BIBLE STUDY MANUALS: GALATIANS CHAPTER THREE

GALATIANS CHAPTER THREE

OBSERVATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The purpose of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand in accordance with the framework in which it was written: a framework which is defined by the normative rules of language, context and logic - rules which do not impose undue, unintended meanings to the text , and which largely limit the observer to the content offered by Paul's epistle to the Galatians and his other writings. In order for any passage from elsewhere to be considered, it must have a relationship with the context at hand, such as a Scriptural quotation or a specific cross reference in the passage at hand by the author. This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture. Remember that something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in view.

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(Gal 2:19-21) No One Can Keep The Law Of Moses Or Any Law To Be Justified Before God Unto Eternal Life, So Attempting This Is Intended To Lead One To Be Conscious Of Being Under God's Condemnation Unto Eternal Death. This In Turn Is Intended To Lead One Then To Choose To Trust Alone In Christ Alone Apart From Law In Order to Be Justified Unto Eternal Life So That One Might Live To God. The Believer Has Been Crucified With Christ And May No Longer Have To Live A Self-Centered Life, For Christ Lives In Him So That The Believer's Life May Be Christ Centered. For If Righteousness Comes Through Law, Then Christ Died Needlessly

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I) [Gal 3:1-29]:

A) (Gal 3:1-5) PAUL ASKED, 'YOU FOOLISH GALATIANS, WHO HAS BEWITCHED YOU, BEFORE WHOSE EYES JESUS CHRIST WAS PUBLICLY PORTRAYED [BY PAUL] AS HAVING BEEN CRUCIFIED? DID YOU RECEIVE THE SPIRIT BY THE WORKS OF LAW, OR BY HEARING WITH FAITH? ARE YOU SO FOOLISH? HAVING BEGUN BY THE SPIRIT, ARE YOU NOW BEING PERFECTED IN THE FLESH? HAVE YOU SUFFERED SO MANY THINGS IN VAIN - IF INDEED IN VAIN? THEREFORE HE WHO IS SUPPLYING THE SPIRIT TO YOU AND IS WORKING MIRACLES AMONG YOU, DOES HE DO IT BY THE WORKS OF LAW, OR BY THE HEARING OF FAITH?'

1) (Gal 3:1a) Manuscript Evidence

2) (Gal 3:1b) Manuscript Evidence

3) (Gal 3:1-5) Paul Asked, 'You Foolish Galatians, Who Has Bewitched You, Before Whose Eyes Jesus Christ Was Publicly Portrayed [By Paul] As Having Been Crucified? Did You Receive The Spirit By The Works of law, Or By Hearing With Faith? Are You So Foolish? Having Begun By The Spirit, Are You Now Being Perfected In The Flesh? Have You Suffered So Many Things In Vain - If Indeed In Vain? Therefore He Who Is Supplying The Spirit To You And Is Working Miracles Among You, Does He Do It By The Works of law, Or By The Hearing Of Faith?']:

a) [Compare Acts 14:1-10; 19-22]:

B) (Gal 3:6-9) ABRAHAM BELIEVED IN GOD'S PLAN FOR HIS ETERNAL DESTINY AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. ABRAHAM WAS THEREBY JUSTIFIED UNTO ETERNAL LIFE BEFORE HE WAS CIRCUMCIZED - LONG BEFORE GOD INSTITUTED THE LAW THROUGH MOSES FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN TO ATTAIN ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH WORKS. THEREFORE, NOW THAT ONLY THOSE WHO ARE OF FAITH ALONE IN THE SEED OF ABRAHAM ALONE - IN CHRIST JESUS - ARE SONS OF ABRAHAM UNTO ETERNAL LIFE - JEWS AND GENTILES. THE SCRIPTURES HAVING FORESEEN THAT GOD WOULD JUSTIFY THE GENTILES BY FAITH, WHEREBY HE [GOD] PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO ABRAHAM BEFOREHAND, SAYING, 'IN YOU ALL THE NATIONS SHALL BE BLESSED.' SO THEN THOSE WHO ARE OF FAITH - JEW AND GENTILE ALIKE - ARE BLESSED WITH ABRAHAM, THE BELIEVING ONE IN CHRIST JESUS

