Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Galatians 3:14

"that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." — Galatians 3:14 (ASV)

Paul concludes this section of the argument with a twofold statement of the purpose for which Jesus Christ redeemed us through his death: first, that the blessing of Abraham (i.e., justification, as in vv.8–9) might come to Gentiles as well as Jews, and second, that all might together receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. These two purposes are coordinate; i.e., they express the same reality from two perspectives. Both return to the point from which Paul’s argument started—namely, that the blessing of Abraham, seen today in the reception of the Holy Spirit, is received through faith and through faith only.