CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Galatians 3:26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/galatians/3-26.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/6/48_Gal_03_26.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Galatians 3:26 - Sons Through Faith in Christ" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script> <script src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/biblehub.js' type='text/javascript'></script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/galatians/3-26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/galatians/3-26.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/galatians/">Galatians</a> > <a href="/galatians/3.htm">Chapter 3</a> > Verse 26</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/galatians/3-25.htm" title="Galatians 3:25">◄</a> Galatians 3:26 <a href="/galatians/3-27.htm" title="Galatians 3:27">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Study Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Crossref </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comment </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Greek </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/galatians/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/galatians/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/galatians/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/galatians/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/galatians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/galatians/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/galatians/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/galatians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you are all sons <i>and daughters</i> of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/galatians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/galatians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/galatians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/galatians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For you [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified and] are all children of God [set apart for His purpose with full rights and privileges] through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/galatians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/galatians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/galatians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/galatians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />All of you are God's children because of your faith in Christ Jesus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/galatians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/galatians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You are all God's children by believing in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/galatians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />It is through faith that all of you are God's children in union with Christ Jesus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/galatians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For all of you are God's children through faith in the Messiah Jesus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/galatians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/galatians/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/galatians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For you are all sons of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/galatians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For ye are all children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/galatians/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/galatians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/galatians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/galatians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For we are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/galatians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For you are all the children of God by faith, in Christ Jesus. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/galatians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For you are all sons of God, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/galatians/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/galatians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/galatians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For you are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/galatians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />For you are all children of God by the faith of Yeshua The Messiah.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/galatians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />for you are all the sons of God, by faith in Christ Jesus:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/galatians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For you are all the sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/galatians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For ye are all the sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/galatians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for you are all the sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/galatians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />for ye are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/galatians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/galatians/3-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8Ri4CeT34?start=673" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/galatians/3.htm">Sons Through Faith in Christ</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25</span>Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: este (V-PIA-2P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">You are</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: Pantes (Adj-NMP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: huioi (N-NMP) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">sons</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">through</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4102.htm" title="4102: pisteōs (N-GFS) -- Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. ">faith</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christō (N-DMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsou (N-DMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">27</span>For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12</a></span><br />But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-14.htm">Romans 8:14-17</a></span><br />For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. / For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” / The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-1.htm">1 John 3:1-2</a></span><br />Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. / Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-5.htm">Ephesians 1:5</a></span><br />He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-18.htm">2 Corinthians 6:18</a></span><br />And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-29.htm">Romans 8:29</a></span><br />For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/2-10.htm">Hebrews 2:10-11</a></span><br />In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. / For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-1.htm">1 John 5:1</a></span><br />Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-9.htm">Matthew 5:9</a></span><br />Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-15.htm">Philippians 2:15</a></span><br />so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-23.htm">1 Peter 1:23</a></span><br />For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-8.htm">Romans 9:8</a></span><br />So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-52.htm">John 11:52</a></span><br />and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-7.htm">1 John 4:7</a></span><br />Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-5.htm">Isaiah 56:5</a></span><br />I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/4-5.htm">Galatians 4:5,6</a></b></br> To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12,13</a></b></br> But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, <i>even</i> to them that believe on his name: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/20-17.htm">John 20:17</a></b></br> Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and <i>to</i> my God, and your God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/3-7.htm">Children</a> <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/galatians/3-25.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/galatians/2-2.htm">God's</a> <a href="/galatians/3-22.htm">Jesus</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/galatians/4-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/galatians/3-27.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/galatians/5-5.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">God's</a> <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Jesus</a><div class="vheading2">Galatians 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-1.htm">He asks what moved them to leave the faith, and hold onto the law.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-6.htm">Those who believe are justified,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-9.htm">and blessed with Abraham.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-10.htm">And this he shows by many reasons.