1) (Gal 3:6-9) Manuscript Evidence

2) (Gal 3:6) Abraham Believed In God's Plan For His Eternal Destiny And It Was Credited To Him As Righteousness. Abraham Was Thereby Justified Unto Eternal Life Before He Was Circumcised - Long Before God Instituted The Law Through Moses For Purposes Other Than To Attain Eternal Life Through Works

a) [Compare Gen 12:1-7]:

i) God Promises That Abram [Abraham] Will Be Father Of A Great Nation Leading To Eternal And Temporal Blessings For Abram & All Peoples - Jews And Gentiles - Through Abram [Abraham]

i_a) [Compare Gen 12:7 with Gal 3:16]:

i_a_1) (Gen 22:16-18) The Seed Is Christ

i_b) (Gen 12:3) God Promises Eternal Life To Abram [Abraham]

i_b_1) [Compare Gal 3:8]:

i_b_2) [Compare John 8:56]:

b) [Compare Gen 13:14-15]:

i) God Repeats His Promise To Abram [Abraham]

c) [Compare Gen 15:1-6]:

i) Abram Believed In God's Plan For His Eternal Destiny And It Was Credited To Him As Righteousness. Abraham Was Thereby Justified Unto Eternal Life Before He Was Circumcised And Long Before God Instituted The Law Through Angels And Entrusted It To Moses For Purposes Other Than To Attain Eternal Life Through Works

d) [Jn 8:56]:

i) Jesus Christ, The Apostles John And Paul And The Author Of The Book Of Hebrews Confirm That Abram [Abraham] Was Saved By Faith Alone In The Seed Of Abram, Jesus Christ Alone Unto Eternal Life

ii) [Ro 4:1-3]:

iii) [Heb 11:17-19]:

iv) [Gal 3:6-8, 13-16]:

iv_a) [Compare Isa 9:6-7]:

3) (Gal 3:6-9) Only those Who Are Of Faith Alone In The Seed Of Abraham Alone - In Christ Jesus - Are Sons Of Abraham Unto Eternal Life - Jews And Gentiles. And Scripture Having Foreseen That God Would Justify The Gentiles By Faith, [He (God)] Preached The Gospel To Abraham Beforehand Saying, "In You All The Nations Shall Be Blessed." So Then Those Who Are Of Faith - Jew And Gentile Alike - Are Blessed With Abraham, The Believer In Christ Jesus.

a) [Compare Gen 12:3 with Gal 3:5, 7 & 9]:

C) (Gal 3:10-12) JUSTIFICATION BEFORE GOD UNTO ETERNAL LIFE BY LAW - BY SOME STANDARD OF HUMAN DOING - REQUIRES ABSOLUTE PERFECTION - GOD'S ABSOLUTE RIGHTEOUSNESS. THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR FORGIVENESS OF TRANSGRESSIONS UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES OR ANY LAW UNTO ETERNAL LIFE; NOR ROOM FOR ERROR. SO IT IS EVIDENT THAT NO ONE CAN BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW BEFORE GOD. THE ONE WHO IS RIGHTEOUS BY FAITH IS THE ONE WHO WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AND WILL LIVE OUT HIS TEMPORAL LIFE IN A RIGHTEOUS MANNER AS HE LIVES BY THAT SAME FAITH. KEEPING THE LAW IS NOT BASED ON FAITH, BUT UPON HUMAN DOING. HE WHO PRACTICES LAW, MUST LIVE BY THE LAW WITHOUT ERROR - AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY FOR MAN

1) [Compare Dt 27:26 Septuagint]:

2) [Compare Gal 2:16]:

3) [Gal 3:11b Greek Interlinear]:

4) [Compare Hab 2:4]:

5) [Compare Gal 3:11 YLT]:

6) [Compare Lev 18:5]:

