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class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/galatians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Know then that those of faith, these are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/galatians/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/galatians/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore know that <i>only</i> those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/galatians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, recognize that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/galatians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/galatians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/galatians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />so know that those who are of faith, those are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/galatians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So understand that it is the people who live by faith [with confidence in the power and goodness of God] who are [the true] sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/galatians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You know, then, that those who have faith, these are Abraham’s sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/galatians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />then understand that those who have faith are Abraham&#8217s sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/galatians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/galatians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And so, you should understand that everyone who has faith is a child of Abraham. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/galatians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Know therefore that they which be of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/galatians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You must understand that people who have faith are Abraham's descendants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/galatians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You should realize, then, that the real descendants of Abraham are the people who have faith. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/galatians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You see, then, that those who have faith are Abraham's real descendants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/galatians/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/galatians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/galatians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Know ye therefore, that they who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Notice therefore that those who possess faith are true sons of Abraham.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/galatians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/galatians/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Know therefore that those who are of faith are children of Abraham. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/galatians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />know, then, that those of faith—these are sons of Abraham,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/galatians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Know then that those of faith, these are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/galatians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/galatians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Know ye therefore that they of faith, these are sons of Abraham.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/galatians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Know ye therefore, that they who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/galatians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, know that those who are of faith, these are the sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/galatians/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Realize then that it is those who have faith who are children of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/galatians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />so, you see, those who believe are the descendants of Abraham.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/galatians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You must know therefore, that those who trust on faith are the children of Abraham.<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 />Know therefore that those who are of faith are the children of Abraham.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/galatians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Know, therefore, that those who are of faith are the sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/galatians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Then know that those who are of faith, the same are the sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/galatians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Know then that they who are of faith, these are the children of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/galatians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />so hence ye know, that it is they who believe who are the children of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/galatians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Notice therefore that those who possess faith are true sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/galatians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Know, then, that those <i>who are</i> of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/galatians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />so ye know that they who believe, are the children of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/galatians/3-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8Ri4CeT34?start=475" 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">Faith and Belief</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1097.htm" title="1097: Ginōskete (V-PMA-2P) -- A prolonged form of a primary verb; to know in a great variety of applications and with many implications.">Understand,</a> <a href="/greek/686.htm" title="686: ara (Conj) -- Then, therefore, since. Probably from airo; a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive.">then,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those who</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">have</a> <a href="/greek/4102.htm" title="4102: pisteōs (N-GFS) -- Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. ">faith</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: houtoi (DPro-NMP) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: eisin (V-PIA-3P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">are</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/11.htm" title="11: Abraam (N-GMS) -- Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch.">of Abraham.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">8</span>The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”…<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="/romans/4-11.htm">Romans 4:11-12</a></span><br />And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them. / And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-16.htm">Romans 4:16</a></span><br />Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-6.htm">Genesis 15:6</a></span><br />Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-7.htm">Romans 9:7-8</a></span><br />Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / 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/8-39.htm">John 8:39</a></span><br />“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8-12</a></span><br />By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. / By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. / For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/2-21.htm">James 2:21-23</a></span><br />Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? / You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did. / And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-4.htm">Genesis 17:4-5</a></span><br />“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. / No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17-18</a></span><br />I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-1.htm">Romans 4:1-3</a></span><br />What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered? / If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. / For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-9.htm">Romans 4:9-10</a></span><br />Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness. / In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a></span><br />For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-18.htm">Romans 4:18</a></span><br />Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Hebrews 6:13-15</a></span><br />When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, / saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.” / And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Know you therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.