Be heirs (κληρονομο). No predicate in the Greek (εισιν). See on Ga 4:1. If legalists are heirs of the Messianic promise to Abraham…

For if they which are of the law. These are those who seek justification and acceptance by the law.

Faith is made void. Fa…

Is made void.—Literally, emptied of its meaning, it becomes an empty name, and the promise is rendered invalid. …

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of…

The thought moves on to consider that Abraham’s justification was apart from any law or legal considerations. Paul speaks of a promise received by …

For if they who are of the law, etc. He takes his argument from what is impossible or absurd: that the favor Abraham obtained fro…

For if they which are of the law be heirs
That is, if the Jews who are under the law, and are seeking for righteousn…

The promise was made to Abraham long before the law. It points to Christ, and it refers to the promise in Genesis 12:3: In Thee shall all famil…

1. Having shown that the blessing of the forgiveness of sins is obtained not only in circumcision but also in uncircumcision—because Abraham…