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-15.htm">The purpose of the Law</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">You are sons of God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/galatians/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>You are all</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the inclusivity of the message Paul is conveying to the Galatians. The Greek word for "all" is "πάντες" (pantes), which underscores the universality of the statement. In the historical context of the early church, this was a radical declaration, breaking down barriers between Jews and Gentiles, slaves and free, male and female. It reflects the transformative power of the Gospel to unite diverse groups into one family under God.<p><b>sons of God</b><br />The term "sons" (Greek: "υἱοί," huioi) is significant in the cultural and historical context of the time. In the Greco-Roman world, sons were the primary heirs and held a special status in the family. By using this term, Paul is not excluding women but rather emphasizing the full rights and inheritance that all believers, regardless of gender, receive in Christ. This phrase indicates a close, familial relationship with God, highlighting the intimacy and privilege of being part of God's family.<p><b>through faith</b><br />The Greek word for "faith" is "πίστις" (pistis), which implies trust, belief, and confidence. This phrase underscores the means by which believers become sons of God. It is not through works, law, or heritage, but through faith. This was a central theme in Paul's letters, emphasizing that salvation and sonship are gifts of grace received through faith, not earned by human effort.<p><b>in Christ Jesus</b><br />The phrase "in Christ Jesus" is pivotal in Pauline theology. The preposition "in" (Greek: "ἐν," en) denotes a profound union with Christ. This union is the basis for the believer's new identity and status as sons of God. Historically, this reflects the early Christian understanding of being baptized into Christ, symbolizing a complete transformation and incorporation into the body of Christ. It is through this union that believers share in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, securing their place in God's family.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/galatians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">Children of God.</span>--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 "<span class= "ital">sons.</span>" 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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/galatians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus</span> (<span class="greek">πάντες γὰρ υἱοὶ</span> <span class="greek">Θεοῦ ἐστὲ διὰ τῆς πίστεως ἐν Ξριστῷ Ἰησοῦ</span>) <span class="accented">for sons of God are ye all through faith in Christ Jesus</span>. "For;" that is, what is just affirmed (ver. 25) is true, because ye are "sons" and no longer "children." "Ye are;" in ver. 25 it is "we are." The whole course of the argument, however, shows that the persons recited by each of the personal pronouns are in effect the same, namely, the people of God; otherwise this verse would not furnish proof, as by the "for" it professes to do, of the statement of ver. 25. The change from "we" to "ye" has by some been explained as due to the writer's wish to preclude the supposition that the "we' in ver. 25 applied to Jewish believers only. A more satisfactory explanation is that he wishes to give the statement in vers. 22-25, which is general, a more trenchant force as applying to those whose spiritual difficulties he is now dealing with. In <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:5</a>, "Ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness," we have the converse transition. There likewise the persons recited are in effect the same; and the change of person in the pronoun, making the discourse, from exhortation addressed to others, pass into a form of cohortation applying to all Christians alike, including the writer himself, is dictated by the apostle's sympathetic kindness for especially his Thessalonian converts. "Ye are." The fact that faith is the sole and sufficient ground of qualification eliminates all those distinctions by which the Law has heretofore fenced off Gentiles, pronouncing them "separated as aliens," "strangers to the covenants," and "without God" (cf. <a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm">Ephesians 2:12</a>). In the sequel (ver. 28) the apostle passes on from the thought of this particular outward distinction of Jew and Gentile to the thought of all other purely external distinctions. "In Christ Jesus." It is debated whether this clause should be connected with "faith," as if it were <span class="greek">πίστεως τῆς</span> <span class="greek">ἐν Ξριστῷ Ἰησοῦ</span>, the article being omitted, as in <a href="/colossians/1-4.htm">Colossians 1:4</a>; <a href="/ephesians/1-15.htm">Ephesians 1:15</a>, and often; or with the words, "ye are sons of God," with a comma following the word "faith." Both modes of construing find in the sentence at last the same contents of thought; for each of the two propositions thus severally formed contains by implication the other. It probably suits the connection best to take the apostle as at once affirming that it is in Christ Jesus that we are God's sons through faith, rather than as leaving this to be inferred from the fact of our being sons through faith in Christ. "In Christ" is, with St. Paul, a very favourite form of indicating the channel through which the great blessings of the gospel are realized (cf. <a href="/ephesians/1-3.htm">Ephesians 1:3, 6, 7, 11</a>; <a href="/ephesians/2-6.htm">Ephesians 2:6, 7, 10, 13, 21, 22</a>; <a href="/ephesians/3-12.htm">Ephesians 3:12</a>, etc.). "Sons of God." It is quite clear that the term "sons" (<span class="greek">υἱοὶ</span>) denotes those who have come into the full enjoyment, so far as the present life is concerned, of the position Which their birth had entitled them to; and that it stands in contrast with their earlier position when children in years under a <span class="accented">paedagogus.</span> The noun <span class="greek">υἱός</span>, son, itself, however, while it is never used as synonymous with <span class="greek">νήπιος</span> to describe one as a child in years, yet, like <span class="greek">τέκνον</span>, child, does not ordinarily betoken more than simple relationship as the correlative with "father;" for which reason <span class="greek">υἱός</span> (as well as <span class="greek">τέκνον</span>) is used in such phrases as "children of disobedience," "of Israel," of light," "of the day," "of the devil," "of perdition." In <a href="/hebrews/12-6.htm">Hebrews 12:6-8</a> <span class="greek">υἱὸς</span> is applied in the case of one who is as yet under the discipline of the rod; but even there <span class="greek">υἱὸς</span> of itself immediately designates his filial relation only. St. Paul never uses the word <span class="greek">παῖς</span> at all, though he has <span class="greek">παιδία</span> in <a href="/1_corinthians/14-20.htm">1 Corinthians 14:20</a> for children in years, in place of the word <span class="greek">νήπιος</span> which he ordinarily employs (<a href="/romans/2-20.htm">Romans 2:20</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/3-1.htm">1 Corinthians 3:1</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/13-11.htm">1 Corinthians 13:11</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a>; <a href="/hebrews/5-13.htm">Hebrews 5:13</a>), and which we find presently after in vers. I and 3 of the next chapter. The particular modification of meaning in which the apostle here uses the term is justified by the consideration which he presently puts forward, that a son of even an opulent or high-born parent, while a mere child, possesses no more freedom than if he were the child of any other person; his heirship or distinction of birth is for so long more or less veiled; it is not until he passes out of his nonage that he appears in his proper character. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/galatians/3-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">You are</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐστε</span> <span class="translit">(este)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="grk">Πάντες</span> <span class="translit">(Pantes)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sons</span><br /><span class="grk">υἱοὶ</span> <span class="translit">(huioi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Theou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through</span><br /><span class="grk">διὰ</span> <span class="translit">(dia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">faith</span><br /><span class="grk">πίστεως</span> <span class="translit">(pisteōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4102.htm">Strong's 4102: </a> </span><span class="str2">Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Christ</span><br /><span class="grk">Χριστῷ</span> <span class="translit">(Christō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jesus.</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰησοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Iēsou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">NT Letters: Galatians 3:26 For you are all children of God (Gal. Ga) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/galatians/3-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Galatians 3:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Galatians 3:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/galatians/3-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Galatians 3:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Galatians 3:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>