D) (Gal 3:13-14) CHRIST REDEEMED US - JEWS AND GENTILES - ALL MANKIND - FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW, HAVING BECOME A CURSE FOR US IN OUR STEAD - FOR IT IS WRITTEN, 'CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE'

1) (Gal 3:13) Christ Redeemed Us - Jews And Gentiles - All Mankind - From The Curse Of the Law, Having Become A Curse For Us In Our Stead - For It Is Written, 'Cursed Is Everyone Who Hangs On A Tree'

a) [Compare 1 Jn 2:2]:

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DEFINITION OF REDEMPTION

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1 cont.) (Gal 3:13) Christ Redeemed Us - Jews And Gentiles - All Mankind - From The Curse Of the Law, Having Become A Curse For Us In Our Stead - For It Is Written, 'Cursed Is Everyone Who Hangs On A Tree' (cont.)

c) [Compare Dt 21:22-23]:

2) (Gal 3:14a) Manuscript Evidence

3) (Gal 3:14b) Manuscript Evidence

4) (Gal 3:14) Christ Redeemed Us - Jews And Gentiles - All Mankind - From The Curse Of the Law, Having Become A Curse For Us In Our Stead - For It Is Written, 'Cursed Is Everyone Who Hangs On A Tree' In Order That In Christ Jesus The Blessing Of Abraham Might Come To The Gentiles, So That We Would Receive The Promise Of The Spirit Through Faith

a) [Compare Gal 3:8]:

b) [Compare Gal 3:2-3]:

E) (Gal 3:15-18) BROTHERS, I SPEAK ACCORDING TO MAN: THOUGH IT IS ONLY A MAN'S COVENANT, YET IF IT IS CONFIRMED, NO ONE ANNULS OR ADDS TO IT. THE PROMISES WERE SPOKEN BY GOD TO ABRAHAM AND TO HIS SEED, HE DOES NOT SAY, 'AND TO SEEDS' AS REFERRING TO MANY, BUT RATHER TO ONE, 'AND TO YOUR SEED,' THAT IS, CHRIST. AND THIS I [PAUL] SAY, A COVENANT CONFIRMED BEFORE BY GOD IN CHRIST; WHAT I AM SAYING IS THIS: THE LAW, WHICH CAME FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS LATER, DOES NOT INVALIDATE A COVENANT PREVIOUSLY RATIFIED BY GOD SO AS TO NULLIFY THE PROMISE. FOR IF THE INHERITANCE - [WHICH IS AN ETERNAL ONE] - IS OF THE LAW, IT IS NO LONGER OF PROMISE; BUT GOD GAVE IT TO ABRAHAM BY PROMISE

1) (Gal 3:15-16) Brothers, I Speak According To Man: Though It Is Only A Man's Covenant, Yet If It Is Confirmed, No One Annuls Or Adds To It. Now The Promises Were Spoken By God To Abraham And To His Seed, He does Not Say, 'And To Seeds' As Referring To Many, But Rather To One, 'And To Your Seed,' That Is Christ

a) [Compare Gal 3:6-9]:

b) [Compare Gen 22:18]:

c) [Compare Isa 9:6-7]:

d) [Compare Mt 1:1]:

e) [Compare Heb 11:17-19]:

2) (Gal 3:17) Manuscript Evidence

3) (Gal 3:17-18) And This I [Paul] Say, A Covenant Confirmed Before By God In Christ; What I Am Saying Is This: The Law, Which Came Four Hundred And Thirty Years Later After, Does Not Invalidate A Covenant Previously Ratified By God, So As To Nullify The Promise. For If The Inheritance - [Which Is An Eternal One] - Is Of The Law, It Is No Longer Of Promise; But God Gave It To Abraham By Promise

a) [Compare Gen 15:1-21]:

3 cont.) (Gal 3:17-18 cont.) And This I [Paul] Say, A Covenant Confirmed Before By God In Christ; What I Am Saying Is This: The Law, Which Came Four Hundred And Thirty Years Later After, Does Not Invalidate A Covenant Previously Ratified By God, So As To Nullify The Promise. For If The Inheritance - [Which Is An Eternal One] - Is Of The Law, It Is No Longer Of Promise; But God Gave It To Abraham By Promise, (cont.)

