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If you are Christ`s, then you are Abraham`s seed, heirs according to promise.
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Commentators unanimously agree that this verse redefines identity. Belonging to Christ is the sole qualifier for being a spiritual descendant of Abraham, regardless of ethnicity or background. Scholars like Calvin and Barnes explain that this makes the exclusive privilege the Jews prided themselves on—being Abraham's seed—available to all who have faith in Jesus. Your connection to Abraham is not through bloodline but through Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And if you are Christ's. If you belong to the Messiah and are interested in His work.
Then you are Abraham's seed. The pro…
If ye are Christ's (ε δε υμεις Χριστου). This is the test, not the accident of blood, pride of race or nation, habiliments or envi…
19th Century
Anglican
Conclusion of the whole argument. The followers of the Messiah are the true seed of Abraham. The kingdom of the Messiah, which they possess, is the…
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Baptist
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 …
The third result of passing from law to grace through faith in Jesus Christ is that all who believe become one with those who have been saved by fa…
16th Century
Protestant
Then are you Abraham’s seed. This is not intended to convey the idea that to be a child of Abraham is better than to be a member of Christ…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For if you are Christ's Or seeing you are his, not by creation only, but by the Father's gift to him, by the purchas…
Real Christians enjoy great privileges under the gospel; they are no longer accounted servants but sons, and are no longer kept at such a distance …
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Apostle shows that the Gentiles obtained the fruit of grace without serving the Law, while the Jews obtained it by keeping and serving the…