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Galatians 3:29

And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

KJV

εἰ δὲ ὑμεῖς Χριστοῦ, ἄρα τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ σπέρμα ἐστέ, κατὰ ἐπαγγελίαν κληρονόμοι.

Greek NT

Si autem vos Christi, ergo semen Abrahæ estis, secundum promissionem hæredes.

Vulgate

And if ye are Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.

ASV

And if you be Christ's, then are you the seed of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

Douay-Rheims

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People Abraham

In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κληρονόμος
kleronomos
noun · 15×
σπέρμα
sperma
noun · 44×
ἄρα
ara
particle · 36×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: κατ᾽ | WH/Treg/NIV: κατ᾽ | RP: καὶ κατ᾽
  • κατ᾽SBLGNT
  • κατ᾽Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ κατ᾽Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Covenant

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. In Christ there is no distinction between persons. Before God there is no respect of persons. All are alike — Je…
Chapter 1. Summary of the Foregoing Books, and Scope of that Which Follows. I. The man who fears God seeks diligently in Holy Scripture for a knowledge of His will. And when he has become meek through piety, so as to have no love of strife; when furnished also with a knowledge of languages, so as not to be stopped by unknown words and forms of speech, and with the knowledge of …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:22 — Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
  • 1Cor 3:23 — And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
  • 1Cor 15:23 — But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
  • 1Cor 15:23 — But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
  • 1John 3:1 — Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
  • 2Cor 10:7 — Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.
  • 2Cor 10:7 — Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.
  • Acts 3:25 — Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
  • Eph 3:6 — That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
  • Gal 3:7 — Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
  • Gal 3:9 — So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
  • Gal 3:16 — Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
  • Gal 3:18 — For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
  • Gal 3:22 — But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
  • Gal 3:28 — There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 4:7 — Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
  • Gal 4:7 — Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
  • Gal 4:22 — For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
  • Gal 4:28 — Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
  • Gal 5:24 — And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
  • Gal 5:24 — And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
  • Gal 6:16 — And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
  • Gen 17:21 — But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
  • Gen 21:10 — Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
  • Gen 25:5 — And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
  • Heb 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
  • Heb 2:16 — For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
  • Heb 6:17 — Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
  • Heb 6:17 — Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
  • Heb 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi
  • Heb 11:18 — Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
  • Isa 64:8 — But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
  • Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  • John 8:39 — 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.
  • Luke 1:33 — And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
  • Luke 19:9 — And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
  • Ps 47:9 — The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
  • Ps 115:12 — The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
  • Rev 21:7 — He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
  • Rom 4:11 — 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 circum