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Themes in Galatians 3

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Themes in Galatians 3

Galatians 3:1 (show verse)

You foolish people [of the churches] of Galatia [Note: This was a province in present-day Turkey], who tricked you? Was not Jesus Christ graphically portrayed before you as being put to death on a cross?

Backsliders » Instances of » Galatians
Backsliding » Is departing from the simplicity of the gospel
Truth » Adaption of » Attitude of wicked toward
Truth » Attitude of the wicked toward
Truth » Should be obeyed

Galatians 3:2 (show verse)

The only thing I would like to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Holy Spirit [into your lives] by [meeting the requirements of] the law of Moses or by hearing [and obeying the message] of faith [in Christ]?

Backsliding » Is departing from the simplicity of the gospel

Galatians 3:3 (show verse)

Are you so foolish [as to believe that after] having begun [your Christian lives] through [the power of] the Holy Spirit, you can [now] become complete by [living according to your human strength]?

Backsliding » Is departing from the simplicity of the gospel
Circumcision » Trusting to, a denial of Christ
Judaism » Reversion to

Galatians 3:4 (show verse)

Did you suffer so many things [for the faith] all for nothing? [That is], if it really was for nothing?

No Themes for this verse.

Galatians 3:5 (show verse)

Therefore, as God has provided you with the Holy Spirit and has produced miracles among you, [do you think He has done all this] as a result of your obeying the requirements of the law of Moses or as a result of hearing [and responding to the message of] the faith?

No Themes for this verse.

Galatians 3:6 (show verse)

[An example of this is] Abraham, who believed God's [promise] and [because of such faith] he was considered right with God.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Faith of
Blessings » Who all nations are blessed in
Faith/faithfulness » The faithful
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Justification » Justification by faith
Justification » What you are justified by
Law » What the law cannot do
Nations » Who all nations are blessed in
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles

Galatians 3:7 (show verse)

You should know, then, that people who have faith are [truly] God's children.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Faith of
Adoption » Is by faith
Blessings » Who all nations are blessed in
Faith/faithfulness » The faithful
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Justification » What you are justified by
Law » What the law cannot do
Nations » Who all nations are blessed in
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Titles and names of saints » Children of abraham

Galatians 3:8 (show verse)

And, predicting that God would consider the Gentiles right with Him by [their] faith, the Scriptures previously recorded [this promise of] the Gospel to Abraham by saying [Gen. 12:3], "All nations will receive a blessing through your descendant [i.e., Jesus]."

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Faith of
Blessings » Who all nations are blessed in
Faith/faithfulness » What is achieved through and by faith
Gentiles » Called » Heathen
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
The gospel » Preached beforehand to abraham
the Heathen » Salvation of, foretold
Justification » What you are justified by
Law » What the law cannot do
Nations » Who all nations are blessed in
Prophecy » Old testament messianic passages quoted in the new testament
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles

Galatians 3:9 (show verse)

So then, all those who have faith [in Jesus] receive a blessing along with Abraham, a man of faith.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Abraham » Faith of
the Blessed » Who believe
Faith/faithfulness » What is achieved through and by faith
Faithfulness » Exemplified
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Justification » What you are justified by
Law » What the law cannot do
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles

Galatians 3:10 (show verse)

For all who seek to be right with God by trying to meet all the requirements of the law of Moses are under a curse [from God], because it is written [Deut. 27:26], "Every person is cursed [i.e., cut off from God] who does not continue to obey all of the requirements written in the law of Moses."

Abraham » God's covenant with
Book » Of the law
Faith/faithfulness » What is achieved through and by faith
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Justification » What you are not justified by
Justification » What you are justified by
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Law » Bondage of » Book of the
Law » What the law cannot do
Law » What the law is not
The law of God » Requires perfect obedience
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles
The scriptures » Are called the » Book of the law
Sin » The law » Curses those guilty of
The word of God » Called » Book of the law

Galatians 3:11 (show verse)

Now it is evident that no person can be made right with God by [obeying all the requirements of] the law of Moses for [Hab. 2:4 says], "The righteous person will obtain life by [his] faith [in God]."

Abraham » God's covenant with
Faith/faithfulness » What is achieved through and by faith
Faith/faithfulness » Who shall live by faith
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Justification » What you are not justified by
Justification » What you are justified by
Justification before God » Under the gospel » Is not of works
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Law » What the law cannot do
Law » What the law is not
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles

Galatians 3:12 (show verse)

Now the law of Moses is not based on one's faith, for [Lev. 18:5 says], "The person who obeys the requirements of the law of Moses will obtain life by doing so."

