the law? (Galatians 3:19-22 ) 6. Faith having come--no longer under the law, (Galatians 3:23-25 ) 7. Sons of God... read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Galatians 3:26
3:26 {27} For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.(27) Because age does not change the condition of servants, he adds that we are free by condition, and therefore, seeing we are out of our childhood, we have no more need of a keeper and schoolmaster. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:23-29
The conditions of people under Law and faith 3:23-29"Continuing the perspective of salvation history introduced in Galatians 3:13 f. and developed in Galatians 3:15-22, Paul gives further consideration to the place of the law in the divine economy by showing the relation between law and faith as two distinct dispensations." [Note: Fung, p. 167.] read more