F) (Gal 3:19-22) WHY, THEN, PAUL ASKS, WAS THE LAW GIVEN AT ALL? IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE [LIT., FOR THE SAKE] OF TRANSGRESSIONS UNTIL THE SEED TO WHOM THE PROMISE REFERRED TO HAD COME. THE LAW WAS GIVEN THROUGH ANGELS AND ENTRUSTED TO A MEDIATOR. NOW A MEDIATOR IS NOT FOR ONE PARTY ONLY; WHEREAS GOD IS ONLY ONE. IS THE LAW THEN AGAINST THE PROMISES OF GOD? CERTAINLY NOT! FOR IF THERE WAS GIVEN A LAW WHICH COULD HAVE GIVEN LIFE, TRULY RIGHTEOUSNESS WOULD HAVE BEEN BY THE LAW. BUT THE SCRIPTURE HAS SHUT UP [ALL THINGS] UNDER SIN, SO THAT THE PROMISE BY FAITH IN JESUS MIGHT BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE.

1) (Gal 3:19) Manuscript Evidence for Gal 3:19

2) (Gal 3:19) Why, Then, Was The Law Given At All? It Was Added Because [lit., For The Sake] Of Transgressions Until The Seed To Whom The Promise Referred To Had Come

a) [Mt 5:17]:

3) (Gal 3:19a) Why, Then, Was The Law Given At All? Reasons Are As Follows

a) The Law Was Given To Reveal The Righteousness Of God - The Standard Of Righteousness That God Demands For Eternal Life And A Proper Relationship With Him In The Temporal Life

i) [Compare Lev 18:5]:

ii) [Compare Gal 3:21]:

iii) [Compare Ro 7:12]:

iv) [Compare Ro 2:20b]:

b) The Law Was Given To Provide A Rule Of Conduct / Life For Jews - Especially Those Who Are Of The Faith Of Abraham During That Time Period Before The Establishment Of The Body Of Believers In Christ, The Church - An Example For The Rest Of Mankind To Follow, Leading To The Knowledge Of And Faith In The One True God And His Salvation Through His One And Only Son Through Faith Alone In Him Alone

i) [Exodus chapters 20-23]:

c) The Law Was Given To keep the Jews a distinct people - the people of the one true God

i) [Compare Lev 11:44-45]:

ii) [Compare Lev 20:7-8, 26]:

iii) [Compare Dt 7:6; cf. Dt 14:1ff]:

d) The Law Was Given To Provide Israel With Occasions For Individual And Corporate Worship Of God

i) [Review Lev chapter 23 and other key chapters in the Hebrew Bible ]:

e) The Law Was Given To Reveal Sin To Israel And To All Mankind Through Israel's Experience At Failing To Keep The Law - To Demonstrate All Of Mankind's Utter Sinfulness And Helplessness Before A Holy And Righteous God, To Lead One To Seek Eternal Life Via A Moment Of Faith Alone In The Sacrifice Of His Son For Sins Alone

i) [Ro 7:7-13]:

ii) [Compare Ro 3:19-20 cf. Gal 3:11, 24]:

iii) [Compare Ro 5:20]:

f) The Law Was Given To Shut Up Everyone Under Sin, So That The Promise By Faith In Jesus Christ Might Be Given To Those - Jew And Gentile - Who Believe. The Law Thus Became Our Tutor To Lead Us To Christ, So That We May Be Justified By Faith

i) [Compare Gal 3:22-24]:

g) The Law Was Given To Make A Person Sin More

i) [Compare Ro 5:20, cf. 7:7-13]:

h) The Law Was Given To Serve As A Wall Of Partition Between Jew And Gentile - Until It - The Law - Was Abolished

i) [Compare Eph 2:14-15]:

i) The Law Was Given To Serve As An Example Of The Righteousness Of God By Which Christ Did Live And Thus Qualify Himself In His Perfect Sinless Humanity Without A Sin Nature To Die In Payment For The Sins Of The Whole World In Order To Provide The Gift Of His Righteousness To Those Who Trust Alone In Him Alone For Eternal Life

i) The Law represents the Righteousness of God - the standard of righteousness that God demands for eternal life and for a proper relationship with Him in the temporal life in every statute

