Galatians 3:10 NLT,NIV,ESV

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:1-29

Justification is by Faith, not Works1-14. The Apostle upbraids the Galatians with their speedy change from faith to legal observances, reminding them of the fact that their reception of the Spirit had not been through the works of the Law, but through faith, and appealing both to the testimony of their own consciences and to the teaching of sacred history in the parallel case of Abraham.Paraphrase. ’(1) You thoughtless Galatians have surely been bewitched. I told you plainly of Christ dying for... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:6-14

(6-14) These prolific results are due to faith, and not to the Law; just as it was faith which won for Abraham that imputed righteousness. Faith was the cause, blessing the consequence, which extends to all the spiritual descendants of Abraham. The Scripture distinctly foresaw this when it declared that the heathen too (i.e., those who believe from among the heathen) should be blessed in Abraham. The effects of the Law are just the opposite of this. Where faith brings a blessing the Law brought... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Galatians 3:10

(10) In this and the following verses the action of the Law is contrasted with that of faith, and the necessity of faith and the system of things to which faith belongs brought out into strong relief. The antithesis is: faith—blessing; law—curse. The “curse” was the penalty which the Law itself imposed upon all who failed to keep it. None really kept it, and therefore none escaped this curse.As many as are of the works of the law.—An expression corresponding to “they which are of faith” in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Galatians 3:1-29

Galatians 3:1 'How any man with clear head and honest heart,' wrote Sterling, 'and capable of seeing realities, and distinguishing them from scenic fancies, should, after living in a Romanist country, and especially at Rome, be inclined to side with Leo against Luther, I cannot understand.' References. III. 1. Bishop Winnington-Ingram, The Men Who Crucify Christ, p. 1. D. C. A. Agnew, The Soul's Business and Prospects, p. 1. T. Arnold, Christian Life; Its Hopes, p. 254. Spurgeon, Sermons,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:6-14

Chapter 12ABRAHAM’S BLESSING AND THE LAW’S CURSE.Galatians 3:6-14FAITH then, we have learnt, not works of law, was the condition on which the Galatians received the Spirit of Christ. By this gate they entered the Church of God, and had come into possession of the spiritual blessings common to all Christian believers, and of those extraordinary gifts of grace which marked the Apostolic days.In this mode of salvation, the Apostle goes on to show, there was after all nothing new. The righteousness... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Galatians 3:1-29

II. CONTRASTS BETWEEN LAW AND GRACE CHAPTER 3 1. The gift of the Spirit not by the works of the law, but by hearing of faith. (Galatians 3:1-5 ) 2. Righteousness not bestowed by the law, but by faith. (Galatians 3:6-9 ) 3. The law curses; the curse born by Christ. (Galatians 3:10-14 ) 4. The law cannot annul the covenant of promise, (Galatians 3:15-18 ) 5. Wherefore serveth the law? (Galatians 3:19-22 ) 6. Faith having come--no longer under the law, (Galatians 3:23-25 ) 7. Sons of God... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Galatians 3:10

3:10 {10} For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: {11} for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.(10) The sixth argument, the conclusion of which is also in the former verse, taken from opposites, is this: they are accursed who are of the works of the Law, that is to say, who consider their righteousness to come from the performance of the Law. Therefore they are blessed who are of... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Galatians 3:1-29

FAITH IS THE ONE PRINCIPLE OF BLESSING (vs.1-9) "0 foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?" (v.1). Little wonder, as Paul considers the principles and tremendous issues involved, that he speaks out in words of earnest remonstrance and entreaty. Had it not been portrayed before their very eyes, preached with diligent insistence, that Jesus Christ had been crucified? Would they again exchange the blessedness and joy of the knowledge of the Son of God, who had willingly given Himself for... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Galatians 3:1-29

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH Having established his authority as an apostle, and his right to expound the Gospel he had received, Paul now enters upon the elucidation of the latter, or rather proceeds to the defense of its cardinal teaching. This is the doctrine that man is justified only by faith in Jesus Christ without the works of the law. The same doctrine was enlarged upon in Romans, only there he was expressing the Divine side of its truth while here he is showing the human side. There he... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Galatians 3:1-29

The Sublimest Gift of God Gal 3:7 No matter where they were born, they may call Abraham "father." They were born Gentiles or pagans or savages, but by faith they may be made members of a noble and majestic lineage. This is what God is always doing; making the first last, and the last first, and showing men, that whatever point they may start from, they may by certain processes become associated with the most royal and exalted of human history. That you were born in obscurity is nothing; you... read more