</p><p class="hdg">Know.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/100-3.htm">Psalm 100:3</a></b></br> Know ye that the LORD he <i>is</i> God: <i>it is</i> he <i>that</i> hath made us, and not we ourselves; <i>we are</i> his people, and the sheep of his pasture.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/21-31.htm">Luke 21:31</a></b></br> So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/13-23.htm">Hebrews 13:23</a></b></br> Know ye that <i>our</i> brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">Galatians 3:26-29</a></b></br> For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/8-39.htm">John 8:39</a></b></br> They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/4-11.htm">Romans 4:11-16,24</a></b></br> And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which <i>he had yet</i> being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/3-6.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-22.htm">Abraham's</a> <a href="/galatians/3-6.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-14.htm">Children</a> <a href="/galatians/3-6.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">Notice</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-10.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/galatians/3-5.htm">Principle</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">Sure</a> <a href="/galatians/2-5.htm">True.</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-11.htm">Understand</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/galatians/3-8.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Abraham's</a> <a href="/galatians/3-22.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/galatians/3-26.htm">Children</a> <a href="/galatians/3-8.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-23.htm">Notice</a> <a href="/galatians/3-9.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/galatians/3-8.htm">Principle</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Sure</a> <a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">True.</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-4.htm">Understand</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 /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/galatians/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/galatians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/galatians/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Understand, then,</b><br>This phrase serves as a call to comprehension and reflection. Paul is urging the Galatians to grasp the significance of his argument. In the context of the letter, Paul is addressing the Galatians' confusion over the necessity of following Jewish law for salvation. This imperative to "understand" is a common rhetorical device used by Paul to emphasize the importance of the teaching that follows.<p><b>that those who have faith</b><br>Faith is central to Paul's theology. Here, faith refers to belief and trust in Jesus Christ as the Messiah and Savior. This concept of faith is contrasted with adherence to the Law of Moses, which some Jewish Christians were insisting upon. Paul emphasizes that it is faith, not works of the law, that justifies and connects believers to God's promises. This aligns with the broader biblical narrative, where faith is consistently highlighted as the means by which individuals are counted righteous before God, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/11.htm">Hebrews 11</a>.<p><b>are sons of Abraham.</b><br>This phrase connects believers in Christ to Abraham, the patriarch of Israel. In Jewish tradition, being a descendant of Abraham was a source of pride and identity. However, Paul redefines what it means to be a "son of Abraham." He argues that true descendants are not determined by physical lineage but by sharing in Abraham's faith. This is a radical redefinition that opens the covenant promises to Gentiles. It echoes <a href="/genesis/15-6.htm">Genesis 15:6</a>, where Abraham's faith is credited to him as righteousness. Paul further elaborates on this in <a href="/romans/4.htm">Romans 4</a>, where he explains that Abraham is the father of all who believe, both Jew and Gentile. This connection to Abraham also points to the fulfillment of God's promise that all nations would be blessed through him, as stated in <a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter to the Galatians, addressing the churches in Galatia to correct false teachings and emphasize justification by faith.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a></b><br>A patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, considered the father of faith, whose belief in God was credited to him as righteousness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/galatia.htm">Galatia</a></b><br>A region in modern-day Turkey where Paul established churches and to whom this letter is addressed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judaizers.htm">Judaizers</a></b><br>A group within the early church advocating that Gentile converts must adhere to Jewish law, including circumcision, to be true Christians.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/gentile_believers.htm">Gentile Believers</a></b><br>Non-Jewish converts to Christianity who are being reassured by Paul of their inclusion in God's promises through faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_as_the_basis_of_righteousness.htm">Faith as the Basis of Righteousness</a></b><br>Just as Abraham was justified by faith, believers today are called to trust in God's promises rather than rely on their own works or adherence to the law.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_heritage.htm">Spiritual Heritage</a></b><br>Being a "son of Abraham" is not about physical descent but about sharing in the faith that Abraham exhibited. This spiritual lineage is open to all who believe in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_christ.htm">Unity in Christ</a></b><br>The message of <a href="/galatians/3-7.htm">Galatians 3:7</a> emphasizes the unity of all believers, Jew and Gentile alike, under the promise of faith, breaking down barriers of ethnicity and tradition.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_by_faith.htm">Living by Faith</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to live by faith daily, trusting in God's guidance and provision, just as Abraham did, even when the path is unclear.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rejecting_legalism.htm">Rejecting Legalism</a></b><br>The Galatians are warned against returning to legalistic practices that nullify the grace of God. Christians today must also guard against legalism, focusing instead on a relationship with Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_galatians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Galatians 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_genesis_15_conflict_with_other_passages.htm">Why does Genesis 15’s promise of innumerable descendants appear to conflict with other biblical passages that suggest a smaller, chosen lineage?