[Compare Gal 3:21]:

[Compare Ro 7:12]:

[Compare Ro 2:20b]:

ii) Christ in His Humanity lived a perfect life under the Law without sin

[1 Pet 1:18-19]:

[1 Pet 2:21-22]:

[Heb 4:15]:

[2 Cor 5:21]:

[Gal 3:13]:

[Heb 7:26-27]:

[Col 1:22]:

iii) The Humanity of Jesus Christ has a perfect nature, not a sin nature as some contend

[1 Pet 1:18-19]:

[Gal 3:13]:

[Heb 7:26-27]:

[Col 1:22]:

[Compare Ro 5:12, 18]:

[Compare Eph 2:3]:

[Heb 4:15]:

[Heb 7:26]:

[Compare Jas 1:13]:

[Ro 8:3-4]:

[Heb 2:14-18]:

[Compare Dt 17:1 (cf. Ezek 43:22-23)]:

[Compare Heb 9:14]:

[Jn 1:1, 14]:

iv) Christ died in payment for the sins of the whole world - all mankind - in order to provide the gift of His Righteousness unto eternal life to all those who trust alone in Him alone for eternal life - to believers of all ages, past, present and future

[1 Jn 2:2 ]:

[Jn 3:16 ]:

[Ro 3:21-28 ]:

4) (Gal 3:19a-19b) WHY, THEN, WAS THE LAW GIVEN AT ALL? IT WAS ADDED BECAUSE [LIT., FOR THE SAKE] OF TRANSGRESSIONS UNTIL THE SEED WHO IS CHRIST TO WHOM THE PROMISE REFERRED TO HAD COME

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THE DISPENSATION OF PROMISE

INTRODUCTION

NEW RULING FACTOR: GOD'S PROMISES TO ABRAHAM

GOD'S PERSONAL PROMISES TO ABRAHAM

GOD'S NATIONAL PROMISES CONCERNING ISRAEL

[Compare Isa 60:1-22]:

GOD'S UNIVERSAL PROMISES

SECONDARY RULES GOVERNING MANKIND

CONCLUSION: FAILURE AGAIN

THE DISPENSATION OF THE MOSAIC LAW

INTRODUCTION

[1 Peter 2:9]:

NEW RULING FACTOR: THE MOSAIC LAW

FOUR OTHER RULING FACTORS ARE CONTINUED:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MOSAIC LAW

SECONDARY RULES GOVERNING HUMAN BEHAVIOR

CONCLUSION: FAILURE

THE DISPENSATION OF GRACE

INTRODUCTION

NEW RULING FACTOR: GRACE

SECONDARY RULES GOVERNING HUMAN BEHAVIOR

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5) (Gal 3:19c) THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO ISRAEL THROUGH ANGELS AS REPRESENTATIVES OF GOD AND ENTRUSTED TO A MEDIATOR, MOSES

a) [Compare Dt 33:1-3 Septuagint compared with YLT]:

b) [Compare Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 15:136]:

c) [Compare Acts 7:38, 53]:

d) [Compare Heb 2:2]:

e) [Compare Ps 68:17]:

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ANGEL (a spirit)

Have knowledge of, and interest in, earthly affairs

Guard the way to the tree of life

Law given by

Medium of revelation to prophets

Remonstrates with Balaam

Announces the birth of Samson

Announces the birth of John the Baptist

Announces the birth of Jesus

Warns Joseph to escape to Egypt

Ministers to Jesus after the temptation

Ministers to Jesus during his passion

Present at the tomb of Jesus

Present at the ascension

Will be with Christ at His second coming

Will be with Christ at the judgment

MINISTRANT TO THE RIGHTEOUS

EXECUTE JUDGMENTS UPON THE WICKED

UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

APPEARANCES OF

To Hagar, in the wilderness

To Lot, in Sodom

To Jacob, in his various visions

To the Israelites

To Joshua, "the captain of the Lord's host,"

