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Themes in Galatians 3

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Themes in Galatians 3

Galatians 3:1 (show verse)

O senseless Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was pictured as the crucified One?

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)

I want to ask you only this one thing: Did you receive the Spirit by doing what the law commands, or by believing the message you heard?

Backsliding » Is departing from the simplicity of the gospel

Galatians 3:3 (show verse)

Are you so senseless? Did you begin by the Spirit, but are now approaching perfection by fleshly means?

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

Galatians 3:4 (show verse)

Have you suffered so much for nothing? If it really is for nothing.

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Galatians 3:5 (show verse)

Now when He supplies you with the Spirit and performs His wonder-works among you, does He do it because you do what the law commands, or because you believe the message that you heard --

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Galatians 3:6 (show verse)

just as "Abraham put his faith in God, and it was credited to him as right standing 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)

So you see, it is the men of faith who are the real descendants of Abraham.

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

Because the Scripture foresaw that God would bring the heathen into right standing with Himself on condition of faith, He beforehand proclaimed the good news to Abraham in the promise, "It is through you that all the heathen will be blessed."

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 the men of faith are blessed as partners with trusting Abraham.

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 those who depend on what the law commands are under a curse, for the Scripture says, "Cursed be everyone who does not continue in all the commands that are written in the book of the law, to do them."

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 through the law no man is brought into right standing with God, for "The man in right standing with God will live by faith,"

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)

and the law has nothing to do with faith, but it says, "It is the man who does these things that will live by doing them."

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 ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us -- for the Scripture says, "Cursed be everyone who is hanged on a tree" --

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)

that the blessing promised to Abraham might through Jesus Christ come to the heathen, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.

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 am going to use a human illustration: Even a human contract, once it has been ratified, no one can annul or change.

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 the promises were made to Abraham and his descendant. It does not say, "and to your descendants," in the plural, but in the singular, "and to your descendant," that is, 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)

I mean this: The law which was given four hundred and thirty years later could not annul the contract which had already been ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise.

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 our inheritance depends on the law, it can no longer depend on the promise. But it was by promise that God so graciously bestowed it upon Abraham.

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

Galatians 3:19 (show verse)

Then what about the law? It was added later on to increase transgressions, until the descendant to whom the promise was made should come, enacted through the agency of angels in the person of an intermediary.

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)

Though an intermediary implies more than one party, yet God is only one.

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

Galatians 3:21 (show verse)

Is the law then contrary to God's promises? Of course not. For if a law had been given that was able to impart life, surely, then, right standing would have come through 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 Scripture pictures all mankind as prisoners of sin, so that the promised blessing through faith in Christ might be given to those who have faith.

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 this faith came, we were kept locked up under the law, in preparation for the faith which was to be unveiled.

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

Galatians 3:24 (show verse)

So the law has been our attendant to lead us to Christ, so that we might through faith obtain right standing with God.

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 this faith has come, we are no longer in the charge of the attendant.

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 sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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 have been baptized into union with Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

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)

There is no room for Jew or Greek, no room for slave or freeman, no room for male or female, for you are all one through union 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 real descendants of Abraham, and heirs in accordance with the promise made to him.

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