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_a_right_time_for_everything.htm">Is there a right time for every action?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_psalm_112_1-2_promises_align_with_history.htm">How do Psalm 112:1–2’s promises of blessed descendants align with historical records showing many faithful believers who faced familial hardship or extinction? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_psalm_105_8-11_with_history.htm">Psalm 105:8-11 states God’s covenant lasts “a thousand generations.” How do we reconcile this indefinite timeline with known historical and genealogical records? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/galatians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) The main point of the Apostle's argument in the present passage is the superiority of faith over the Law. He has, however, also in view the ulterior consequences of that superiority. Unlike the Law, faith is open to all Gentiles as well as Jews. The promise, therefore, being annexed to faith, contained the death-blow of all those exclusive privileges which the Judaising party in Galatia claimed for themselves, and of all those burdensome regulations which they were for imposing upon the Galatian Christians. This, too, the Apostle brings out by showing that the believers in Christ, whatever their nationality, are the true spiritual descendants of Abraham.<p><span class= "bld">Know ye.</span>--The verb here may either be in the indicative or in the imperative: "know ye," or "ye know." Perhaps, on the whole, the imperative, as in the Authorised version, is best.<p><span class= "bld">They which are of faith.</span>--Those whose principles of action are derived from faith; those whose master-motive is faith.<p><span class= "bld">Children of Abraham.</span>--This idea of a spiritual descent from Abraham is found also in <a href="/context/romans/4-11.htm" title="And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed to them also:">Romans 4:11-12</a>; <a href="/romans/4-16.htm" title="Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,">Romans 4:16</a>; <a href="/context/romans/9-6.htm" title="Not as though the word of God has taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:">Romans 9:6-8</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/galatians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Know ye therefore</span> (<span class="greek">γινώσκετε</span> <span class="greek">ἄρα</span>); or, <span class="accented">ye perceive then.</span> Critics are divided between the two renderings, the imperative and the indicative, both here and <a href="/matthew/24-43.htm">Matthew 24:43</a>; <a href="/1_john/2-29.htm">1 John 2:29</a>. In <a href="/luke/10-11.htm">Luke 10:11</a> and <a href="/hebrews/13-23.htm">Hebrews 13:23</a> <span class="greek">γινώσκετε</span> is certainly imperative. The categorical imperative seems of the two the more suited to the apostle's impetuous temperament. The verb <span class="greek">γινώσκω</span>, like the Latin <span class="accented">nosco</span>, properly denotes "to come to know," "learn," "perceive," "get apprised;" <span class="greek">ἔγνωκα</span> or <span class="greek">ἔγνων</span>, like now, having more properly the sense of "knowing." But this distinction does not always hold, as <span class="accented">e.g.</span> <a href="/romans/7-1.htm">Romans 7:1</a>. <span class="cmt_word">That they which are of faith</span> (<span class="greek">ὅτι οἱ ἐκ πίστεως</span>); <span class="accented">that the men of faith</span>; that is, who derive their position from faith, belong to faith, are above all things characterized by faith. Compare the expressions, <span class="greek">τοῖς ἐξ ἐριθείας</span>, "the men of factiousness, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "factions men" (<a href="/romans/2-8.htm">Romans 2:8</a>); <span class="greek">τὸ ἐκ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ</span>, "the man of faith in Jesus," taking his stand thereupon (<a href="/romans/3-26.htm">Romans 3:26</a>). Closely affine to this usage of the preposition, if not quite the same, is, <span class="greek">ὁ ω}ν ἐκ</span> <span class="greek">τῆς ἀληθείας</span>, "that is of the truth" (<a href="/john/18-37.htm">John 18:37</a>); <span class="greek">οἱ ἐκ νόμου</span>, "they which are of the Law" (<a href="/romans/4-14.htm">Romans 4:14</a>); <span class="greek">ὅσοι ἐξ ἔργων νόμου</span> <span class="greek">εἰσίν</span>, (ver. 10 of this chapter). <span class="cmt_word">The same are the children of Abraham</span> (<span class="greek">οῦτοί εἰσιν υἱοὶ</span> <span class="greek">Ἀβραάμ</span>); <span class="accented">these are sons of Abraham.</span> The form of expression is precisely the same as in <a href="/romans/8-14.htm">Romans 8:14</a>, "As many as are led by the Spirit of God (<span class="greek">οῦτοί εἰσιν υἱοὶ Θεού</span>) these are sons of God." In both cases the absence of the article before <span class="accented">viol</span> suggests the feeling that the apostle is simply stating a predicate of the class before defined, but not now affirming that this predicate is confined to that class, although, again in each case, he knew that it was so confined. Just here, what he is concerned to affirm is that the possession of faith is a complete and sufficient qualification for sonship to Abraham. There is, perhaps, a polemical reference to the teaching of certain in Galatia, that, to be sons of Abraham or interested in God's covenant with his people, it behoved men to be circumcised and to observe the ceremonial Law. This error would be satisfactorily met by the affirmation of the present verse, that the being believers, simply this, constitutes men <span class="accented">sons</span> of Abraham. In the tenth verse the apostle goes further, aggressively denying to those who "were of the works of the Law" the possession at all of Abrahamic privilege. The class, "men of <span class="accented">faith</span>," did in fact include Jewish believers as well as Gentile; but just hero, as seems probable from what is said in the next verse, the apostle has in view Gentile believers only. The writer's thoughts are hovering round that promise of God ("So shall thy seed be") which had been on that particular occasion the object of Abraham's faith. That this was the case we may infer from his citation of the words in <a href="/romans/4-18.htm">Romans 4:18</a>, the explanation of which had been prepared for by him in what he has said before in ver. 16, "To the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed: not to that only which is of the Law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all." It was this that led him to speak of being sons of Abraham. This train of thought is pursued further in the next two verses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/galatians/3-7.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">Understand,</span><br /><span class="grk">Γινώσκετε</span> <span class="translit">(Ginōskete)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄρα</span> <span class="translit">(ara)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_686.htm">Strong's 686: </a> </span><span class="str2">Then, therefore, since. Probably from airo; a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those who</span><br /><span class="grk">οἱ</span> <span class="translit">(hoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ek)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</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">are</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰσιν</span> <span class="translit">(eisin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd 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">[the] sons</span><br /><span class="grk">υἱοί</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 Abraham.</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἀβραάμ</span> <span class="translit">(Abraam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_11.htm">Strong's 11: </a> </span><span class="str2">Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. 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