Abraham » God's covenant with
Faith/faithfulness » What is achieved through and by faith
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Justification » What you are justified by
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Law » What the law is not
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles

Galatians 3:13 (show verse)

Christ bought us back from the curse [caused by our not obeying all the requirements] of the law of Moses; He became a curse for us [by dying on the cross], for it is written [Deut. 21:23], "Every one who hangs on a tree [i.e., a cross] is cursed [i.e., cut off from God]."

Abraham » God's covenant with
Atonement » Made by jesus » Redemption by
The atonement » Faith in, indispensable
Christ » Received » Redemption through
Christ » Star » Substitution of, for sinners
Crucifixion » The reproach of
The death of Christ » Mode of » Accursed
Execution » Those that have been executed
Faith/faithfulness » What is achieved through and by faith
Gallows » Reproach of being hanged upon
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Hanging » The curse of death by
Justification » What you are justified by
Law » Christ being the end of the law
The law of God » Saints » Freed from the curse of
the Law of moses » Christ » Bore the curse of
Christian Liberty » Is freedom from » The curse of the law
Man » Redemption of » Through Christ
Punishments » Hanging
Redemption » God the author of » Through Christ
Redemption » Is by Christ
Redemption » Is from » The curse of the law
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Jesus Christ, Savior » Became man's substitute
Substitution » Christ became man's substitute
Sufferings of Christ » Became man's substitute
The Nation » Punishment » Hanging
Vicarious suffering » Of Christ » Became man's substitute

Galatians 3:14 (show verse)

[This happened] so that the blessing [promised] to Abraham might be received by the Gentiles through [the person and work of] Christ, so that we might receive the promised [gift of the] Holy Spirit through [our] faith [in Jesus].

Abraham » God's covenant with
The atonement » Faith in, indispensable
Conversion » Of the gentiles » Examples of
Faith » Through it is » The gift of the holy ghost
Faith/faithfulness » What is achieved through and by faith
Gentiles » Conversion of » Examples of
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
the Gift of the Holy Spirit » Received through faith
Justification » What you are justified by
Law » Christ being the end of the law
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles

Galatians 3:15 (show verse)

Brothers, I will use an illustration from the way people deal with each other: Even though an agreement is made between people, once it is finally settled, no one can cancel it or include additional provisions to it.

Abraham » God's covenant with
Business life » Contracts » Binding force of
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Contracts » Binding force of
Covenant » Binding
Covenant » Of God with men » Binding
Covenant » Sacred
Covenants » When confirmed, unalterable
Will » A testament » May not be annulled

Galatians 3:16 (show verse)

Now [specific] promises were made to Abraham and to his seed [i.e., descendants]. [God] did not say "seeds" [plural] as though He were referring to many persons but "seed" [singular] showing that He meant one [descendant]; [Gen. 13:15 says] "And to your seed," referring to Christ.

Abraham » God's covenant with
The Covenant » Made with » Abraham
the Human nature of Christ » Was of the seed of » Abraham
The promises of God » Made to » Christ

Galatians 3:17 (show verse)

Here is what I am saying: The Agreement originally made by God [with Abraham], with its attending promises, was not canceled when the law of Moses was given some four hundred and thirty years later.

Abraham » God's covenant with
The Covenant » Is unalterable
The Covenant » Confirmed in Christ
Israel » Living » Egypt » 430 years
the Law of moses » Could not disannul the covenant of grace made in Christ
The promises of God » The law could not disannul

Galatians 3:18 (show verse)

For if the inheritance [of never ending life] can be obtained by [obeying the requirements of] the law of Moses, it would not come from the promise [of God]; but God provided [this inheritance] for Abraham according to [His] promise.

Abraham » God's covenant with
The promises of God » The inheritance of the saints is of

Galatians 3:19 (show verse)

What then is [the benefit of] the law of Moses? It was introduced [as part of God's revelation] in order to define what sin was, until the seed [i.e., Jesus] would come, to whom the promise [of never ending life] was made. The law of Moses was ordained through [the medium of] angels and [delivered] through the hand of an intermediary [i.e., Moses].

Angel (a spirit) » Functions of » Law given by
Christ, the mediator » Typified
Jesus Christ » Mediation of » Typified » By moses
Law » What the law is
Law » Bondage of » Purpose of
Law » Received by the disposition of angels
Law » Was given because of transgressions until the messiah arrived
The law of God » Given » Through the ministration of angels
Ordination » What has been ordained
The promises of God » Made to » Christ
Prophets » Inspired by angels
Purpose » Of law

Galatians 3:20 (show verse)

Now an intermediary does not serve in a situation involving [only] one person. However, God is one [Being].

Law » What the law is
Ordination » What has been ordained

Galatians 3:21 (show verse)

Is the law of Moses contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could provide [never ending] life, then a person could be considered right with God by [obeying the requirements of such] a law.

