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Galatians 3:29

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

And, since you belong to Christ, it follows that you are Abraham's offspring and, under the promise, sharers in the inheritance.

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And do not think that you can say among yourselves 'Abraham is our ancestor,' for I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise descendants for Abraham!

And if children, then heirs-heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, since we share Christ's sufferings in order that we may also share his Glory.

But each in his proper order-Christ the first-fruits; afterwards, at his Coming, those who belong to the Christ.

You look at the outward appearance of things! Let any one, who is confident that he belongs to Christ, reflect, for himself, again upon the fact--that we belong to Christ no less than he does.

Now it was to Abraham that the promises were made, 'and to his offspring.' It was not said 'to his offsprings,' as if many persons were meant, but the words were 'to thy offspring,' showing that one person was meant--and that was Christ.

If our heritage is the result of Law, then it has ceased to be the result of a promise. Yet God conferred it on Abraham by a promise.

All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

You see, then, that those whose lives are based on faith are the Sons of Abraham.

My point is this--As long as the heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a slave, though he is master of the whole estate.

You, therefore, are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, then an heir also, by God's appointment.

And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.

May all who rule their conduct by this principle find peace and mercy--they who are the Israel of God.

That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the Good News, the Gentiles are co-heirs with us and members of one Body, and that they share with us in God's Promise.

that, having been pronounced righteous through his loving-kindness, we might enter on our inheritance with the hope of Immortal Life.

Are not all the angels spirits in the service of God, sent out to minister for the sake of those who are destined to obtain Salvation?

of whom it had been said-- 'It is through Isaac that there shall be descendants to bear thy name.'

It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith.

And therefore God, in his desire to show, with unmistakable plainness, to those who were to enter on the enjoyment of what he had promised, the unchangeableness of his purpose, bound himself with an oath.

Listen, my dear Brothers. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the things of this world to be rich through their faith, and to possess the Kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

He who conquers shall enter into possession of these things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my Son.




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