To David, at the threshing floor of Araunah

To Elisha while he lay under the juniper tree

To Daniel, in the lions' den

To Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the fiery furnace

To Zechariah, in a vision

To Joseph, in a dream

At the transfiguration of Jesus

To Mary, concerning Jesus

To Zacharias

To the shepherds

To Jesus, after His temptation

In Gethsemane

At the tomb of Jesus

At the ascension

To Peter and John, while in prison

To Cornelius, in a dream

To Peter, in prison

To Paul, on the way to Damascus

To John, on the island of Patmos

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5 cont.) (Gal 3:19c (cont.) THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO ISRAEL THROUGH ANGELS AS REPRESENTATIVES OF GOD AND ENTRUSTED TO A MEDIATOR, MOSES, (cont.)

f) [Compare Ex 20:1-3, Chapters 21-23]:

6) (Gal 3:19c-21) THE LAW WAS GIVEN THROUGH ANGELS AND ENTRUSTED TO A MEDIATOR, MOSES. A MEDIATOR IS NOT FOR ONE PARTY ONLY: IN THIS CASE IT WAS MOSES WHO WAS MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL - REQUIRING OBEDIENCE. WHEREAS THE PROMISES WERE UNILATERALLY MADE AND RATIFIED BY GOD ALONE TO ABRAHAM AND HIS DESCENDANTS AND TO ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH. SO IS THE LAW THEN AGAINST THE PROMISES? CERTAINLY NOT! IF THERE WAS GIVEN A LAW WHICH COULD HAVE GIVEN ETERNAL LIFE, TRULY RIGHTEOUSNESS WOULD HAVE BEEN BY THE LAW

a) [Compare Ro 3:21-25 ]:

6 cont.) (Gal 3:19c-21cont.) THE LAW WAS GIVEN THROUGH ANGELS AND ENTRUSTED TO A MEDIATOR, MOSES. A MEDIATOR IS NOT FOR ONE PARTY ONLY: IN THIS CASE IT WAS MOSES WHO WAS MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL - REQUIRING OBEDIENCE. WHEREAS THE PROMISES WERE UNILATERALLY MADE AND RATIFIED BY GOD ALONE TO ABRAHAM AND HIS DESCENDANTS AND TO ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH. SO IS THE LAW THEN AGAINST THE PROMISES? CERTAINLY NOT! IF THERE WAS GIVEN A LAW WHICH COULD HAVE GIVEN ETERNAL LIFE, TRULY RIGHTEOUSNESS WOULD HAVE BEEN BY THE LAW, (cont.)

b) (Gal 3:21) Manuscript Evidence

c) [(Gal 3:21) Is the Law then against the promises [of God]? Certainly not! For if there [was given] a law which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the Law]:

i) [Compare Gal 2:16 ]:

ii) [Compare Gal 3:11]:

iii) [Compare Ro 3:9-10]:

G) (Gal 3:22-29) THE PURPOSE FOR SCRIPTURE SHUTTING UP ALL THINGS UNDER SIN IS TO MAKE MAN MORE AWARE OF HIS HOPELESS SINFUL CONDITION BEFORE GOD, WHERE THERE IS NO ESCAPING GOD'S CONDEMNATION BY ANYTHING MAN CAN DO SO THAT THE PROMISE OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS AND HIS SALVATION BY FAITH ALONE IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE MIGHT BE GIVEN TO, I.E., FULFILLED IN THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IN HIM FOR THAT.

