Gálatas 3:23-27 NVI

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:26

For ye, who have believed the Gospel, are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus - But no man is a child of God by circumcision, nor by any observance of the Mosaic law. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:27

As many of you as have been baptized into Christ - All of you who have believed in Christ as the promised Messiah, and received baptism as a public proof that ye had received Christ as your Lord and Savior, have put on Christ - have received his Spirit, and entered into his interests, and copied his manners. To put on, or to be clothed with one, is to assume the person and character of that one; and they who do so are bound to act his part, and to sustain the character which they have... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:23

Verse 23 23.Before faith came. The question proposed is now more fully defined. He explains at great length the use of the law, and the reason why it was temporal; for otherwise it would have appeared to be always unreasonable that a law should be delivered to the Jews, from which the Gentiles were excluded. If there be but one church consisting of Jews and Gentiles, why is there a diversity in its government? Whence is this new liberty derived, and on what authority does it rest, since the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:24

Verse 24 24.Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster This is the second comparison, which still more clearly expresses Paul’s design. A schoolmaster is not appointed for the whole life, but only for childhood, as the etymology of the Greek word παιδαγωγός implies. (63) Besides, in training a child, the object is to prepare him, by the instructions of childhood, for maturer years. The comparison applies in both respects to the law, for its authority was limited to a particular age, and its whole... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:25

Verse 25 25.But after that faith is come. This phrase has been already considered. It denotes the brighter revelation of grace after that “the vail of the temple was rent in twain,” (Matthew 27:51,) which, we know, was effected by the manifestation of Christ. He affirms that, under the reign of Christ, there is no longer any childhood which needs to be placed under a schoolmaster, and that, consequently, the law has resigned its office, — which is another application of the comparison. There... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:26

Verse 26 26.For ye are all the children of God. It would be unjust, and in the highest degree unreasonable, that the law should hold believers in perpetual slavery. This is proved by the additional argument, that they are the children of God. It would not be enough to say that we are no longer children, unless it were added that we are freemen; for in slaves age makes no alteration. The fact of their being the children of God proves their freedom. How? By faith in Christ Jesus; for “as many as... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:27

Verse 27 27.As many of you as have been baptized. The greater and loftier the privilege is of being the children of God, the farther is it removed from our senses, and the more difficult to obtain belief. He therefore explains, in a few words, what is implied in our being united, or rather, made one with the Son of God; so as to remove all doubt, that what belongs to him is communicated to us. He employs the metaphor of a garment, when he says that the Galatians have put on Christ; but he means... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:21-25

The Law designed to be subservient to the promise. Though the Law is inferior to the promise in the four points already suggested, it is not antagonistic to it. I. THE LAW IS NOT ANTAGONISTIC TO THE PROMISE . "Is the Law against the promises of God? God forbid." 1 . The Law and the promise are equally of Divine origin — two distinct parts of the Divine plan, each part with its own distinct purpose to be carried out inside the Divine plan. The distinction between... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:23

The feature which distinguishes this new paragraph ( Galatians 3:23 , Galatians 3:24 ) from the preceding ( Galatians 3:21 , Galatians 3:22 ) is the more distinct statement of the paedagogic function of the Law as preparatory to that economy of grace which was the ulterior purpose of the Lawgiver. In the meanwhile (the apostle here says) we were committed to the custody of the Law. But before faith came ( πρὸ τοῦ δὲ ἐλθεῖν τὴν πίστιν ). The "but" is an-tithetic to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:23-29

The Law-school and the home-coming. Paul, in the present section, pursues the thought of the purpose of Law. It is the tutor to convey certain lessons to the soul and to secure thereby the soul's return to the Father and the home. Let us look at the interesting line of thought thus given. I. THE LAW - SCHOOL . ( Galatians 3:23 , Galatians 3:24 .) The idea was once entertained that the Law, as παιδαγωγός , meant the slave who was entrusted with the guidance of the child... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:21-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Galatians 3:23-29

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