Law » What the law is
the Law of moses » Could not give righteousness and life
The promises of God » The law not against
Righteousness » Cannot come by the law

Galatians 3:22 (show verse)

But the Scriptures indicate that everything [i.e., everyone] is under the control of sin, so that the promise [of never ending life] could be available [only] to those who have faith in Jesus Christ.

Faith » Through it is » Inheritance of the promises
Fall of man » All men partake of the effects of
Law » What the law is
The promises of God » Are » Given to those who believe
Sin » Scripture concludes all under

Galatians 3:23 (show verse)

But before faith [in Christ] became available, we [Jews] were kept in bondage under [condemnation for not obeying perfectly] the law of Moses. [This condition existed] until the faith [i.e., the Gospel message] was made known [to people].

Faith/faithfulness » The time prior to the coming of faith
Law » What the law is

Galatians 3:24 (show verse)

So, the law of Moses became like our "transportation to school," bringing us to [the school of] Christ where we [learn how to be] made right with God by faith [in Christ].

Children » Tutors and governors for
Faith/faithfulness » The time prior to the coming of faith
Justification » By faith
Law » What the law is
Law » Bondage of » Purpose of
The law of God » Designed to lead to Christ
the Law of moses » A schoolmaster to lead to Christ
Purpose » Of law
Righteousness » Death of seed of » Secured by faith
School » Schoolmaster (tutor, rv)

Galatians 3:25 (show verse)

But now that faith [in Christ] has become available, we are no longer in need of this "transportation to school."

Faith/faithfulness » The time following the coming of faith
Law » What the law is
School » Schoolmaster (tutor, rv)

Galatians 3:26 (show verse)

For all of you are children of God through your faith in Christ Jesus [as God's only Son].

Adoption » Is by faith
Children » Lambs of the fold » Of God
Church » Unity of
Faith » Through it is » Adoption
Faith/faithfulness » The time following the coming of faith
Law » What the law is

Galatians 3:27 (show verse)

For all of you who were immersed into [a relationship with] Christ have been clothed with Him [i.e., His life].

Baptism » Significance of baptism
Baptism » Unity of the church effected by
Baptism » Those that have been baptized into Christ
Catholicity » Inculcated
Church » Unity of
Church » Sacraments of sacraments of, baptism » Significance of baptism
Faith/faithfulness » The time following the coming of faith
Gentiles/heathen » Gentiles and jews being equal in Christ
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Israel/jews » Jews and gentiles being equal in Christ
Law » What the law is
Men » Men being equal to women in Christ
Sacraments » Significance of baptism
Unity » Who is united in Christ
Women » Women being equal to men in Christ

Galatians 3:28 (show verse)

[In this relationship] there is to be no [distinction between] Jews or Greeks [i.e., Gentiles], slaves or free persons, men or women; for all of you are united into one [body] because of your relationship with Christ Jesus.

Baptism » Unity of the church effected by
Baptism » Those that have been baptized into Christ
Catholicity » Inculcated
Catholicity » Examples of
Church » Unity of
The church » Unity of
Faith/faithfulness » The time following the coming of faith
Gentiles/heathen » Gentiles and jews being equal in Christ
Greece » Gentiles called "greeks,"
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Israel/jews » Jews and gentiles being equal in Christ
Law » What the law is
Legislation » Class, forbidden
Liberty » Figurative
Man » Equality of
Man » Apparent insignificance of » Equality of
Man » A social being » Equality of
Man's » Equality
Men » Men being equal to women in Christ
Servant » Bond » Equal status of, with other disciples of jesus
Servants » When good » Are partakers of gospel privileges
Unity » In Christ
Unity » Who is united in Christ
Women » Women being equal to men in Christ

Galatians 3:29 (show verse)

And if you belong to Christ, then you are [truly] Abraham's seed [i.e., his spiritual descendants] and thereby [you will] inherit what was promised to him [i.e., God's blessings].

Abraham » God's covenant with
Adoption » Entitles to an inheritance
Adoption » Is according to promise
Baptism » Those that have been baptized into Christ
Faith/faithfulness » The time following the coming of faith
Gentiles/heathen » Gentiles and jews being equal in Christ
Heir » Figurative
Heirs » Spiritual » Spiritual
Inheritance » Who is an heir of God through Christ
Israel/jews » Jews and gentiles being equal in Christ
Law » What the law is
Men » Men being equal to women in Christ
The promises of God » Saints » Heirs of
Spiritual » Hearing » Heirs of God
Titles and names of saints » Heirs of promise
Unity » Who is united in Christ
Women » Women being equal to men in Christ