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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:16

Galatians 3:16. Now to Abraham, &c. To apply this to the case before us. The promises relating to the justification of believers, and the blessings consequent thereon, were made first by God to Abraham and his seed, who are expressly mentioned as making a party with him in the covenant. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many As if the promises belonged to all his seed, both natural and spiritual, or to several kinds of seed; but as of one “The apostle having affirmed, (Galatians... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:15-22

God’s law and God’s promise (3:15-22)Paul then adds an illustration to show that God’s basis for justification (which, from the beginning, was faith) was not changed by the law. When people sign an important document, no one can alter its contents; when God makes a covenant, he does not change it (15). God made a promise that through the offspring (singular) of Abraham all peoples would be blessed. This was fulfilled in Christ, who gives salvation to all who have faith in him (16). The law,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:16

made = spoken, See Genesis 21:12 , of. Greek. epi . App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:16

Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed which is Christ."There is in this verse a sense of the corporate meaning of Christ, as in 1 Corinthians 12:12,[18] where is mentioned "the body of Christ" inclusively of all the redeemed. Christ is again called the "seed singular" in Galatians 3:19. This is the verse that tells "how" the Gentiles, and even the saints of the Old Testament, are saved. They are saved "in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 3:16

Galatians 3:16. He saith not, And to seeds,— That is, The promises made to Abraham were not appropriated to one line of his descendants,—that is, to those by Isaac; but centred in one illustrious Person, with regard to whom the rest are made partakers of the great blessing exhibited in the Abrahamic covenant, that is to say, all the faithful saints of God. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:16

16. This verse is parenthetical. The covenant of promise was not "spoken" (so Greek for "made") to Abraham alone, but "to Abraham and his seed"; to the latter especially; and this means Christ (and that which is inseparable from Him, the literal Israel, and the spiritual, His body, the Church). Christ not having come when the law was given, the covenant could not have been then fulfilled, but awaited the coming of Him, the Seed, to whom it was spoken. promises—plural, because the same promise... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-16

Paul now turned to the objection that when God gave the Law He terminated justification by faith alone. He reminded his readers, with a human analogy, that even wills and contracts made between human beings remained in force until the fulfillment of their terms. Likewise the covenant God made with Abraham remains in force until God fulfills it completely. The promises made to Abraham extended to his descendants as well as to him personally. They even extend to Christ, the descendant of Abraham... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-18

The continuance of faith after the giving of the Law 3:15-18 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-29

3. The logical argument 3:15-29Paul continued his argument that God justifies Christians by faith alone by showing the logical fallacy of relying on the Law. He did this to answer the legalists and to clarify the distinction between works and faith as ways of salvation (i.e., justification, sanctification, and glorification). He continued to base his argument on the biblical revelation of Abraham. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 3:16

3:16 seed; (a-29) See Genesis 22:18 . read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Galatians 3:16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:15-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Galatians 3:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Galatians 3:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Galatians 3:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Galatians 3:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Galatians 3:15-29

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Galatians 3:16

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