BUT BEFORE THIS FAITH IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST WOULD HISTORICALLY COME INTO THE MINDS OF MEN - BEFORE CHRIST'S SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT OCCURRED IN HISTORY, WHICH ATONEMENT IS THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD'S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM AND ALL MANKIND RELATIVE TO SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL WHO BELIEVE, MANKIND WAS GUARDED UNDER LAW: MANKIND WAS SHUT UP / RESTRICTED TO THE ONLY MEANS FOR JUSTIFICATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE: FAITH ALONE IN GOD'S PROMISE ALONE TO ABRAHAM AND MANKIND, WHICH FULFILLMENT IS FAITH IN THROUGH ABRAHAM'S SEED, LATER IN HISTORY TO BE REVEALED AS AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

THEREFORE LAW, ESPECIALLY THE LAW OF MOSES, HAS BECOME OUR, [ALL MANKIND'S] GUARDIAN-TRAINOR IN ORDER TO PROVE OUT OUR INCAPACITY TO ACHIEVE OUR OWN JUSTIFICATION SO THAT WE MIGHT BE LED TO CHRIST SO THAT WE MAY BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH.

BUT NOW THAT FAITH HAS COME, WE WHO HAVE BELIEVED ARE NO LONGER UNDER LAW, I.E., A GUARDIAN-TUTOR, FOR WE WHO HAVE BELIEVED IN CHRIST ARE THEREBY ALL SONS OF GOD. WE HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST, WE HAVE PUT ON CHRIST. THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, NEITHER SLAVE NOR FREE MAN, NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE: WE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS. AND SINCE WE ARE CHRIST'S, WE ARE SPIRITUAL DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM, HEIRS ACCORDING TO GOD'S PROMISE TO HIM AND ALL MANKIND OF ETERNAL LIFE BY FAITH ALONE

1) (Gal 3:22a) The Purpose For Scripture Shutting Up All Things Under Sin Is To Make Man More Aware Of His Hopeless Sinful Condition Before God, Where There Is No Escaping God's Condemnation By Anything Man Can Do, So That The Promise Of God's Forgiveness And His Salvation By Faith Alone In Jesus Christ Alone Might Be Given To, i.e., Fulfilled In Those Who Choose To Believe In Him For That

2) (Gal 3:22b) The Purpose For Scripture Shutting Up All Things Under Sin Is To Make Man More Aware Of His Hopeless Sinful Condition Before God, Where There Is No Escaping God's Condemnation By Anything Man Can Do So That The Promise Of God's Forgiveness And His Salvation By Faith Alone In Jesus Christ Alone Might Be Given To, i.e., Fulfilled In Those Who Choose To Believe In Him For That

3) (Gal 3:23) But Before This Faith In Christ Would Historically Come Into The Minds Of Men - Before Christ's Substitutionary Atonement Occurred In History, Which Atonement Is The Fulfillment Of God's Promise To Abraham And All Mankind Relative To Salvation Unto Eternal Life To All Who Believe, Mankind Was Guarded Under Law: Mankind Was Shut Up / Restricted To The Only Means For Justification Unto Eternal Life: Faith Alone In God's Promise Alone To Abraham And Mankind, Which Fulfillment Is Through Faith In Abraham's Seed, Later In History To Be Revealed As And In Jesus Christ

4) (Gal 3:24) In View Of The Fact That The Law Indicates That No One Can Justify Himself Through His Own Efforts To Be Obedient To It, The Law Has Become Our [All Mankind's] Guardian-Trainor In Order To Prove Out Our Incapacity To Achieve Our Own Justification So That We Might Be Led To Christ So That We May Be Justified By Faith

5) (Gal 3:25-26) But Now That Faith Has Come, We Who Have Believed Are No Longer Under Law, i.e., A Guardian-Tutor. For We Who Have Believed In Christ Are Thereby All Sons Of God

a) (Gal 3:26) Manuscript Evidence

b) (Gal 3:25-29) But Now That Faith Has Come, We Who Have Believed Are No Longer Under Law, i.e., A Guardian-Tutor. For We Who Have Believed In Christ Are Thereby All Sons Of God. We Have Been Baptized Into Christ. We Have Put On Christ. There Is Neither Jew Nor Greek, Neither Slave Nor Free Man, Neither Male Nor Female: We Are All One In Christ Jesus. And Since We Are Christ's, We Are Spiritual Descendants Of Abraham, Heirs According To God's Promise To Him And All Mankind Of Eternal Life By Faith Alone

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